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प्रश्न
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
We needn’t apply for a bank loan, do we?
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उत्तर
We needn’t apply for a bank loan, need we?
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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.
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Shaggy monsters
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
return
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep.
Make a collection of collective nouns.
Add the proper prefix like up-, un-, dis-, in- to the following to form the opposite.
happy
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
Poongothai ____________ speak several languages. (ability in the present)
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
joke about
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
I ______ (wait) for my mother.
Report the following sentence.
Gladin said to his mother, “Can you, please, buy me a hot chocolate?”
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
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)
Find the antonym for the following word.
Careless ×
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- A place to grow flowers ______
- Something to be careful of______
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
Tiny
So you bought a car, ________.
Find me in the poem.
I can alert you
Pick the abstract noun.
He takes pride in his job.
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
I will be speaking to her.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
He ______ a carpenter.
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
My uncle presented me a watch.
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
They ______(eat) their breakfast.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I use your mobile phone? It’s an emergency.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
shot his bolt
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
The plane ______off in a few minutes. (take)
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
Be quick to hear ______ slow to speak.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The bear climbed up the tree ______ the honey.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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Use the proper punctuation mark.
How could a man be a teacher
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) Sara said that she would come to my house the following day.
(II) Sara said to me, "____________."
