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प्रश्न
The mother gave ______ to the persistent demands of her child.
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उत्तर
The mother gave in to the persistent demands of her child.
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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.
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
The fawn followed him.
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
You —————————— reach the island by land or air; you —————————— go by boat.
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
footprints
Find from the poem, three examples of Pun :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Start a collection of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Collect at least 50 each. Keep adding to your selection.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to be prone to
Change the following into passive voice.
Do not hurt the animals.
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We cut things with ______
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
The doorbell rang, while I ______(do) my homework.
Pick the abstract noun.
My grandmother is full of wisdom.
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
It will be raining heavily.
Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
The manager has accused him.
You ______.
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
She speaks English fluently. _________
Imagine yourself as the rabbit and tell your friend deer where you are.
I am ______ the bushes.
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
file
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Antony has the amazing ability to use both his hands, equally well. He can write, draw and perform various other tasks with equal speed and efficiency with his left as well as his right hand. Antony is ______.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Tharini acts as an interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is wellversed and fluent in multiple languages. Tharini is a ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in cognito
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I bought a pen yesterday.
Madhu ______
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
I would ______starve ______ beg.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
raise – rise– rice
Read the following sentence
and fill in the blank.
If Mary had an umbrella, she______ (lend) it to me.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
Very few people in this town are as generous as Mr. Mohan.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
brave - ______ - bravest
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Mithology
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
You should have return it sooner.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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| ______ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ________________ | ||
