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प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentence is in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
My father gave it to the mechanic. ______
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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.
Fill in the blank in the following dialogue choosing a suitable phrase from those given below.
Arun: Are you unwell?
Ila: No, not _________ Why do you ask?
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Hyperbole
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
fight (verb)
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
foolish custom
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
lent
In the following sentence the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
Pragathi lent a pencil to Keerthana.
India is ________ largest democracy in the world.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Ilakiya and Adhira ______ (enjoy) each other's company very much.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
On seeing the teacher, the children stood up. (into Complex).
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We are next in line to ______on this run way.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- An organ that pumps blood ______
- The planet we live on ______
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
s_e_ta_u_ar - eye catching
Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.
I book two tickets for my brother.
Fill in the blank.
It _____ all the candies. (eat)
Vijay had ______ idea about the problem.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I have some more juice, please?
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Kavin will not stop flying kites unless he understands the risk involved in it.
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Neither Veena nor her sisters has been informed of the accident.
