Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
I saw a tiger it was wounded.
Solution
Simple: I saw a wounded tiger.
Complex: I saw a tiger which was wounded.
Compound: I saw a tiger and it was wounded.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Study the sentences in the columns below.
|
A |
B |
|
I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
|
Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
|
Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
|
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 whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
He dipped his fingers in the milk.
Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
He fell over the step and __________ broke his arm.
Read the highlighted words.
- All three of them were honest, kind, and hardworking.
- You are such an honest person.
The highlighted words are adjectives.
Now find at least five other adjectives from the lesson.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Come here.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
f_i_h_e_ _d - afraid
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Underline the prepositional phrase.
Our nation is famous for its glorious culture.
You should ______ your mother for your rude behaviour.
