English Spl

Of course, here's a small list of my personal favorite English literature, you can also read apart from your BA syllabus:

• "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy.
• "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth.
• "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri.
• "The Inheritance of Loss" by Kiran Desai.
• "Sea of Poppies" by Amitav Ghosh.
• "The Palace of Illusions" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

The universities or colleges for PhD in English are:
1- Loyala College
2- V.O Chidambram colleges
3-Bishop Heber college
4- Sanskaram university

You can download English medium WBBSE notes and study material from sites like OnlineFreeNotes.com (solutions and MCQs), SabDekho (textbook guides), and official WBBSE textbook platforms (GKSection, PadhaiKaro, etc.). These cover multiple classes and subjects in PDF format.

Yes, 'cut' is an irregular verb, and its base, simple past, and past participle verb forms are the same.

Cut -> Cut -> Cut

Example:

• I cut vegetables everyday. (Present Tense)
• Yesterday, I cut my finger while chopping vegetables. (Past Tense)
• I have cut the paper in half. (Perfect Tense)

No, modal verbs such as may, must, will, shall, can, could, would, and should are not classified as irregular verbs because modal verbs do not change their forms into past and past participle. However, the modal verbs have their separate category, known as auxiliary or helping verbs.

Example:

• Can has a past form; could, but no past participle.
• Will becomes would in reported speech.

Below are some of the most commonly used irregular verbs:

There are around 200 commonly used irregular verbs in English. However, this number may vary depending on the classification. Some of the examples of frequently used irregular verbs in everyday conversation are: Go, Do, Have, Get, Make, See, Come, Take, etc.

No, irregular verbs are usually divided into these groups:

• Group 1: All Three Forms Are Different: Begin -> Began -> Begun
• Group 2: Two Forms Are Same: Bring -> Brought -> Brought
• Group 3: All Three Forms Are Same: Hit -> Hit -> Hit

The verbs that do not follow a specific pattern of forming the past tense and past participle by simply adding the suffixes '-d' and '-ed' to the base verbs are known as irregular verbs. Instead, these verbs either change entirely, stay the same in V2 & V3, or follow some other unique transformations.

Example:

• Go -> Went -> Gone
• Rise -> Rose -> Risen
• Break -> Broke -> Broken

No, a compound sentence can be short if it has two independent clauses.

Example: I came, and I saw.