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प्रश्न
Say whether the words underlined are infinitives/participles or gerunds.
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उत्तर
- Reading: Participle
- reading: Gerund
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out the infinitives from the following sentence.
He knew who were the right people to listen to and who to avoid.
Pick out the infinitive from the given sentence.
The man revived and asked for something to drink.
Pick out the infinitive from the given sentence.
The school authorities congratulated all the winners and encouraged to participate in all the activities.
Prepare a word chain of VERBS.
Enact, T___________, ___________, __________, __________ .
Phrasal verbs are “multi-word verbs”. These verbs consist of a basic verb + another word or words. The other word (s) can be prepositions and/or adverbs that modify or change their meaning. For example ‘give up’ is a phrasal verb that means ‘stop doing’ something, which is very different from ‘give’. In the article that you have just read there are a few phrasal verbs like :
- pull off : Manage to do something difficult or tricky/to steer or turn a vehicle off the road
- roll down : roll down (something) or roll (something) down : to move (something) down especially by turning handle
- head for : to go or cause to go (towards)
- woke up : arose from sleep/realized
Now look through the unit of Health and Medicine, figure out the phrasal verbs that you come across and list them.
Fill in the blank with the proper form of the Verb as per the Subject:
Mother ______ a good meal. (cook/cooks)
Fill in the blank with the proper form of the Verb as per the Subject:
Eight lakh rupees ______ a big amount. (was/were)
Pick out the gerund from the following sentence:
The attitude of taking destroys families.
When a satellite ______ (launch), the rocket begins by going slowly upwards.
Parents must ______ their children's leisure activities.
