English Vocabulary

List of useful phrasal verbs with GO PART:3 ============================= 🍁Go over Meaning: Look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze Example: Please go over the reports to make sure we haven’t missed anything. 🍁Go over Meaning: Create a response or impression Example: Playing a radio in the office did not go over well with his coworkers. 🍁Go so far as Meaning: Reach an unexpected extent in doing something Example: I know he suffered from depression, but surely he wouldn’t go so far as to kill himself? 🍁Go through Meaning: Travel from one end of something to the other Example: The train went through the tunnel. 🍁Go through Meaning: Examine or scrutinize (a number or series of things), especially in a regular order Example: Every morning, she went through her mail over a cup of coffee. 🍁Go through Meaning: Undergo, suffer, experience Example: She’s yet to go through puberty, although she’s already 17. 🍁Go through Meaning: Wear out (clothing etc. ) Example: I’ve gone through two pairs of shoes already this holiday. 🍁Go through Meaning: Progress to the next stage of something Example: If United don’t lose by more than 2 goals, they should go through to the next round. 🍁Go through Meaning: Reach an intended destination after passing through some process Example: My payment hasn’t gone through yet. 🍁Go through with Meaning: Carry out (something planned or promised) Example: If you decide to go through with the surgery, remember to leave time to recover. 🍁Go to Meaning: Attend an event or a sight Example: We went to a concert for my birthday. 🍁Go to Meaning: Attend classes at a school as a student Example: He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out. 🍁Go to Meaning: Tend to support Example: The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies. 🍁Go towards Meaning: Be a contribution to Example: This money will go towards paying off the debt. 🍁Go under Meaning: Descend into a body of water; to founder Example: The boat was too heavy and went under. 🍁Go under Meaning: Collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt Example: In the crisis, the company was forced to reduce its costs in order to avoid going under. 🍁Go under Meaning: Be named; to call oneself Example: He goes under the name of Mr X to remain anonymous. 🍁Go up Meaning: Be built or erected Example: There are new offices going up in town. 🍁Go up Meaning: Rise or increase in price, cost, or value Example: Bananas have gone up because of a shortage. 🍁Go up Meaning: Be consumed by fire Example: The building went up in smoke. 🍁Go up Meaning: Forget lines or blocks during public performance Example: The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night. 🍁Go up for Meaning: Of the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out Example: The keeper went up for a caught behind. 🍁Go with Meaning: Choose or accept (a suggestion) Example: Although I liked your suggestion, I’ll go with my original idea. 🍁Go with Meaning: Correspond or fit well with, to match Example: Does this red skirt go with this pink blouse? 🍁Go without Meaning: Be deprived of Example: The poor man’s children went without supper. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Degrees of Comparison 10 ⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️ ‘More’ is used when we compare qualities of a single thing/person, even if the first adjective is a single syllable word. 👉🏻 subject + verb + more + 1st quality + than + 2nd quality. Degree of comparison examples: ❌Incorrect – She is smarter than clever. ✔️Correct – She is more smart than clever. ❌Incorrect – Ram is braver than kind. ✔️Correct – Ram is more brave than kind. ❌Incorrect – Shailesh is better than kind. ✔️Correct – Shailesh is more good than kind. ❌Incorrect – Gandhiji is simpler than truthful. ✔️Correct – Gandhiji is more simple than truthful. ❌Incorrect – The paper was easier than short. ✔️Correct – The paper was more easy than short. ❌Incorrect – This table is cheaper than beautiful. ✔️Correct – This table is more cheap than beautiful. ❌Incorrect – He is happier than rich. ✔️Correct – He is more happy than rich. ❌Incorrect – Shylock was crueler than greedy. ✔️Correct – Shylock was more cruel than greedy. ❌Incorrect – My boss is prouder than unkind. ✔️Correct – My boss is more proud than unkind. ❌Incorrect – The sofa set was costlier than ugly. ✔️Correct – The sofa set was more costly than ugly. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

Phrasal verbs with TAKE OCTOBER 3, 2013 ================================ Each sentence given below contains an incomplete phrasal verb. Complete the expression by supplying a suitable preposition or adverb particle. Choose your answer from the options given in the brackets. 1. Alka takes ………………… her grandmother. in off after 2. They assaulted the watchmen and took many precious paintings ………………… . off down away 3. These shoes don’t fit. I am going to take them ………………… .. to the store. away back off 4. Don’t take him ………………….. an idiot. in for off 5. The dress was loose for me so I took it to the tailor and got it taken ………………… out in off 6. Please take your shoes ………………… .. before entering the temple. away down off 7. How are you going to meet the deadlines if you take ………………… . too many projects? in on out 8. If you love Susie why don’t you take her ………………… on a date? in up out 9. Shailesh took ………………… farming after retirement. in out up 10. We will take this issue ………………… . when we meet next week. up on over ======================= 🟢Answers🟢 1. Alka takes after her grandmother. (= She resembles her grandmother.) 2. They assaulted the watchmen and took many precious paintings away. (To take something away is to seize it by force.) 3. These shoes don’t fit. I am going to take them back to the store. 4. Don’t take him for an idiot. (To take somebody for an idiot is to assume that he/she is an idiot.) 5. The dress was loose for me so I took it to the tailor and got it taken in. (To take a dress in is to make it smaller when sewing.) 6. Please take your shoes off before entering the temple. 7. How are you going to meet the deadlines if you take on too many projects? (To take on is to accept responsibilities/work etc.) 8. If you love Susie why don’t you take her out on a date? 9. Shailesh took up farming after retirement. (To take up is to begin as a hobby.) 10. We will take this issue up when we meet next week.(To take up an issue is to discuss it.) 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 SV RAMANUJ

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