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प्रश्न
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ad hoc
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उत्तर
Ad hoc – created for a particular
An ad-hoc committee was set up to probe the scam in the universities.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
You must 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.
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Suffering is stranger than anything.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
once in a ______ moon (very rarely).
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As soon as the thief escaped, the family informed the police.
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is always neat. Many students like her in case of ________________________.
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Write a question for the answer.
________________?
Yes, She is writing a new book.
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______ the scissors I returned it to her.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He followed my suggestion. (into Complex)
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A ______ of ants.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
Neil Armstrong was born in 1930. Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969.
Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.
| able,ful, ly, sub, ion, un, tri, re, im, mis |
| _____call | comfort_____ |
| _____category | _____understand |
| _____proper | success_____ |
| equal_____ | _____colour |
| construct_____ | new_____ |
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
status quo
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
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Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
The smuggler has been nabbed by the police.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
There is a pharmacy near that bus stand.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
scraping – scrapping – scrubbing
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Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Neither Lekha nor Leela ______ been selected.
He turned ______ for the programme earlier than usual.
She is very ill, but the doctors think she will pull ______.
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
Chennai is bigger than most other Indian cities.
(End: ……Chennai.)
