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Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank. Many scientists have warned us not _____________ (take) this dangerous journey, but we are not discouraged.

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Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.

Many scientists have warned us not _____________ (take) this dangerous journey, but we are not discouraged.

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Many scientists have warned us not to take this dangerous journey, but we are not discouraged.

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पाठ 3.1: Old Man River - Grammar [पृष्ठ ७३]

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पाठ 3.1 Old Man River
Grammar | Q F. 14. | पृष्ठ ७३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)

There was a lack of technology. Major surgery could not develop for centuries.


Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.

1950s Boy - dusted the living room.


Change the following into Passive voice.

When will you book the tickets to Bengaluru?


Supply suitable linkers.

“__________ I was alive and had a human heart, ” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, __________ I lived in the palace __________ sorrow was not allowed to enter. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince __________ Happy Indeed I was. So I lived and __________ I died.


Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.

______ of your friends can guide you.


Write.

______ ant


Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

I tried hard ______both ends meet.


Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.

E-mail is the fastest means of communication.


Here, we see that the ‘-ing’ form of the verb ‘fight’ is used as a subject in ‘The fighting went on’. It does the work of a noun. When the ‘-ing’ form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund or verbal noun. Read the following examples of gerunds:

  • Gardening is an art.
  • Cooking is a science.
  • I enjoy reading poems.
  • I like reading more than writing.

Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.


Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.

Manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.

I love my country ____________.


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