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प्रश्न
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
He broke his __________. (spectacles)
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उत्तर
He broke his specs.
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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.
Write the Rhyming word and Scheme of the 3rd stanza.
The pilgrim raised his old gray head,
“My friend in the path I’ve come,” he said, “There followeth after me today
A fair haired youth, who must pass this way. The chasm which held no fears for me
To the fair haired youth, may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim.
My friend, I am building this bridge for him.”
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
We could grow vegetables in our kitchen garden but we don’t do it now.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
On seeing the teacher, the children stood up. (into Complex).
Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.
Ask the policeman for directions.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
faux pas
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
When they had to climb through deep new snow the party sometimes had to______.
The students could not ask any questions to the teacher. (Rewrite using unable to)
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
great - ______ - ______
