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प्रश्न
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Whose car did someone park in front of your gate?
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उत्तर
Whose car was parked in front of your gate?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Rewrite the following sentences in the way instructed
(i) The paddy is ripe enough to harvest
(Remove ‘enough’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(ii) How beautiful the sight was!
(Rewritte as an assertive sentence)
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.
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. _________
Find any two Alliterative lines.
______ fire, break the glass to escape.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank
They learned how __________ (survive) in space without gravity.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Many scientists have warned us not _____________ (take) this dangerous journey, but we are not discouraged.
Complete the mind map based on the inputs from the extract.
| 1. | Becky Thatcher, Tom’s friend had ______ coming to school. |
| 2. | So, Tom became ______. |
| 3. | Aunt Polly ______ about Tom. |
| 4. | She tried ______. |
| 5. | Tom pretended to like _____ and asked for it very often. |
| 6. | One day Tom gave the pain-killer to ______. |
| 7. | The incidents that followed made his aunt ______. |
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
My brother ____ (not/do) his homework.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
in the rear of
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)
Rearrange the words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
loan / apply / you / if / for / you / a / get / will / immediately / it.
Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
Until the sun sets, the old woman cannot step out of her house.
There is a bridge ______ the river.
Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| fight or flight | escaping as rapidly as possible |
| put to flight | among the best of a particular group |
| take flight | to defend oneself or to run away |
| flight of fancy | to cause someone to flee |
| have a nice flight | to flee or run away |
| in full flight | an imaginative but unrealistic idea |
| top-flight | enjoy your flight |
______like to play hide and seek.
Match the following.
| 1. If they worked hard | she will come to our party. |
| 2. If I invite Shalini | I would have bought these shoes. |
| 3. If I had got enough money | they would win. |
Work in pairs.
A rhyme is a repetition of the same sound in two or more words. Usually they come at the end of lines in poems and songs. Eg. tower – power; king – sing
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words in the poem.
He is still sleeping, ________.
Use the clues and complete the compound words.
cow + _____ = ______  |
rain + _____ = ______  |
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
I don’t drive _____ night.
Fill in the blanks with to, too and two.
These clothes are ______ expensive.
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______ friend.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
par excellence
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The portraits would not have been so natural unless the artist had given his best.
Identify the correct combination of the following compound words.
Haircut, headmaster, waterfall, swimming pool, drawback, public speaking, output, software, show case, world-famous.
Write the related words as shown in the example:
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ____________ | |
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
“What’s it about?”
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
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