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प्रश्न
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
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उत्तर
My friend escaped from the accident by the skin of his teeth.
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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.
Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.
I _______________repair my cycle yesterday.
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Rickety table
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Rudimentary general stores
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
They liked his written stories.
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman….
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
It is believed that The Iliad and The Odyssey were composed and recited by a blind poet named Homer, who lived about 900 BCE and who wandered from one Greek city or village to another, singing his poems to all who would receive him in their homes.
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
in vain
Change the following into Passive voice.
Please do not walk on the grass.
We solved the problem _______ a new device developed by our engineers.
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
How long __________?
Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
Come back as soon as possible.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(visit the Tajmahal)
Kumaravel has lived in this city ______2012.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed before 'light’?
Find me in the poem.
I can carry you
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Please take out the trash when you get home ___
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
She ______ a driver.
Fill in the blanks
The dove______ the ant are friends.
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
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.
Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets
Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______(serve) as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 ______(cause) many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 ______(become) a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 ______ (transform) people. They 5 ______(develop) an addiction to it.
Change the voice of the following sentence.
May God bless you with happiness!
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
There is an urgent need to provide clean, reliable and affordable energy to their growing populations.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______ not go to the market as I have brought vegetables.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
There is a pharmacy near that bus stand.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am not as smart as you are.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) He was too gentle to have committed the crime.
(II) He was so ______
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: strange - stranger - strangest
simple - ______ - ______
The experienced doctor found it easy to deal ______ young patients.
