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प्रश्न
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
She hadn’t seen as many telebooks.
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उत्तर
She had not seen as many telebooks.
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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.
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
It had been thrown there. __________
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
He walked all day.
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.
I want to live in a developed India.
Pick out from the poem, two examples of the following Figure of Speech.
Alliteration
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to undo
Find from the lesson, the antonyms of the following.
| afterward | × | ______ |
| spending | × | ______ |
| careful | × | ______ |
| withdraw | × | ______ |
| confidently | × | ______ |
| cheerful | × | ______ |
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
again and again
In the following sentence the verbs have two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
Sudha told the truth to her friend.
Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect word with a correct prepositional phrase.
age and gender in the school. In opposition to taking leave, she ensures __________________ that she completes the work given before she goes to school next day.
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
Read the situation given and frame two suitable sentence in the appropriate form of the tense.
| Give two instructions to your classmates. | 1. ______ |
| 2. ______ |
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Please do not cut trees.
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
It is a ______ day.
Now, try splitting each of these words into syllables.
| Wonderful | |
| Behind | |
| Bananas | |
| Excitement | |
| Snatch | |
| Windows | |
| Thud | |
| Everyone |
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
They always talk who never think.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
The box was heavy ______ he could not lift it.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Mouse
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Srinath and Sandhya were bored at______ awful concert.
Fill in the blank
He _______ all the money within an hour. (spend)
Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.
I ______ TV.
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
Vijayshree will be busy, ______.
- We enacted a humorous ______in our school function.
- The children ______in the ground every afternoon.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
My mother was tired yesterday because she ______well the night before (not sleep).
Match the following with their right field, choosing appropriately from the box given.
| snow-board | Machinery |
| snow-mobile | Sports |
| snow-chains | Transportation |
| snow-storm | Geography |
| snow-bird | Weather |
| snow-belt | Travel |
Look at the following complex sentence. Circle(bold) the Main clause and underline the Subordinate clause.
Nobody knows when the power supply will resume.
Now, Blend the following word.
parachute + troop
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write a compound word from the pictures.
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| ____________ | |
