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UTHIRA is an event conducted by the NSS unit of ABC Hr Sec School. Imagine you are a volunteer and help a parent fill in the following registration form. (Invent necessary details)
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You mush have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.
1. To report a question, we use the reporting verb asked (as in Sentence Set 1).
2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example, ____________ changes to was getting.
6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or __________in reported speech.
Write down points without fully expanding verbs, numbering them as you do.
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
Under a bridge, two little boys were lying close together to keep warm.
‘We are so hungry!’ they said. ‘You cannot lie there!’ shouted a guard.
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To show ownership
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
The narrator of the story felt very sick for a week.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
I ______ (wait) for my mother.
Look at the picture again and answer the questions.
- Is Galen reading? _______________
- Is Velu eating? _______________
- Is Kalai dancing? _____________
- Is Peter watching TV? __________
- Is Anu crying?_________________
Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
His attitude shocked me./I _______________ by his attitude.
Change the following into passive voice.
Stanley will inform you later.
Report the following sentence.
“Why don’t you use crayons for colouring?” said Prabhu to his son.
She asked me for ______ magazines, but I could not find ______
Do you have ______coins with you? I need some.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
Kavita is my teacher. She teaches us English.
Find the antonym for the following word.
Disgrace ×
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
a ______ of singers.
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
A ______ of ants.
Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.
Ask the policeman for directions.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I returned home _______ the bus had started.
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
The television was on but nobody______ (watch) it.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
We must eat to live, but we should not live to eat.
A conjunction is a word that joins two words or a sentence.
Do you want apple _________ pear?
Punctuate the following sentence.
kaviya bought onion tomato and cucumber
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
She acted in the ______ (advertisement) first time.
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
Niru _________ joined her family in 2 years.
Fill in the blank.
Harichandra was ______ honest king.
Prefixes and Suffixes
Form two derivatives from each of the following words.
e.g. honest- dishonest, honesty
| manage | differ | beauty |
| peace | arrange | collect |
| approve | narrate | class |
Words belonging to different semantic fields.
Now, read the following statements taken from Arignar Anna’s address:
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Bacteria can never survive in extreme weather conditions.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The rhinoceros has a horn made of keratin, haven’t they?
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
connoisseurs
