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The correct answer is 'My elder brother lives in Delhi'.

Key Points 

• As in the given sentence we are talking about the speaker's elder brother who lives in Delhi.
• We have to start the sentence with the subject about whom we are talking about i.e speaker's elder brother.
• Then the subject is followed by the main verb or the helping verb.
• Then the main verb or the helping verb is followed by the object.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is 'The roof is being repaired by a friend of ours'.

Key Points   

• The given sentence is in active form of the sentence.
• In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.
• Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Main Verb + Object.
• For example:- The ball hit him.
• In order to convert the given sentence into passive form, we have to follow the below-mentioned structure:-
• Passive form of a sentence is a sentence i.e being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect.
• Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Helping Verb + V3 + by + the + Object.
• For example:- He was hit by the ball.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that 'The roof is being repaired by a friend of ours' correctly expresses the given active form of the sentence in the passive voice.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is 'This house was built in 2019'.

Key Points  

• The given sentence is in active form of the sentence.
• In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object. Most sentences are active.
• Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Main Verb + Object.
• For example:- He teaches us mathematics.
• In order to convert the given sentence into passive form, we have to follow the below-mentioned structure:-
• Passive form of a sentence is a sentence i.e being used when the grammatical subject is the person or thing that experiences the effect of an action, rather than the person or thing that causes the effect.
• Structure of the sentence:- Subject + Helping Verb + V3 + by + the + Object.
• For example:- We are taught mathematics by him.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that 'This house was built in 2019' correctly expresses the given active form of the sentence in the passive voice.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is 'Poonam asked her brother if he had been reading since morning'.

Key Points      

• The given sentence is in direct speech.
• Direct speech:- The reporting of speech by repeating the actual words of a speaker.
• For example:- ‘I'm going,’ she said.
• We have to convert it into indirect speech.
• Indirect speech:- Indirect speech is speech that tells you what someone said but does not use the person's actual words.
• For example:- 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked her what her plans were', and ' Citizens complained about the smoke'.
• In order to convert the given direct speech into an indirect speech, we have to follow some of the steps:-
• The reported verb said of a direct speech should be converted into asked in an indirect speech.
• Reported speech written in inverted commas in the given direct speech should be removed while converting it into an indirect speech.
• The pronoun (You) present in the given direct speech should be converted into the pronoun(he) in an indirect speech.
• As the reported speech involved an interrogative sentence i.e a yes/no question, the inverted commas in the given direct speech should be removed while converting it into an indirect speech by adding if to it.
• As the reported verb used in a direct speech indicates that the given sentence is in past tense form, 'have' should be converted into 'had' in an indirect speech.

​​Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is 'to'.

Key Points  

• To is a preposition.
• It is also used as part of the infinitive (the to-infinitive).
• To as a preposition: destination or direction.
• To as a preposition: receiver of an action.
• For example:-  We're going to Liverpool next week.
• About means on the subject of; concerning.
• Of means expressing the relationship between a part and a whole; expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value.
• In means expressing the situation of something that is or appears to be enclosed or surrounded by something else; expressing a period of time during which an event happens or a situation remains the case.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that to should be the appropriate option to be chosen for filling in the blank.

Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is 'Redden'.

Key Points  

• Verb means a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
• Red means of a colour at the end of the spectrum next to orange and opposite violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies.
• For example:- Her eyes were red from crying.
• The most appropriate verb form of the word red is redden.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is 'Beggar'.

Key Points   

• Let us explore the given options:-
• Beggar means a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food.
• In option 2, Begger is wrongly spelt as the letter 'e' before 'r' should be replaced by 'a' in order to correct it.
• In option 3, Baggar is wrongly spelt as the letter 'a' after 'B' should be replaced by 'e' in order to correct it.
• In option 4, Bagar is wrongly spelt as the letter 'a' before 'g' should be replaced by 'e' and the letter 'g' should be added just after 'g' in order to correct it.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is 'can'.

Key Points  

• Can means be able to; be permitted to.
• For example:-  You can go home now.
• Must means be obliged to; should (expressing necessity).
• Will means expressing the future tense.
• Should means used to indicate obligation, duty, or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that can should be the appropriate option to be chosen for filling in the blank.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.

The correct answer is 'She does not look very beautiful on the stage'.

Key Points   

• The given sentence is an affirmative form of the sentence.
• An affirmative sentence, as the name suggests, is a sentence structure that affirms a proposition, a day-to-day action, an idea, a request or a random thought.
• In simpler terms, it can be said that an affirmative sentence is a positive statement.
• In order to transform the given affirmative sentence into the negative one, we have to follow the below structure:-
• A negative sentence is a sentence that states that something is false.
• In English, we create negative sentences by adding the word 'not' after the auxiliary, or helping, verb.
• For example:- He wasn't eating white rice.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that She does not look very beautiful on the stage should be the appropriate option to be chosen as the correct negative form.
• Hence, the correct answer is option 2.

The correct answer is 'the'.

Key Points    

• In English, there are three articles: a, an, and the.
• Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective.
• The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
• The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
• There are certain situations in which a noun takes no article which are as follows:
• When non-count nouns are used that refer to items that are not counted and are always singular then no article is used before them.
• No article is used when we are talking about things in a general way not in a specific way.
• By referring to the above explanation, it can be concluded that the should be the appropriate option to be chosen for filling the blank.

Hence, the correct answer is option 1.