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Report These Question Using If/Whether Or Why/When/Where/How/Which/What.Remember the Italicised Verb Change into the Past Tense.He Asked the Little Boy, “Why Are You Studying English?”

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प्रश्न

Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.

He asked the little boy, “Why are you studying English?”

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उत्तर

He asked the little boy why he was studying English.

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अध्याय 5.1: The Snake and the Mirror - Thinking about Language [पृष्ठ ६२]

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एनसीईआरटी English Beehive [English] Class 9
अध्याय 5.1 The Snake and the Mirror
Thinking about Language | Q 4.3 | पृष्ठ ६२

संबंधित प्रश्न

Make adverb from these adjective .

sleepy ______


Make adverb from these adjective .

noisy ______


Complete the following conditional sentence. Use the correct form of the verb.

If I don’t go to Anu’s party tonight, ______


Complete the following conditional sentence. Use the correct form of the verb.

If you don’t telephone the hotel to order food, ______


Thinking about language

Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.

We all want (What do we all want to do?)


Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.

I wondered why he was screaming.


Complete the sentence below by filling in the blank with suitable participial clause.
The information that has to be used in the phrases is provided as a sentence in bracket.

1. ____, the fire fighters finally put out the fire. (They worked round the clock.)
2. She watched the sunset above the mountain, ____ (She noticed the colours blending
softly into one another.)
3. The excited horse pawed the ground rapidly, ____ (While it neighed continually.)
4. ____, I found myself in Bangalore, instead of Benaras. (I had taken the wrong train.)
5. ____, I was desperate to get to the bathroom. (I had not bathed for two days)
6. The stone steps, ____ needed to be replaced. (They were worn down).
7. The actor received hundreds of letters from his fans, ____ (They asked him to send
them his photograph.)


Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.

She asked me, “When are we going to leave?”


Simple Present Tense

In these sentences words like everyday, often, seldom, never, every month, generally, usually, etc. may be used.

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
The heart is a pump that ___(send) the blood circulating through our body. The
pumping action ___(take place) when the left ventricle of the heart ___(contract). This
___(force) the blood out into the arteries, which ___(expand) to receive the oncoming blood.


Thinking about the Language
 Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.

I studied (continuously/continually) for eight hours.


Rewrite the sentence below, changing the verb in bracket into the passive form.

 In spite of financial difficulties, the labourers (pay) on time.


Rewrite the sentence below, changing the verb in bracket into the passive form.

On Republic Day, vehicles (not allow) beyond this point.


Rewrite the sentence below, changing the verb in bracket into the passive form.

 Elections to the Lok Sabha (hold) every five years.


Rewrite the sentence below, changing the verb in bracket into the passive form.

 Our National Anthem (compose) Rabindranath Tagore.


Rewrite the paragraph below, using the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

How Helmets Came To Be Used in Cricket

Nari Contractor was the Captain and an opening batsman for India in the1960s. The Indian cricket team went on a tour to the West Indies in 1962. In a match against Barbados in Bridgetown, Nari Contractor (seriously injure and collapse). In those days helmets (not wear). Contractor (hit) on the head by a bouncer from Charlie Griffith. Contractor’s skull (fracture). The entire team (deeply concern). The West Indies players (worry). Contractor (rush) to hospital. He (accompany) by Frank Worrell, the Captain of the West Indies Team. Blood (donate) by the West Indies players. Thanks to the timely help, Contractor (save). Nowadays helmets (routinely use) against bowlers.


A bird ______ hand is worth two in the bush.


There was an accident ______ the crossroads.


Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct options.

She is weak, but she is courageous.

(Begin: Despite ...)


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