(ii) I_______
like to ask you something.
(a) can
(b) would
(c) dare
(d) ought to
_____you go into that house at night?
(a) Will
(b) Should
(c) Dare
(d) None of these
(4) Choose the one which best expresses the given sentences in Passive/Active voice :
Why is time wasted by you?
(a) Why do you waste time?
(b) Why are you wasting time?
(c) Why does you waste time?
(d) Why have you waste time?
(ii) Quinine tastes bitter.
(a) Bitter is tasted by Quinine.
(b) Quinine is tasted by bitter.
(c) Quinine is bitter when tasted.
(d) Quinine can taste bitter.
(iii) A car can be bought by me.
(a) I can buy a car.
(b) A car can buy me.
(c) A car is being bought me.
(d) I can car be bought.
(5) Choose the one which best expresses the given sentences in Indirect/Direct speech.
The old man said, "God is everywhere.
(a) The old man said that God was everywhere.
(b) The old man said that god has been everywhere.
(c) The old man asked that God is everywhere.
(d) The old man said that God is everywhere.
(ii) I asked him, “Who is knocking at the door?"
(a) I told him who is knocking at the door.
(b) I asked him who is knocking at the door.
(c) I asked him who was knocking at the door.
(d) I asked him was who knocking the door.
(iii) The teacher said, "May you top the list !"
(a) The teacher prayed that I might top the list.
(b) The teacher wished that you might top the list.
(c) The teacher wished for my topping the list.
(d) The teacher wished for his topping the list.
Answers
(ii) I would like to ask you something.
(iii) Dare you go into that house at night?
Modals:
Modals can be considered as supporting verbs that helps the subject to express and to show ability, wanting permission, show obligation etc. Another name for modals is auxiliary verbs.
Some examples of modals are can, could, would, should, dare, might, shall, ought to etc.
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(4) (i) (a) Why do you waste time?
(ii) (c) Quinine tastes bitter when tasted.
(iii) (a) I can buy a car.
Active and Passive voice:
Active and passive voice are the two classifications of voice. They help to draw a relationship between the three crucial parts of a sentence - subject, verb and object.
In active voice, the verb is expressed as done by the subject and in passive voice the verb is expressed as received by the object. The sentence structures in both the cases are shown below:
⇒ Active Voice --- Subject - Verb - Object
⇒ Passive Voice --- Object - Verb - Subject
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(5) (i) (a) The old man said that God was everywhere.
(ii) (c) I asked him who was knocking at the door.
(iii) (c) The teacher wished for my topping the list.
Direct and Indirect speech:
Also known as direct and reported speech, they are the two classifications of expressing conversations. In direct speech, a conversation is expressed as it is with the use of exact words and correct punctuation marks. In indirect speech, we are reporting a conversation to a third person. In reported speech, the corresponding past tense is used to express the conversation along with the only punctuation mark, that is, the full stop.