Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Here is a question of indirect speech. Put it into reported speech.
He said, “Was it up here that Pa got bitten by the snake?”
Solution
He asked if it was up there that Pa had got bitten by the snake.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Brackish lakes
Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.
The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.
What does social democracy mean?
Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.
Fraternity means a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians.
Find five adjectives that end with '-ful'.
Then write the antonym of each.
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
There are a few people in every village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the year.
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.
In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
They offered the job to Venkat.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Kannan ______ have been looking for a job for a long time.
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
He received your messages last night ______.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
child ______.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of these two students can solve this question.
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
They have a post-box. (Red, Small, Rectangular)
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
It will be raining heavily.
She ______ (write) a letter.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We have a short ______between the sessions.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I turn on the fan, please?
Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.
The pilot flew the airplane to Bengaluru. The airplane was flown to Bengaluru by the pilot.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
Cities are increasingly becoming urbanised.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The palace cannot be kept clean, unless we appoint more people.
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
inscriptions
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
He was so old that he could be my grandfather.
(Use: enough......)
