English Phrasal Verbs

                                                                   English Phrasal Verbs

Bump into

Meaning:

-         To meet someone unexpectedly / by accident

-         Meet someone by chance

Example:

-         I bumped into Karthi last night at the mall. He was with his wife.

-         I always bumped into people I know on this street.

-         I bumped into an old friend today. It was such a pleasant surprise!

-         We live in a small town, so it is effortless for us to bump into each other.

Break up

Meaning:

-         To be inaudible over the mobile phone

-         A bad telephone connection

Example:

-         I want to call my mother, but the phone line always breaks up.

-         Can you please call me, because the connection is breaking up?

-         We cannot hear you. You are breaking up.

Call back

Meaning:

-         To return a phone call

-         Telephone someone again or to telephone someone who phoned you earlier

Example:

-         I am waiting for someone to call me back with a price.

-         She said she’d call back.

-         He called her three times, but she never called the guy back.

-         I will call you back in a few minutes.

Call Up

Meaning:

            -         Call someone on the phone

-         Invite someone to play in a team

Example:

-         My dad called me up to tell me the good news.

-         Call me up anytime.

-         You can call up and leave a message if I am out.

-         I called her up twice already.

Hold on

Meaning:

-         Used to tell someone to wait or stop

-         Wait a short while

Example:

-         Hold on, I will check my diary.

-         Can you hold on? I will see if he is here.

-         Hold on while I get my coat.

Get back to someone

Meaning:

-         Call someone later

-         To talk to someone again, usually on the phone

Example:

-         I will get back to you later with those pictures.

-         I will find out the gold ring and get back to you.

-         Sorry, I am in a meeting right now, can I get back to you in twenty minutes?

Pick up

Meaning:

-         Answer the telephone call

-         To answer the phone

Example:

-         Why don’t you pick up your phone when it is ringing?

-         The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.

-         If you don’t pick up the phone, you might miss an important call.

Turn up

Meaning:

              -         To make the volume louder on the radio, or television

                  -         To increase the sound

Example:

-         Can you turn the Tv up? I can’t hear anything?

-         Don’t turn the TV up, I am trying to read.

-         I turned the volume up.

-         Turn the heat up high.

 

Author: 

Dr.M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore 

 

5 Ways to Say DIFFICULT

 

Types of Sentences (Part I)

 

Types of Sentences

(Part I)

What is a sentence?

A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

Examples:

1.     She opened the window.

2.     Come in, please.

3.     Do you like tea?

Types of sentences:

There are four main types of sentences:

·       Declarative sentence

·       Imperative sentence

·       Exclamatory sentence

·       Interrogative sentence

Declarative sentence:

Declarative sentences make a statement to relay information or ideas. They are punctuated with a simple period. Formal essays or reports are composed almost entirely of declarative sentences.

Examples:

1.     Declarative sentences make a statement.

2.     The concert begins in two hours.

3.     You are a good man.

Imperative sentences:

Imperative sentences issue commands or requests or they can express a desire or wish. They are punctuated with a simple period or they can be exclamations requiring an exclamation mark. It all depends on the strength of emotion you want to express. Exclamatory sentences can consist of a single verb or they can be lengthier and more complex.

Examples:

1.     Halt!

2.     Yield.

3.     Respond immediately.

AUTHOR

Dr L Suresh

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore - 641020

Contact: 9944138137

e-mail ID: sureshenglit@rmv.ac.in

 

 

 

ENGLISH VOCABULARY

                                                               VOCABULARY

Touch-and-go

Meaning:

-         Critical situation

Example:

1.   Everything was touch-and-go before Ram’s operation.

Touch base

Meaning:

-         To talk to someone for a while

Example:

1.   While in Delhi, we touched base with some old friends.

Finishing touch

Meaning:

-         Final details that complete one’s work.

Example:

1.   I just need to add the final touches to my new product.

Touch a sore spot (point)

Meaning:

-         Sensitive matter

Example:

1.   We shouldn’t touch a sore spot and ask him about the accident.

Touch a nerve with

Meaning:

-         Make someone upset

Example:

1.   Any talk of raising the cost of oil touches a nerve with citizens.

Lose touch with

Meaning:

-         Lose contact with someone

Example:

1.   Although we lived in different countries, they have never lost touch with each other.

 

Author: 

Dr.M. Selvam

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science

Coimbatore 

 

Pronunciation Practice: Minimal Pairs – III

                                                        Pronunciation Practice: Minimal Pairs – III

                                           

                Dear readers, in the previous post we learnt about the first part of Minimal Pairs in English. In this post let us discuss the second part of Minimal Pairs, which means “… a set of words which differ from each other in just one sound” (Balasubramanian, 2005). For example, boy – toy, bin – pin, kite - bite. These two words differ in one different sound. Practising these minimal pairs certainly helps in refining pronunciation. Practise the following exercise to improve pronunciation in English.  

 Source: https://i.pinimg.com/564x/3e/9b/14/3e9b149c9c8b991e1eace82a5081c568.jpg

·        Joke                      -              Folk

·        Know                    -              Foe

·        Know                    -              Show

·        Last                       -              List

·        Last                       -              Fast

·        Live                      -              Love

·        Like                      -              Life

·        Lid                        -              Lit

·        Loan                     -              Bone

·        May                      -              Pay

·        Mine                     -              Fine

·        Meet                     -              Neat

·        Might                    -              Night

·        Part                       -              Port

·        Plate                     -              Slate

·        Peer                      -              Deer

·        Pale                       -              Male

·        Rat                        -              Root

·        Pet                         -              Met

·        Race                     -              Face

·        Rise                      -              Mice

·        Rice                      -              Nice

·        Rough                   -            Tough

·        Saint                     -             Paint

·        Sail                       -              Mail

·        Set                         -              Met

·        Sat                         -              Mat

·        Sit                         -              Chit

·        Tear (noun)          -            Fear

·        Tear (verb)          -              Bear

·        Train                     -              Drain

·        Try                        -              Fry

·        Under                   -              Thunder

·        Union                   -              Onion

·        Wrist                    -              Rest

·        Worry                   -              Sorry

 

Keep practising several times until you acquire the pronunciation fluently. In the next post, let us learn about Homophones.

Courtesy: Source: https://www.englishbix.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/List-of-Minimal-Pairs-for-Speech-Therapy.jpg

Regards,  

Author:

K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore- 641 020