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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb: If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table. - English

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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

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If we had called the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [पृष्ठ १६]

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पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q f. x. | पृष्ठ १६

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Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.

She ____________tell the principal the truth.


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Direct Speech: Amar said, "I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket." 

Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the next day.

Note down the changes you observe in the Indirect Speech.


Form groups and hold debates on the following topic. Make bulleted lists of points in favour (pros) and those against (cons) the given statement. Let the whole class vote on who won the debate.

Contact with man has helped animals to survive. 


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I have been ill for a couple of days ______.


Read the story and rewrite it using the simple past tense.

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Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.

Vinothini left the house before sunrise.


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1 food   6 commander-in-chief  
2 radius   7 thesis  
3 governor-general   8 forum  
4 syllabus   9 cattle  
5 datum   10 genius  

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live in the sea.

is huge.

have a connection with the land.

are found in coastal waters.

are wonderful creatures. 

has flippers to swim.

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Raju ________ to the ground before others arrived. (reach)


Write

______ inn


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______ Himalayas.


Fill in the blank.

______ old man


Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.

long
round
thin
yellow
tall

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  3. Its eyes are ______.
  4. Its skin is ______.
  5. Its tail is ______.

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5 belief that the best possible concepts should be pursued criticism
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10 exceptional courage when facing danger absenteeism

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