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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank.
I met ______ boy in the street.
विकल्प
a
an
the
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उत्तर
I met a boy in the street.
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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.
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
Identify the character, speaker, of the following line.
My God, why cannot we have peace and all go home?
______ please open the window?
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Please do not cut trees.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
f_i_h_e_ _d - afraid
Punctuate the following sentence.
he was honest sincere hard working.
Add a prefix to each word so it matche the new definition.
| prefix | word |
| un, re, dis, pre | lucky, check, view, approve |
Make sure the things are correct______.
Find the antonyms of the following words in the puzzle and shade them with a pencil. The first one has been done for you.
| seldom, admitted, methodical, reality, virtue, vile, indignant, relish, fact |
Spot the word
