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प्रश्न
Read the following passage adapted from ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and fill in the blanks with appropriate modals and read the paragraph aloud.
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1)______ read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2)______begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms and discovered I (3)______be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4)______have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5)______live for years. The only disease I (6)______conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7)______(not feel) my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
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उत्तर
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1) could read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2) must begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms, and discovered I (3) was be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4) must have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5) would live for years. The only disease I (6) could conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7) could not feel my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
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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.
Here is a question of indirect speech. Put it into reported speech.
He asked Mill-wheel, “Will you help me find him?”
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
make up one’s mind
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Such a device used by poets falls under the Figure of Speech called 'Interrogation' or 'Rhetorial Question'. Refer to the poem 'The Pilgrim' and find examples of Interrogation.
Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of -
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ancient | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) | special | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) | significant | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | advanced | ____________ | ____________ |
| (5) | accurate | ____________ | ____________ |
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spyglass
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- clause
- sentence
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1950s Boy - brought home the groceries.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
catch someone ______ handed (catch someone in the act of doing something wrong).
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’ (Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)
As soon as they can manage, they should change their house.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Latha_______ (wait) for her daughter.
Unscramble the sound – describing words from the text. One has been done for you.
E.g. igeglg – giggle
| 1. | noam | |
| 2. | murebl | |
| 3. | lowh | |
| 4. | mobo | |
| 5. | cohe | |
| 6. | nogra |
The soldier climbed ______ a horse and rode away.
Kumaravel has lived in this city ______2012.
Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately on the table.
| David, Madurai, parrot, happiness, book, thought, green, tiger, Trichy, computer, Narayanan, fan, sister, Kalam, woman, pencil, Bharathi, problem, brother, Mumbai, swan, elephant, Vijay, solution, success, school, convent. |
| Person | Place | Animals | Thing | Ideas/ feelings |
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
This ______ should only last a few minutes.
Fill in the blank
Do you want tea ______ coffee?
Fill in the blank.
5 is ______ 4.
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
omitted
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
The ______was covered with a shroud.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
We ______(hear) a lot of noise because the new buildings ______(transmit) sound vacant.
Change the voice of the following sentence.
Mohan has completed the course.
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Did you hear about that boy who won one crore in a game show? If I ______(win) that much money, I ______(quit) my job the next day. I ______(travel) round the world and ______(stay) in the most luxurious hotels. If I ______(want) anything, I ______(buy) it. If I ______(see) a Mercedes that I wanted, I ______(buy) it. I ______(can) do anything in the world if I had one crore rupees. Oh, I am starting to sound a little materialistic. Well, I ______(do) good things with the money as well. If anybody ______ (need) help, I ______(take) care of their needs. I ______(donate) money to charities. I ______(give) money to help support the arts. If I ______(win) that much money, I wouldn’t keep it all for myself. I ______(help) as many people as possible.
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
Had the doctor come in time, he ______ have saved the patient. (probability)
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Gandhiji, ahimsa means infinite love.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
The librarian orders books for the school library every year. (Begin: Books…)
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
In spite of the very hot weather, Kevin stepped out to buy some bread. (Begin: Despite.…)
Write compound words using the picture.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
One should not give ______ hope despite the hurdles.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
