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प्रश्न
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Where had you kept the book?
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उत्तर
Where had the book been kept by you?
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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.
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Fill in the boxes with the correct answers. The first one has been done for you.
| S. No | Word with meaning and part of speech | Sentence | Noun/Verb/ Adj. form | Sentence |
| 1 | Word: wise meaning: clever part of speech: adjective | My brother is wise. | wisdom | My brother showed great wisdom in business. |
| 2 | harm | |||
| 3 | stimulate | |||
| 4 | argue | |||
| 5 | strong | |||
| 6 | destroy |
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