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प्रश्न
Report the following sentence.
Amali said to her sister, “I need your help to arrange the books in the shelf.”
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उत्तर
Amali told her sister that she needed her help to arrange the book in the shelf.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.
Say whether each of the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.
We prefer buying imported things.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
air and manner
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
After lunch, the children were allowed to play.
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
sarathy said oh how thrilling it was
Vijay had ______ idea about the problem.
The world of sports has given us many idiomatic expressions like ‘blow-by-blow.’ Read the description of each of the idioms given below. Then match these idioms with their meaning given in the box.
| Idioms | Meaning |
| i) throw in the towel: Wet towels are kept near a boxing ring to wipe the sweat of boxers between rounds. When a boxer was getting badly beaten, his manager would throw a towel in the ring to end the fight. | a. state of near collapse or defeat |
| ii) in our corner: In a boxing match, the corners are the two opposite angles of a boxing ring where the boxers rest between rounds. | b. unfair or unsporting behaviour |
| iii) on the ropes: Boxing rings are typically enclosed by four ropes. As a boxer when your opponent has forced you against the ropes with his/her attack, you are in trouble. | c. prepare for a conflict |
| iv) below the belt: Hits below the beltline are generally considered illegal in boxing. | d. on your side in an argument or dispute |
| v) square off: facing each other at the beginning of a match | e. to give up |
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
bear
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
Being a Monday, the shops _________ not be crowded today.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
in a nice pickle
