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प्रश्न
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Hardy corrected his statement.
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उत्तर
Hardy corrected his statement. - Active voice
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.
Study the following sets of words :
- Set A – pleased, happy, joyful, ecstatic
- Set B – letter, word, sentence, paragraph
The words in these sets are arranged in ascending order, each word showing a higher degree than the previous one.
Now rearrange the following groups of words in ascending order.
- adult
- aged
- infant
- youth
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
once in a ______ moon (very rarely).
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
The bacteria are so small that you need a ______ to see them. (scope)
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
You ________ (make) lunch.
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
Niru _________ joined her family in 2 years.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
have cold feet
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
draw up
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
You can solve this problem in different ways.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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