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प्रश्न
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Every man, woman and child ______ happy.
विकल्प
was
were
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उत्तर
Every man, woman and child were happy.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You must have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.
1. To report a question, we use the reporting verb asked (as in Sentence Set 1).
2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example, ____________ changes to was getting.
6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or __________in reported speech.
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
The Happy Prince looked very sad, and the little Swallow was sorry for him. ‘It is very cold here,’ he said ‘but I will stay with you for one night. Tomorrow I will take the jewel.’
‘Thank you, little bird,’ said the prince.
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To indicate the relationship
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
He ______ (cry).
The plane _______ (leave) at 3 o’clock.
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
At one point in life, he had no __________ but to trust his friend. (choose)
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
I saw Mr. Balu this morning and gave Mr. Balu my homework.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I returned home _______ the bus had started.
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Come here.
Fill in the blank with the opposite of the word given in bracket.
The teacher asked the children to ______(start) talking.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
Our team played well ______ won the game.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
You need to do your homework right after dinner ___
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
She ______ (swim).
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
English/classes/during/always/we/English/speak.
Choose the correct pictures.
in front of
Write.
______ book.
Fill in the blank.
______ old man
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
prescribed - proscribed
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
I was angry that I ______ such a mistake (make).
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Amit did not know ______his father met his class teacher ______not.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
People burn a great deal of wood in winter.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Dheeraj is unemployed.
Underline the verbs and choose the correct option from the options.
Margie even wrote about it.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
Margie was scornful.
List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.
| 1. | Faster than the wind | Slower than a tortoise |
| 2. | (Big) ______ | (Small) ______ |
| 3. | (Fierce) ______ | (Gentle) ______ |
| 4. | ______ | ______ |
| 5. | ______ | ______ |
Write compound word using the picture:
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II in the case.
(I) As soon as the students enter their classroom, the teacher welcomes them.
(II) No sooner ___________.
Write a compound word from the pictures.
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| ____________ | |
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
