SSC (English Medium) इयत्ता १० वी - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The dancer danced gracefully.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The milkman comes daily.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The hostess served tea.

Simple sentence: subject + verb + object/complement/adverbial: Analysing a simple sentence is done by separating the subject and the predicate. The predicate is further analysed into -

1. verb + object as in ‘A doctor treats patients’./‘He greeted the teacher.’
2. verb + complement as in ‘They are very tired.’/‘I have a cold.’
3. verb + adverbial as in (He walks slowly./Raj arrived late./The thief is hiding there.)

Say whether the predicates in the following sentence have an object/a complement/an adverbial.

The kite soared upwards.

Change the following sentence in Indirect narration.
Robert said to Joan, “Have you ever seen English soldiers fighting ?’’

Change the following sentence in Indirect narration.
“I’d like to understand music so that I could understand Bach,’’
said the writer.

Rewrite in indirect speech.
“Did you enjoy the music, today?” he said to me.

Change the following sentences in indirect narration: 
He asked, “Can you cook?” 

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“You are not tone-deaf”, he said to me.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“Could you have done it?”, said Einstein.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“Sing that back”, he ordered me.

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

He said, “What kind of music do you like?”

Rewrite the following in indirect narration.

“I’m so sorry, Dr. Einstein”, she said.

Rewrite in Indirect speech.

“Please”, she begged him, “Please come”.

Rewrite in Indirect speech.

He said, “What shall we do, Ustad Sahib?”

Rewrite in Indirect speech.

Her brother said, “Enjoy yourself”. He added, “Lucky you!”

Rewrite in Indirect speech.

‘Yes’ Panditji replied. “It’s settled then. Tomorrow morning we shall perform, for the boy.”

Rewrite into indirect narration:

“Forgive me!” said the bearded man in a weak voice.

Change the following sentences into indirect speech:

Robert asked, “Joan. how old are you?” “I am 13 years old,” she replied.

Change the following sentence in Indirect narration. 

He asked me, "Is the world so poor that it cannot give me a toy and a book, instead of forcing me to take a gun or a tool?"