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प्रश्न
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Madhusudhan checked to see if his keys had fallen underneath his chair.
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उत्तर
Madhusudhan checked to see if his keys had fallen underneath his chair.
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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.
Change the verbs to nouns and begin points with them.
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
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Then write the antonym of each.
Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.
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My mother ______ in a factory.
Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
My brother visits my father whenever he comes to Chennai.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Priya asked when are we going on a vacation ____
Choose the plural forms.
Lady
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Magdalene is singing the prayer.
