few question of grammar class 9
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Q 1. Complete the sentences in reported speech choosing the correct option. (4 marks)
Rashmi: I have invited four friends for dinner.
Renu: I will also call my friends.
Rashmi: What should we serve them for dinner?
Renu: We can serve them Chinese food.
(a) Rashmi told Renu that ____________________
(i) she has invited four friends for dinner.
(ii) she will have invited four friends for dinner.
(iii) she had invited four friends for dinner.
(iv) she will have invited four friends for dinner.
(b) Then Renu said ______________________
(i) that she may invite her friends also.
(ii) that she would also invite her friends.
(iii) that she might have invited her friends too.
(iv) that she must invite her friends too.
(c) When Renu asked _________________
(i) what they should serve them for dinner.
(ii) that what they should serve them for dinner.
(iii) that should they serve for dinner.
(iv) that what they should have for dinner.
(d) Rashmi replied that _________________
(i) we can serve Chinese food.
(ii) they could serve them Chinese food.
(iii) that we could also serve Chinese food.
(iv) that why not serve Chinese food.
Q 2. Complete the following paragraph by choosing the correct word from the options given below. (½x8=4marks)
When the old lady (a) ____________ to her flat she saw at once that the burglars (b) ____________ in in her absence. Though the burglars themselves (c) ____________ no longer there she saw at once that they (d) ____________because there was a burning cigarette in the ashtray. Probably they (e) ____________the lift coming up and (f) ____________ down the stairs. But in their hurry one of them (g) ____________ his wallet. The old lady called the police and all of them (h) ____________.
(a) (i) return (ii) returning (iii) returned (iv) had returned
(b) (i) break (ii) broke (iii) had broken (iv) were breaking
(c) (i) be (ii) were (iii) was (iv) are
(d) (i) just leave (ii) just leaving (iii) are just leaving (iv) had just left
(e) (i) heard (ii) hear (iii) had heard (iv) hearing
(f) (i) run (ii) were running (iii) ran (iv) had run
(g) (i) had dropped (ii) a
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