DIRECT - INDIRECT speech

English exercise 5

Fill in the blanks with correct form of the tense given in brackets :- 1. The patient _______ yesterday.(die) 2. I _________ the parcel yesterday.(receive) 3. The sun _________ when we ________ our journey. (shine/start) 4. I _____ him _______ the boy.(see/beat ) 5. Yesterday I _____ a new laptop as my old one _____ quite slow.(buy/became) 6. He ______ me for what I ______.(thank/do) 7. I _________ on this project for two years.(work) 8. They ________ an apartment in Bangalore three years ago.(buy) 9. I usually ________ coffee in the morning.(drink) 10. Ever since I ______ my country in 2007, I _____ in Canada.(leave/live)

Sentences Ex - 3

Identify the sentence and change it into other two forms:- 1. The house was destroyed in the fire, but the whole family was saved. 2. Walking through the wood, he saw a fox that was following him. 3. If I do not get this job, I will start a business. 4. He said that he was so disappointed that he would not try again. 5. The men who rule the world with their pens are mightier than those who rule the world with their swords. 6. The evil that men do lives after them. 7. All that glitters is not gold. 8. Neither the color nor the design of this cloth appeals to me. 9. I saw a man go fast, but I didn’t look at him. 10. I would cycle to school on fine days and would take the bus only when the weather was bad. 11. He quickly picked up the ball yet the audience complimented him. 13. The medicine tastes horrible; however we need it. 14. He told us the news yet he said it was a good news.

English exercise 8

Fill in the blanks with correct form of the tense given in brackets :- 1. When I _______ my eyes, I _______ a strange sight.(open/see) 2. Every morning she ____ up early and _____ ready for work.(wake/get) 3. If I _____ what he ______, I _________ this.(know/want/permit) 4. I ___________ anything from her in a long time.(have) 5. The principal ________ to talk to you. (want) 6. Jane _______ with her parents.(live) 7. We ________ Rome next month.(visit) 8. The meteors ________ around in the .solar system.(move) 9. She ______ a detective novel. (write) 10. All workers ___________ in their work to the supervisor. (hand) 11. I ____________ English for twelve years.(learn) 12. The students _________ their breakfast. (eat) .

Grammar Exercises

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