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प्रश्न
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are requested to make a cup of tea for the guest
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उत्तर
Please make a cup of tea for the guest.
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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.
The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!
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Noun |
Adjective |
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elephant |
circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold |
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face |
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building |
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water |
Write down points without fully expanding verbs, numbering them as you do.
Match the word connectors with reference to part I, II, III respectively. Make sentences of each of these connectors.
| No | Word | Connector | |
| 1. | government | (a) | person |
| 2. | betterment of | (b) | curbs |
| 3. | pure and ethical | (c) | degradation |
| 4. | community’s | (d) | launch |
| 5. | religions | (e) | dialogue |
| 6. | astonishing | (f) | silence |
| 7. | technological | (a) | motivation |
| 8. | frank | (g) | aspect |
| 9. | social | (h) | life |
| 10. | faith | (i) | centre |
| 11. | inquisitive | (j) | officials |
| 12. | academic | (k) | problems |
| 13. | environmental | (l) | humanity |
| 14. | pin-drop | (m) | service |
| 15. | alternate | (n) | bodies |
| 16. | remarkable | (o) | evils |
| 17. | silent | (p) | advancement |
| 18. | famished | (q) | brilliance |
| 19. | unsuccessful | (s) | accommodation |
| 20. | space-research | (t) | discipline |
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Sheets of paper were found in it, by Hardy.
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 participle.
Example: write - written
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
to have ______ fingers (be good at gardening).
Use the following word to construct a meaningful sentence on your own.
coward -
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We wear this on our feet ______
The show _______ (complete) its one thousand episodes by next month.
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
It is a plate. (Round, Pink, Small)
Pick the abstract noun.
My grandmother is full of wisdom.
Write some 
pattern words and divide them.
Join the word and write the new word.
Fear + ful - ______
Match the rhyming word.
| 1. | deeds | wealth |
| 2. | health | care |
| 3. | bare | needs |
Write the past form of the verbs.
eat- ______.
Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.
| soft |
| small |
| blue |
| three |
| hungry |
- There are ______birds.
- The bird’s feather is very ______.
- The colour of the birds is ______.
- It is ______in size.
- The babies are ______.
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
Vijayshree will be busy, ______.
Do as directed.
While she waited at the train station, Varsha realized that the train was late. (change into a simple sentence)
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I (never) think of a career in medicine before I spoke to my Biology teacher but now I think (seriously) it.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Kiran, Rajesh may attend a programme.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Many tourists visited Ooty ______ heavy rains
Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence.
It started raining, ______we could not play.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Let’s organize a trip to Goa, can we?
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
In case of emergency, please contact this number.
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
We have ______ the first prize twice in 2 years.
My mother advised me never to jump ______ conclusions.
