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Question
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Must I get your jacket? The weather is cold.
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Solution
Shall I get your jacket? The weather is cold.
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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.
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
Stay at
Change the following into passive voice.
Carry it home.
underline the modal verbs in the list given in the box.
| shall | should | will | have to | would | can | need to |
| could | may | ought to | might | dare | used to | need |
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
The bus was overcrowded so Arun avoided travelling in it.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
You can’t have your fruits ______ you take your food.
Punctuate the following sentence.
long ago in a town in Switzerland there lived a famous man called william.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Wow___What a wonderful event ____
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
The boy speaks loudly. ______
Underline the prepositional phrase.
The boy studied well in spite of many obstacles.
