Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“How will you have it?” he said.
“In the fifties,” I said.
Advertisements
Solution
He asked how would I have it and I replied that I would have it in the fifties.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
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 - dusted the living room.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
savage controversy
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
She has won the first prize./The first prize ______________ by her.
Work in pairs and say the sentence to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.
Is this a banyan tree?
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
They were going to Coimbatore.
- The ______ of the photo is broken.
- We ______questions on all topics.
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
The chairman being away, the clerk is unable to approve the proposal.
Write a compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Read the following sentences and find the subject and the verb in each.
| Sentence | Subject | Verb |
| You are a stranger. | ||
| I am a visitor here. | ||
| You have heard right. | ||
| He must pay with his life. | ||
| The king will not hang me. |
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| __________ | ||
