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प्रश्न
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I offered the silent prayer in my heart.
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उत्तर
A silent prayer was offered in my heart by me.
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- wooden ____________
- luckily ____________
- belonging ____________
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Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
His attitude shocked me./I _______________ by his attitude.
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Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Came/Anand/to/school/early.
Write some 
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Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
A ________ of bees.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
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Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
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Choose the correct verb.
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Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
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Circle the vowel letters.
a c d i f o e h
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______ egg
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
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accept – except – expect
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+ |  |
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The judge turned ______ the defendant's appeal for a postponement.
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I’ve slowed it up.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
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The doctor gave away hope when she fell into a coma.
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We immediately set forth fixing the roof.
