Question

3. Read the given comic strip and complete the passage given below.

One day Krishna found one of his friends crying. He asked_(I)__and_(II)__ His friend was inconsolable and wailed that all_(III)____ he informed that they had drank water from Kaliya's pool.

I.
(a)what is the matter

(b) what was the matter

(c)what the matter was

(d) what the matter is

II.
(a) why he was crying

(b) why is he crying

(c) why was he crying

(d) why he is crying

III.
(a) my cows are dead

(b) my cows were killed

(c) his cows are dead

(d) his cows were dead..​

Answer 1

Answer:

I. a What is the matter

II. b Why is he crying

III. d his cows were dead

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Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

I. c. what the matter was.

II. a. why he was crying.

III. d. his cows were dead.

• In the given exercise, we need to choose the correct answer from the given options. We need to fill in the blanks with the correct verb forms.

• Since all the sentences are in indirect speech, they will take the past tense. Past tense refers to the tense which indicates events in the past.

• The first two sentences are interrogative. But, they have been changed to declarative in the indirect speech. Thus, the subject will be placed before the verb.

• In the last sentence, since 'cows' is a plural word, it takes the plural verb 'were.' In the first two sentences, 'he' is a singular subject. Thus it takes the singular verb 'was.'

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