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प्रश्न
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.
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said ______
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उत्तर
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said that it gave him great pleasure to be there that evening.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
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‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
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There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
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- to
- by
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- about
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- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
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Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
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Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
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