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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
We heard with _________that the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Why are you turning on the radio?
Ravi : I ________ (listen) to the news.
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below, are Finite or Non-finite.
We lack the confidence to see ourselves as developed nations.
Speech or dialogues can be reported in two ways - Direct and Indirect. When. the exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct Speech. When the exact words of the speaker are not reported, but just its contents we call it Indirect Speech.
Direct Speech: Amar said, "I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket."
Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the next day.
Note down the changes you observe in the Indirect Speech.
Write the antonyms of the following words:
politely × ______
calmly × ______
softly × ______
carefully × ______
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - dusted the living room.
Change the following into passive voice.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the tense of the verb in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the correct word in the given place. One is done for you.
| Sentence | Wrong words | Correct words |
| When Anand reach Arun's place, his | reach | reached |
| friends have arrived already. Arun | ||
| introduces Anand to them. Arun's brother | ||
| buy some snacks from the market. | ||
| Arun serving it to all his friends. Then | ||
| they all sat together to planning their holidays. | ||
| Arun have a cottage in Ooty, so | ||
| they all plan to go to Ooty during the holidays. | ||
| “Would we have a good time?, asked Arun. | ||
| They all cheerfully say, “Yes!” |
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
We succeeded in our attempt.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
They took the last wicket and walked back to the pavilion.
Choose the correct plural form.
Bush
Use the suitable verb.
I ______ the book.
Choose the correct word.
I ate _____ many chocolates.
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
The boy speaks loudly. ______
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
He ______ come today. (remote possibility)
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
When did you feel the tremors?
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Nobody would have known the truth if you had not disclosed it.
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who______ tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
There he was sitting in splendour on his chair.
Comment on the changes in poetic expression in English from the time of Donne to that of Kamala Das with reference to
- prosodic features (rhyme, rhythm and metre)
- vocabulary
- language
- themes.
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
