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प्रश्न
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than ’.
As soon as they can manage, they should change their house.
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उत्तर
No sooner can they manage, than they should change their house.
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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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understand __________.
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
A ______ of grapes.
Look at the picture and complete the following.
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Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
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Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
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We ______
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
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Choose the correct verb.
It ______ very fast.
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I need ___ write _____ pages on this topic.
Write
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Choose the appropriate linker from within the bracket and complete the sentence.
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