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प्रश्न
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
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उत्तर
- Reading: Participle
- reading: Gerund
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Notice the highlighted words in the following sentences.
- “When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, “I’m going to have a boutique.”
- Jansie, linking arms with her along the street, looked doubtful.
- “I’ll find it,” Sophie said, staring far down the street.
- Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.
- And she turned in through the open street door, leaving Jansie standing in the rain.
- When we add “ing” to a verb, we get the present participle form. The present participle form is generally used along with forms of “be’, (is, was, are, were, am) to indicate the continuous tense as in “Sophie was coming home from school.”
- We can use the present participle by itself without the helping verb when we wish to indicate that an action is happening at the same time as another.
- In example 1, Sophie “said” something. “Said”, here, is the main action.
- What Sophie was doing while she was “saying” is indicated by “coming home from school”. So we get the information of two actions happening at the same time. We convey the information in one sentence instead of two.
- Analyse the other examples in the same way.
- Pick out five other sentences from the story in which present participles are used in this sense.
Fill in the blank with the proper form of the Verb as per the Subject:
The rise and fall of the Empire ______ recorded in History. (is/are)
Underline the verbs in the sentence and say whether it is Transitive (needing an Object) or Intransitive (need not have an Object).
It smiles and dances
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
I like to eat fruits rather than eating sweets.
In the following sentences the underlined words are called infinitives. Find such examples from the speech and underline the infinitives.
- Every child is free to grow.
- I refuse to accept that all the laws and constitutions, police, and judges are unable to protect our children.
- ...........................................
- ...........................................
- ...........................................
- ...........................................
Complete the word chain of 'verbs'. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
eat → ______, ______, ______, ______
Stephen Hawking _____ continued to write at a prolific rate.
When a satellite ______ (launch), the rocket begins by going slowly upwards.
The doctor ______ examined the patient when the family arrived.
The policeman gave no ______ (indicate) that there was a road banner ahead.
