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प्रश्न
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Somebody must bell the cat.
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उत्तर
Somebody must bell the cat, mustn’t they?
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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.
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
We heard with _________that the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
Stable - ________.
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
You are very naughty. You are _____________ your brother (clever).
Identify the following from the list given in the box below:
4 nouns, 4 verbs, 4 adjectives, 4 adverbs, 4 pronouns.
| bird, wonderful, friends, gather, humans, we, I, healthy, grasslands, help, directly, protect, arrive, together, away, happy, slowly, afraid, you, us. |
List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past tense form. Example: sob - sobbed.
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - dusted the living room.
Note the words that are highlighted.
Marouckla ran to the top of the mountain where the big fire was burning.
The highlighted words are all nouns. Find 5 other nouns from the story.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
You ____________ do as I say! (command)
Read the following dialogues and supply appropriate modals.
| Student: | Can we leave our bags in the class during the break? |
| Teacher: | Yes, you ____________ but arrange them neatly. |
| Passenger: | My child is 6 years old. Do I have to buy him a ticket? |
| Conductor: | Yes, you ____________. It costs half of the price of an adult ticket. |
| Vani: | Can we go for coffee after the meeting? |
| Yoga: | No, I____________. I have to go home. |
| Salesman: | When ___________ I receive my order? |
| Customer: | I ___________ assure you sir, the order ___________ be delivered tomorrow |
| Neela: | Do you think I should write about my education background in the resume? |
| Preethi: | Yes, you ___________ . You ___________ get a better job. |
Report the following sentence.
Amali said to her sister, “I need your help to arrange the books in the shelf.”
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
Usha looked back at the ruins. The sun ______ (come) up and was touching the top of the walls.
Is your mother ______ home?
Find the antonym for the following word.
Delight ×
Prasanna has _______ (fall) sick after eating some snacks at the street side shop.
Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.
If she __________ (come) to see us, we will go to the zoo.
Choose the correct plural form.
Fly
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
where is my cat
The main idea of the passage is______.
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
accepted her seclusion with resignation
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
People get sun-burnt, ______.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Scientists predict that by 2050, man ______ on Mars. (land)
Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(among, for, at, to, in, )
When Lakshmi was (1) ___ school, she practised music from Monday (2) ___ Friday. She involved herself (3) ___ the school orchestra. She was responsible (4) ___conducting many programmes. She was very popular (5) ___ her schoolmates, as she was kind, friendly and helpful.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Elambrathi has a second-hand car.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
I cannot do anything better for you than this.
My mother advised me never to jump ______ conclusions.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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