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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
The car skidded to a halt when I applied the ______,
पर्याय
brake
break
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उत्तर
The car skidded to a halt when I applied the brake.
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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.
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman….
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Would you like __________ (accompany) us on our journey if you could?
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
different ______.
He has been absent ______ last week.
Look at the picture and write eight sentences using prepositions.
Where is the rabbit?
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
The turtles come ashore only during the ______.
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
One always felt like drawing close to him
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Who’s going to see them?
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Grow more trees to protect nature.
Write some 
pattern words and divide them.
Choose the correct word.
It ______ very fast
Divide the words that have same pattern as the rabbit.
Recite the poem ‘The Swimmer’.
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Dad and I painted the trailer ______.
complete the sentence.
I ______ the leader of my class.
It ___________ before I touched it. (break)
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody
Now, write the clipped and unclipped forms of the given words and complete the table.
| UNCLIPPED | CLIPPED |
| chimpanzee | |
| photo | |
| mike | |
| cafeteria | |
| gas | |
| helicopter | |
| telephone | |
| varsity | |
| memo | |
| influenza | |
| hippo | |
| bridegroom | |
| fan | |
| demonstration | |
| pram | |
| refrigerator |
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
illicit - elicit
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
______ you register your name, you cannot participate in the competitions.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Caesar was declared emperor. The conspirators killed him. (After)
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
She is ______an understanding person ______everybody likes to be with her.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Social media has brought about a ______ impact on the lives of millennials.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The policeman would not have arrested the man unless he had violated the rules.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
One of the machines______ defective.
______ you help me cross the road, young man?
