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प्रश्न
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
My uncle ______have reached by now. (possibility)
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उत्तर
My uncle may have reached by now.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You mush 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.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I remembered him.
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
There was a colony, where many struggling artists lived.
Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of -
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ancient | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) | special | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) | significant | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | advanced | ____________ | ____________ |
| (5) | accurate | ____________ | ____________ |
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Hardy corrected his statement.
List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past tense form. Example: sob - sobbed.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
roll out the ______ carpet (give a special welcome).
Match the words in column A with their Synonym in column B.
| S.No. | A | B |
| 1. | ease | endure |
| 2. | evolve | surplus |
| 3. | excess | effortless |
| 4. | survive | great |
| 5. | immense | progress |
Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
It is better not to disturb her, she ____________ (work).
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.
List out the transitive and intransitive verbs in the following words.
come, buy, teach, learn, arrive, sing, run, draw, jump, write.
Fill in the blanks by using the correct preposition.
We go to school ____ Mondays, but not on Sunday.
______ please close the door?
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
how are you
Fill in the blank with a pronoun.
Every morning, I brush my teeth and stare at _____in the mirror.
You are a commentator for a 5000 metre running race. Use simple present and present continuous tenses and complete the commentary from the beginning to the end of the race. Read the completed passage aloud.
The 5000 metre race is about to begin. Lined up at the starting point, from left to right, are John of Great Britain, Peter of Nigeria, and Jeeva of India. The runners are warming up for the great event. Now they 1 ______(take) their positions on the track. They 2 ______(be) all ready for the start. There 3 ______(go) the starter’s gun! Yes, the race has begun. John 4 ______(lead) and Jeeva 5 ______(follow) him closely.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I use your mobile phone? It’s an emergency.
Read the following passage adapted from ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and fill in the blanks with appropriate modals and read the paragraph aloud.
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1)______ read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2)______begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms and discovered I (3)______be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4)______have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5)______live for years. The only disease I (6)______conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7)______(not feel) my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
Do as directed.
Dinesh and Prabhu wanted to meet Varsha at the bus stop. They went to the bus stop. (combine into a compound sentence)
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
conscience - conscious
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
When did you feel the tremors?
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are advised to help the poor and needy.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
Shakespeare is greater than many other dramatists of the world.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
I cannot do anything better for you than this.
Write the related words as shown in the example:
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Try this variation-
Prepare sentences which have as many letters in each word as there are words in that sentence.
Examples:
- Go in.
- You are out.
- Come here soon, dear.
- Bring those seven shiny belts.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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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) Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
(II) None ___________.
