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प्रश्न
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
Were the milk men milking the cow ______?
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उत्तर
Were the milk men milking the cow- Past continuous tense.
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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.
By filling appropriate letters in the blank spaces, you will get a past participle from it. Use the word as an adjective in your own sentence. One is done for you.
(a) s _ _ n _ d
Word- signed. The advocate took all the signed documents to the court.
(b) p_ _ z _ d
(c) f_ _ t_ e n e_
(d) b _ i _ e_
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
see ______ (become angry).
Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.
It was funny to read words that stood still.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(play Ten pin bowling)
Usha looked back at the ruins. The sun ______ (come) up and was touching the top of the walls.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is your bag, you can take it anytime.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
Kavita is my teacher. She teaches us English.
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I don’t like to go out.
Johnson ______
