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प्रश्न
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
The teacher handed down the report cards.
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उत्तर
The teacher handed out the report cards.
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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.
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- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
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| Down | Across |
| 2. The _____ man ever whose age has been verified is Jiroemon Kimura. | 1. Deserts are the _______ places on Earth. |
| 4. Antarctica is the _______ continent in the world. | 3. Russia is the _______ country in the world. |
| 6. The elephant is the _______ animal in the world. | 4. Mercury is the _______ planet to the sun. |
| 8. Mount Everest is the ______ mountain in the world. | 5. Vatican City is the ______ country in the world. |
| 6. Diamonds are the _______ material in the world. | |
| 7. The cheetah is the ______ animal in the world. |
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Try to hear ______
- Another word for quiet ______.
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
moped -
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.
Please do not cut trees.
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
If he __________ harder, he __________ his goals.
Peter played handball yesterday, _______?
Choose the correct plural form.
Fox
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Rafiq was eating breakfast.
A conjunction is a word that joins two words or sentence.
He has a ball _________ not a bat.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
The ostrich took care of its _________.
Write.
______ chair
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Scientists predict that by 2050, man ______ on Mars. (land)
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are requested to make a cup of tea for the guest
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am always the winner.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The Boss had full confidence on his Manager for successful completion of the project.
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______.
Use the proper punctuation mark.
Sure, if they were the same age
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
You must right to your friend.
