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Question
______ please close the door?
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would you
could you
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Solution
Could you please close the door?
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Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
We could grow vegetables in our kitchen garden but we don’t do it now.
I will come if I __________ time.
Read the sentences given below. Does the action happen every day or is it happening at this moment?
| 1. Deepa waters the plants every morning. | |
| 2. A triangle has three sides. | |
| 3. Sandhya is writing a letter. | |
| 4. The children are playing in the garden. | |
| 5. I go to school regularly. |
Write the past continuous forms for the given verb.
They ________ when I arrived there. (play)
Do you know what happened to the Titanic, the largest ship to sail then? She hit an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Now choose the right word and complete the paragraph. Read the paragraph aloud.
The wreck (1) ______(up/of) the RMS Titanic lies (2) ______( in/at)a depth of (3) ______(about/ above) 12,500 feet about 370 miles south east (4) ______(of/off) the coast of Newfoundland. It lies (5) ______(in/on) two main pieces about a third (6) ______(of/off) a mile apart. The bow is still largely recognizable (7) ______(with/ within) many preserved interiors, despite the damage it sustained hitting the sea floor. A debris field (8) ______(of/for) the wreck contains thousands (9) ______(on/ of) items spilled (10) ______(from/of) the ship as it sank. She sank (11) ______(in/at) the year 1912.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ad hoc
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
aural - oral
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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