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The correct answer is: '​​Kanha had completed the task before the teacher asked.'

Key Points

• '​My friend had leave by the time I got to her house.' is the incorrect answer.
• The given sentence is in the past perfect tense and its Structure is: Subject + had + past participle form of the main verb​
• ​'had leave' should be replaced by 'had left' in the sentence.​
• '​​Kanha had completed the task before the teacher asked.' is correct because the given sentence is in the Past perfect tense and it is grammatically correct.
• '​I will liked to travel around the world.' is the incorrect answer.
• The given sentence is in the Simple Future tense and its Structure is: Subject + will/shall + V1 form of the main verb​
• ​'will liked' should be replaced by 'will like' in the sentence.
• '​When I went out, you was shouting from behind.' is the incorrect answer.
• The given sentence is in the Past Tense.
• The structure for sentences in the Past Continous Tense with 'when' is: When + subject + simple past tense + subject + was/were + verb+ing . .
• The pronoun 'you' is singular and plural takes a plural verb.
• Therefore, the correct answer is '​​Kanha had completed the task before the teacher asked.'

The correct sentence: Kanha had completed the task before the teacher asked.

Additional Information

• Verbs come in three tenses: past, present, and future.
• The past tense is used to describe things that have already happened (e.g., earlier in the day, yesterday, last week, three years ago).
• The present tense is used to describe things that are happening right now, or things that are continuous.
• The future tense describes things that have yet to happen (e.g., later, tomorrow, next week, next year, three years from now).
• Example: I read nearly every day.

                Last night, I read an entire novel.

                I will read as much as I can this year.

The correct answer is "Option 3: I writing".

Key Points

• The phrase "I writing" is incorrect as it does not follow proper verb tense usage.
• The correct phrase would be "I was writing" because when two actions were happening simultaneously in the past, the past continuous tense is used for both actions.
• The rest of the sentence is grammatically correct.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 3: I writing".

Additional Information

• The segments "a book", "cooked the food," and "While my wife," do not contain errors and are grammatically correct.
• Hence, the rest of the options are incorrect.

The correct answer is 'They are translating the stories of great Indian revolutionaries into other languages'.

Key Points 

• The given sentence is in the Passive Voice. As per the given question, we must change the sentence to Active Form.
• The given sentence is an example of 'present continuous'.
• The structure of these kinds of sentences is:
• Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object. (Active Voice)
• Subject(Objective Case) + is/am/are + being+ V3 + by + Object (subjective case). (Passive Voice)
• Example:
• He is riding a bike. (Active Voice)
• A bike is being ridden by him. (Passive Voice)
• The subject of the given sentence is 'The stories of great Indian revolutionaries' and the object of the given sentence is 'they (hidden object)'. In the active voice, we need a specific subject who is performing the action.
• If you don't have a specific agent or subject mentioned in the original sentence, it's common to use a generic term like "they" to indicate that the action is being performed by an unspecified person or group.
• The subject will be put in place of the object and the object will be put in place of the subject.
• Here, 'are being translated' will be changed into 'are translating'.
• The preposition 'by' will be used in the end.

Correct Sentence: They are translating the stories of great Indian revolutionaries into other languages.

The correct answer is "had been."

 Key Points

• The sentence is in past tense, so the correct option should also be in past tense.
• "Had been" is the correct past perfect continuous tense form of the verb "to be".
• We use the past perfect continuous to talk about actions or events which started before a particular time in the past and were still in progress up to that time in the past.
• Example: I had been working on my essays the night before and I was very tired.
• The use of "hiding" suggests that the men were doing something in secret, which makes the past perfect tense appropriate.
• The correct answer is Option 3.

Correct sentence: These were two Indian men who had been hiding in the forest. 

Additional Information

• Option 1 - "was" is in the past tense, but it is not the correct form of the verb "to be" in this context.
• Option 2 - "has been" is in the present perfect tense, which is not appropriate for a sentence in the past tense.
• Option 4 - "have being" is not grammatically correct. It should be "have been".

The correct answer- 'Is the snake alive or dead?'

Key Points

• The sentences 'Did he come by bus and by train?', 'I don't know whether you like her and not.' and 'Which do you prefer, white wine and red wine?' are incorrect.
• 'And' is a coordinating conjunction and we use it to connect two words, phrases, clauses or prefixes together.
• Example: Televisions and computers are dominating our daily life.
• 'Or' is used to present an alternative to an already present positive idea.
• ​Example: Would you like tea or coffee?
• Therefore, the use of 'and' should be replaced with 'or' to make the sentences grammatically correct.

Thus, the correct sentence is 'Is the snake alive or dead?'

Additional Information

• Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together.
• Conjunctions allow you to form complex, elegant sentences and avoid the choppiness of multiple short sentences.
• Example: I like cooking and eating, but I don’t like washing dishes afterwards.

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• वाक्य 'Did he come by bus and by train?', 'I don't know whether you like her and not.' और 'Which do you prefer, white wine and red wine?' गलत हैं।
• 'And' एक समन्वित संयोजन है और हम इसका उपयोग दो शब्दों, वाक्यांशों, खंडों या उपसर्गों को एक साथ जोड़ने के लिए करते हैं।
• उदाहरण: Televisions and computers are dominating our daily life.
• 'Or' का उपयोग पहले से मौजूद सकारात्मक विचार के विकल्प को प्रस्तुत करने के लिए किया जाता है।
• उदाहरण: *Would you like tea or coffee?*​​
• इसलिए, इसे व्याकरणिक रूप से सही बनाने के लिए 'and' को 'or' से बदला जाना चाहिए।

The correct answer is "Sneha says, ‘I am very sorry’" 

Key Points

• Look at the basic rule for this type of conversion: 

• | Reported | Direct | | --- | --- | | Simple present | simple present | | She is very sorry | I am very sorry |

• Here the reported verb is "says", which is a present tense, so reported speech will be in the present tense.

• Look at this example

• Reported: Rashika says that She is utterly disappointed.

• Direct: Rashika says, ‘I am utterly disappointed.

• Hence the correct answer is Sneha says, ‘I am very sorry’.

The correct answer is: ​Kabir said that his maternal uncle had been working in that company.

Key Points

• The given sentence is a direct speech, and we need to convert it into an indirect speech.
• We follow these rules in Direct-Indirect speech:
• The reporting verb 'said' remains unchanged.
• The pronoun 'my' changes to 'his' in the indirect speech.
• If the direct speech part is written in the past continuous tense, then it changes to the past perfect continuous tense in the indirect part.
• Therefore "was working" changes to "had been working" in the indirect speech.
• The inverted commas ("...") are replaced with the conjunction 'that' to show the indirect speech part.
• The comma (,) is omitted to show the indirect speech part.
• The first word of the indirect speech is in capital letters.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

The indirect sentence is: ​Kabir said that his maternal uncle had been working in that company.

The correct answer is 'Pleasure'.

Key Points

• 'Agony' (यातना) is a word that signifies intense feelings of suffering - the suffering can be mental or physical. It's used to indicate extreme discomfort or pain.
• Example: He was in agony after the accident.
• The opposite of suffering or pain would be feelings of enjoyment or satisfaction, which is captured by the word 'Pleasure' (आनंद).
• Example: It's a pleasure to meet you.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option 3.

Additional Information

• 'Irritation' (चिढ़) is a feeling of annoyance.
• 'Anger' (क्रोध) is a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.
• 'Rage' (क्रोध) is violent, uncontrollable anger.

The correct answer is "The novelist, Harper Lee, seldom spoke publicly.".

Key Points

• This sentence is correctly punctuated using a pair of commas to include the appositive ("Harper Lee") which is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
• The phrase "Harper Lee" is giving us more information about the "novelist", so it's an appositive here.
• It is a standard rule of English grammar to offset non-restrictive appositives with commas - in this case "Harper Lee".

​Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The correct answer is 'to hinder'.

Key Points

• The underlined idiom 'put a spoke in one's wheel' means 'to prevent somebody from putting their plans into operation'.
• In the given sentence, when they decided to shift their base to Delhi, they prevented the other party from executing its plans.
• The word 'hinder' means 'to delay, impede or prevent action'.
• The idiom originates from cartwheels that used to be made of solid wood, with holes in them through which a wooden bar or 'spoke' could be pushed in order to make the cart slow down or stop.
• So, 'to hinder' is the correct answer.

Additional Information

• The given idiom 'put a spoke in one's wheel' is an object and weapon based idiom.
• Here are some other idioms based on object and weapon:

• Put a spoke in one's wheel: टांग अड़ाना
• Meaning: दखल देना, अडचन डालना