HTET- Haryana Teacher's Eligibility Test-Level 3_English Grammar

What's the difference between “Where do you live?” and “Where do you reside?

 What's the difference between “Where do you live?” and “Where do you reside?

If we understand these two sentences “Where do you live?” and ‘Where do you reside? at the deeper level of the meanings, the speaker intends to convey to the listener, it is clear that the speaker wants to know the actual address of the listener.

Sometimes, the speaker may intend to know the permanent address of another person by asking ‘Where do you live?’

In the sentence ‘Where do you reside?’ it may be the speaker wants to know the temporary address of the person.

But grammatically, both sentences are correct.

What is the difference between “has” and “had”, and how do you know which one to use?

 What is the difference between “has” and “had”, and how do you know which one to use?

If we talk about; has/have and ‘had’, these three may be used as primary verbs when they show possession in sentences. Has and have are used in the present time and had is used in the past.

For example,

I have a car. Here the use of ‘have shows that ‘I’ possess a car. Similarly, you may say:

We have a car, They have a big house to live in. The pronouns ‘he, she, it’ and the third person singular nouns may take ‘has’ as the primary verb to show possession.

But ‘had’ is used as the primary verb in the past situation with all types of subjects.

I had a car, but now i have sold it.

Primary verbs are used alone without any other verb.

If the sentence shows some action, then, has/have, and had been used in several tenses like Present Perfect Tense, Future Perfect Tense, Past Perfect Tense, Present Perfect Continuous Tense, Past Perfect Continuous Tense, and Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

Examples: Here ‘has/have and had’ are used as ‘helping verbs’.

I have done my work. (Present Perfect Tense)

She has finished eating her food. (Present Perfect Tense)

The patient had died before he was shifted to a hospital. (Past Perfect Tense)

She will have cooked food when the guests reach home tomorrow. (Future Perfect Tense)

It has been raining since morning. (Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

It had been raining since morning when I reached home yesterday. (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

It will have been raining since morning when the guests reach home tomorrow. (Future Perfect Continuous Tense)

To make passive constructions. we also use has/have and had as helping verbs.

'Abused Woman'-Is this grammatically correct?

 Yes, the phrase ‘Abused woman' gives meaning, so it is correct.

The past participle ‘abused' functions here as an adjective. The root word is; abuse’ and it is a verb in the first form.

Its third form (Past Participle) can be used to form Perfect Tenses and Passive Construction.

For example:

The woman has been abused.

Someone abused this woman.