1. Change the narrative style by using indirect speeches.
'Where do you come from?' I asked him. "From San Carlos," he said and smiled. "I was taking care of animals." "oh," I said not quite understanding. "Yes," he said, "I stayed, you see, taking care of animals. I was the last one to leave the town of San Carlos."
2. Identify the unclear pronoun references in the following paragraph. Where necessary, rewrite the sentence so that all pronoun references are clear.
On a summer day, becoming very thirsty, a lion and a boar came at the same moment to a small well to drink. Those fiercely quarreled which of them should drink fast, and were soon engaged in a mortal fighting. On his stopping on a sudden to take breath for renewal of the fighting, it saw some vultures waiting in the distance to feast on the one which should fall first. They at once stopped the quarrel saying, "That is better for us to make friends than to become the food or crows or vultures, as will certainly happen if ourselves are disabled."
3. Read the following text and use modifiers as directed in the blank spaces.
Mostafizur Rahman, (a)............... (post modify the noun with appositive) who is all of 19 years old has set the cricket world on fire by becoming the (b)............... (use numeral) bowler in the history to take 11 wickets in his first two ODIs. He also became just (c)............. (use determiner) second bowler after Zimbabwe's Brian Vitori (d)................ (post modify with infinitive) five or more wickets in the first two ODI matches of his career (e).............. (pre modify with participle phrase), he has become an (f)............. (pre modify the noun) sensation. This (g)............... (pre modify with compound world) bowler has grabbed eyeballs (h)................. (use present participle) back to back five wickets hauls in ODI against India. (i)................ (use demonstrative to modify noun) young cricketer will remain in the heart of thousands of spectators one day (j)............... (use adverb to post modify the whole sentence).
4. Use appropriate sentence connectors in the blank spaces of the following passage.
A leader is someone (a).............. leads (b)............... by the word leader we understand a political leader. (c).............. that a great leader is born, not made. A great leader must have some certain qualities (d)............... make him great. (e)............. a good leader must have the ability to take the correct decision at the perfect moment. (f).............., a leader has to be determined. (g)................ a leader must have full command over his followers. (h)................ an ideal leader has the speaking quality. A good leader also possesses some other qualities (i)................... courage, honesty, truthfulness, courtesy, patriotism, and (j)................ sacrificing attitude.
5. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below.
We should never call a student weaker. Teachers should never discourage any student frustrating his/her interest, ability and dream. Every teacher should try his/her best to find out the ways of success for the students and guide them to achieve it.
a. never (antonym)
b. weaker (antonym)
c. discourage (antonym)
d. frustrating (synonym)
e. interest (synonym)
f. ability (synonym)
g. dream (synonym)
h. best (antonym)
i. success (antonym)
j. achieve (synonym)
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Change the narrative style by using direct/indirect speeches.
“Follow my example,” she said as we shook hands, “and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.” “I’ll do better than that,” I retorted. “I’ll eat nothing for dinner tonightAnswer:As we shook hands she told me to follow her example and never eat more than one thing for luncheon.I retorted that I would do better than that and would eat nothing for dinner that night.Jumping into a cab she cried gaily calling me a humorist.
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