Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Read the given passages and rewrite them using the direct speech.
The striking workers demanded an increase in salary and asked for the withdrawal of all cases. They threatened to continue the strike if the demands were not met. The manager insisted on them calling off the strike and invited them for a discussion. He agreed to listen to their demands.
उत्तर
| Workers | We demanded an increase in salary to withdraw all the cases. |
| Manager | Call off the strike |
| Workers | If our demands are not met, we will continue the strike. |
| Manager | I am willing to look into your demands, please come for a discussion. |
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out two examples of Personification from the poem.
Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.
He glanced at a letter.
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman….
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ list (a list of defaulters).
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Her father ________ (not/cook) dinner.
‘What is that noise?’ I think it is ________ aeroplane.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Mani ______ (work) in this school for five years.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.
Manju _______ (call) after we reach home.
Sinduja is getting ready to sleep. She starts writing her diary. Help her complete it by using the verbs given in brackets.
(start, eat, have, finish, go, reach)
- I got up at 7’O clock.
- . I ______breakfast.
- I______ to office by car.
- I______ to work.
- I______ lunch at______ .
- I ______my task at 7 p.m.
- I______ home at 8 p.m.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
We must eat to live, but we should not live to eat.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
She slipped badly ______ she did not hurt herself.
Match the picture with the collective noun.
| 1. | A flock of goats |  |
| 2. | A bouquet of flowers |  |
| 3. | An army of soldiers |  |
| 4. | A shoal of fish |  |
| 5. | A choir of singers |  |
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Came/Anand/to/school/early.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Srinath and Sandhya were bored at______ awful concert.
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
It _________ the bus stop.
Choose the sentences that are in simple future tense.
- They washed the van.
- Kamal will meet you at the shop.
- My dad helps me read.
- It will rain tomorrow.
- He ate many mangoes.
Read the following words taken from the story. Give two synonyms and one antonym for each of these words. Use a dictionary, if required.
| Word | Synonyms | Antonym | |
| cautious | |||
| disapprove | |||
| brisk | |||
| engaging | |||
| humble | |||
| eager | |||
| resistance | |||
| persuade | |||
| scarce | |||
| nobility | |||
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
It is easy to work ______the aegis of visionary leader.
Underline the prepositional phrase.
My brother will return home in the evening.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
The boys were stealing mangoes from a grove. At that time, the owner of the grove came in.(while)
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
The Governor inaugurated the exhibition at ten o’clock.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
We needn’t apply for a bank loan, do we?
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Seker or his brothers ______ done it.
Using your own ideas, frame at least three sentences that show future action or state.
Examples:
- Who’ll (who will) want to follow me.
- When I’m all grown up ...
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
...and it’s good for plenty more.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Feetures
Note the difference between drive and ride. Use the two words correctly in your own sentences.
This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.
Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realised what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
Chennai is bigger than most other Indian cities.
(End: ……Chennai.)
