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Question
Nobody can say ______there will be an improvement in the______
(whether/weather)
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Solution
Nobody can say whether there will be an improvement in the weather.
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You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.
1. To report a question, we use the reporting verb asked (as in Sentence Set 1).
2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example, ____________ changes to was getting.
6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or __________in reported speech.
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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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:
Say WHY. . . . .
______ even an aging hand has beauty.
Break the words below into syllables as shown in the first one.
- belonging: be - long - ing
- morning: ______
- unfriendly: ______
- citizen: ______
- anything: ______
- message: ______
- difficulty: ______
- mayor: ______
- captain: ______
- elected: ______
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
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Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.
Explain the metaphor in the following line :
... the shower will make the roses bloom.
Ashwin __________ (complete) M.B.A. in another two years.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
I’ll stay ________ you need me.
Could you bring me ________ tools I left in the garden?
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Taking the children to the museum is Seema’s responsibility.
Construct meaningful sentences from the table given below.
| 1. | Silence |
should should not |
be | used in petrol bunks. |
| 2. | Cars | maintained in libraries hospitals etc. | ||
| 3. | Cleanliness | avoided as they cause cavities and toothache. | ||
| 4. | Cell phones | practised at homes as well as in public places. | ||
| 5. | Junk food | parked in ‘ No Parking’ area. | ||
| 6. | Sweet | avoided as it is bad for health. |
Match the sport and the equipment.
eg. Cricket – Bat
| 1. | Football | Bow and Arrow |
| 2. | Tennis | Club |
| 3. | Golf | Net |
| 4. | Volleyball | Racquets |
| 5. | Archery | Helmet |
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Suguna______helps her mother at home.
Match the clipped word and write it on the line.
| 1. | spectacles | auto |
| 2. | microphone | math |
| 3. | automobile | cent |
| 4. | mathematics | mic |
| 5. | centum | specs |
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
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a______ friend.
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Read the given passages and rewrite them using the direct speech.
The cyclist warned the driver not to move his car till the police arrived. The driver pleaded that it was not his fault; he was ready to pay a hundred rupees to repair the damaged cycle. The cyclist refused the money and insisted that the police be called.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ad hoc
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beside - besides
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
______ I go to school today?
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...under the spout to catch the stray leaves.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
I had my evening meals in a restaurant near my office.
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
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Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
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Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
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