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  Do Questions / Do forms of Questions  Change the following sentences into questions using the right form of 'do' The student thanked the teacher. Ans: Did the student thank the teacher? Mary forgot to bring the library books. Ans: Did Mary forget to bring the library books? My neighbour teaches English to school dropouts. Does your / my neighbour teach English to school dropouts? A stranger saved the man from drowning. Ans: Did the stranger save the man from drowning? The mother prayed to the goddess to bless her family. Ans: Did the mother pray to the goddess to bless her family? The lion woke up and caught the mouse. Ans: Did the lion wake up and catch the mouse? He gave me a piece of advice. Ans: Did he give you / me a piece of advice? The villages found the wounded leopard. Ans: Did the villagers find the wounded leopard? Suddenly, the lights went out. And: Did the lights go out suddenly? She learnt to read and write French. And: Did she learn to read and write French? T...

Question Tags Add Question Tags to the given statements. It is very good, i sn't it? They didn't help her, did they? Srujala is a sincere girl, isn't she? Mrs. Patil donated generously, didn't she? They knew Mr. Suleman, didn't they? The farmers have taken to organic farming, haven't they? The children spend more time on games, don't they? I can't think of insulting my friend, can I? She loves her parents immensely, doesn't she? I am not going to give up, am I? The man's house was demolished, wasn't he? He brought a whole bundle of plants, didn't he? Chetan is the youngest magician in the world, isn't he? Adventures fascinate you, don't they? There was a merry look in her eyes, wasn't there? https://youtu.be/JmOXSwD0OpE Explanation A question tag is a short question attached to a statement.  How does it work? If the statement is positive, the question tag has to be negative. Ex: Srujala is a sincere girl, isn't she?  Look ...

  Tenses Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets. One day a wolf was drinking (be drink) at a stream. He saw (see) a lamb who was (be) farther down. The wolf made up his mind to eat the lamb, but he thought (think) that he would find (will find) some excuse for doing so. He ran ( run) up to the lamb and said, "How dare you muddy the water that I am drinking (be drink)". The lamb replied, "I do not see (do not see) how that can be, since the water of the stream is running (be run)  from you to me and not from me to you." It was a curious trunk. When the lock was pressed (be press),  the trunk would fly. The merchant's son crouched (crouched)  inside, pressed ( press) the lock and up flew ( fly ) the trunk through the chimney into the clouds. After a while the lower part cracked,  which frightened (frighten) him, for it had broken (have break) in two, he would have had ( will have have) a nasty fall. However, it descend...

  Tenses Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs given in brackets. One day a wolf was drinking (be drink) at a stream. He saw (see) a lamb who was (be) farther down. The wolf made up his mind to eat the lamb, but he thought (think) that he would find (will find) some excuse for doing so. He ran ( run) up to the lamb and said, "How dare you muddy the water that I am drinking (be drink)". The lamb replied, "I did not see (do not see) how that can be, since the water of the stream is running from you to me and not from me to you." It was a curious trunk. When the lock was pressed (be press),  the trunk would fly. The merchant's son crouched (crouched)  inside, pressed ( press) the lock and up flew ( fly ) the trunk through the chimney into the clouds. After a while the lower part cracked,  which frightened (frighten) him, for it had broken (have break) in two, he would have had ( will have have) a nasty fall. However, it descended (descend...

Subject Verb Agreement Choose the correct word that agrees with the subject in the following sentences. His father and grandmother …..(have/has) arrived.           Ans: have The leader and patriot….. ( is / are ) lost.           Ans: is           Explanation : When the definite article is used before the first noun and not                before the second noun in the subject, it refers to one person. This means two           different roles / positions attached to a person. Each of the children ……. (was / were) given a book.           Ans: was           Explanation: The words like each, every, one, are used with singular verbs. Neither he nor his friend …. (was/were) there.           Ans: was Either the boy or his sisters ….. (have / h...

  Jumbled Segments Rearrange the following words / phrases to form meaningful sentences. own / every / its / language / country /  has. Ans : Every language has its own country. divided / countries / continents / the / is / into / and / world. Ans : The world is divided into continents and countries. very / deforestation / to be / can prove / damaging to / mother earth.   Ans : Deforestation can prove to be very damaging to mother earth. should / each individual / his / on / plant a tree / birthday. Ans : Each Individual should plant a tree on his birthday. to keep / we / encourage / must / the earth green / afforestation. Ans : We must encourage afforestation to keep the earth green.  humility / a lot / simplicity / has / with / to do. Ans : Simplicity has a lot to do with humility. used / as a / to highlight / newspapers / are / powerful / weapon / social problems.   Ans : Newspapers are used as a powerful weapon to highlight social problems. sport / and / bus...