Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
Old people often _______________ hear very well; they _______________ use a hearing aid.
Advertisements
Solution
Old people often cannot hear very well; they have to use a hearing aid.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary?
Yes, I have. I will go/am going to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To show ownership
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Surrender × ______
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Defenceless × ______
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which flowed many rivers and streams.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
Sibi has not practised hard but he ____________ win the race. (possibility)
Read the following dialogues and supply appropriate modals.
| Student: | Can we leave our bags in the class during the break? |
| Teacher: | Yes, you ____________ but arrange them neatly. |
| Passenger: | My child is 6 years old. Do I have to buy him a ticket? |
| Conductor: | Yes, you ____________. It costs half of the price of an adult ticket. |
| Vani: | Can we go for coffee after the meeting? |
| Yoga: | No, I____________. I have to go home. |
| Salesman: | When ___________ I receive my order? |
| Customer: | I ___________ assure you sir, the order ___________ be delivered tomorrow |
| Neela: | Do you think I should write about my education background in the resume? |
| Preethi: | Yes, you ___________ . You ___________ get a better job. |
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
in the rear of
Report the following sentence.
Rehman said to Tilak, “When are we leaving to our native?”
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
They ______ (request) him when the manager arrived.
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
The ___________ of the President has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive)
Combine the pair of sentence given below into a single sentence using the noun form of the highlighted word.
Sathya gave an explanation. The police wanted her to prove it.
Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.
| waiting | out | income |
| green | sun | room |
| tax | alarm | dry |
| traffic | wall | house |
| clock | jam | glasses |
| hair | cleaning | cut |
| put | paper |
- Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean __________.
- Tharani had given the sarees for __________.
- The __________ is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
- Never wait for an __________ to wake you up.
- The children were late to school as there was a __________ near the toll plaza.
- The government expects every individual to promptly pay the __________.
- People usually wear __________ during summer.
- The patients were asked to sit in the__________ until the doctor arrived.
- With teamwork we are able to multiply our __________.
- The room was looking bright with the colourful __________.
Make meaningful sentences from the table given below.
| A turtle |
live in the sea. is huge. have a connection with the land. are found in coastal waters. are wonderful creatures. has flippers to swim. |
| Turtles |
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
He ________ (watch) movie.
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
She ______ (swim).
Punctuate the following sentence.
kaviya bought onion tomato and cucumber
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We have a short ______between the sessions.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Vilage
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
I had to pull over a tough situation to meet the project deadline.
