Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
They can substantially reduce the cost of mobility and congestion.
Advertisements
Solution
They can substantially reduce the cost of mobility and congestion, can’t they?
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Study the sentences in the columns below.
|
A |
B |
|
I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
|
Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
|
Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
|
I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
Explain the figure of speech inversion and anastrophe with example.
Pick out five Compound words from the lesson.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
I have not read that scripture. (Rewrite using ‘unaware.’)
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 - brought home the groceries.
Write your opinion, in your own words:-
Write down two or three proverbs/axioms that suit the message in Bertha’s story.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“What! Are you drawing it all out again?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, the whole thing,” I said.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
bought
Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
in the rear of
Change the following into passive voice.
People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
When he saw the train in the platform he rushed.
Manju _______ (call) after we reach home.
Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.
If they had gone for a walk, they __________ (turn) the lights off.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
The box was heavy ______ he could not lift it.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
What did you want to eat for lunch ___
Write what they were doing at 5 o’clock yesterday.
I _________ cricket with my friends.
My mother _________ TV.
We _________ mango.
My friends _________ their bicycles.
Mohan _________ a letter.
The bell _________ loudly.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Make something better ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
She _________ her exam.
They ________ written three letters already.
Imagine yourself as the rabbit and tell your friend deer where you are.
I am ______ the tree.
Complete the sentence with correct reflexive pronoun.
I like _____.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
Nirmala ______(be) to the concert several times.
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
Measles (is, are) very serious.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Do not tell a lie.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
That’s definitely not the right thing to do in this situation, isn’t that?
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
No other planet in our solar system is as cold as Neptune.
Complete the slogan, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
Your plastic contribution ______ causing ocean pollution.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
 |
 |
| ______ | |
