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7. Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions to complete the sentences:
(a) I like reading books, ______ my sister likes playing video games.
(b) Ryan ______ Susan have disappointed me. They did not come for my birthday party.
(c) I wanted to go to the rock concert ______ all the tickets were already sold.

8. Rewrite the following sentences into indirect speech:
(a) He said, "I did this exercise last night."
(b) The inspector said, "I am glad to be with you today."

9. Choose the correct meaning for the idiomatic expressions that are underlined in each sentence:
(a) As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.
(i) quickly
(ii) easily
(iii) slowly
(iv) directly
(b) He is the man who owns all the land and is the big fish around here.
(i) the fat man
(ii) the important man
(iii) the huge man
(iv) the enormous man
(c) My friend was on cloud nine when she heard she got first rank.
(i) Being very happy
(ii) Being very nervous
(iii) Being doubtful
(iv) Being scared
(d) I could not go to conference as I was feeling a bit under the weather.
(i) Very cloudy
(ii) Dark and cold
(iii) Feeling ill
(iv) Feeling stressful

Answer :

  1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions to complete the sentences:

(a) I like reading books, but my sister likes playing video games.

  • But is used here as a conjunction to contrast two different preferences: reading books versus playing video games.

(b) Ryan and Susan have disappointed me. They did not come for my birthday party.

  • And is used to combine the names Ryan and Susan, indicating that both people did not come as expected.

(c) I wanted to go to the rock concert but all the tickets were already sold.

  • But is again used as a conjunction to express a contrast between the speaker's desire to attend the concert and the reality of the tickets being sold out.

  1. Rewrite the following sentences into indirect speech:

(a) He said that he had done that exercise the previous night.

  • In indirect speech, pronouns and verb tenses are typically adjusted. "He" replaces "I," and "did" becomes "had done." The time reference changes from "last night" to "the previous night."

(b) The inspector said that he was glad to be with us that day.

  • When changing to indirect speech, "today" changes to "that day," and the pronoun also changes appropriately.

  1. Choose the correct meaning for the idiomatic expressions that are underlined in each sentence:

(a) As a newspaper reporter she always wanted to get information at first hand.

  • The correct meaning is (iv) directly.
  • "At first hand" means obtaining information directly, without intermediaries.

(b) He is the man who owns all the land and is the big fish around here.

  • The correct meaning is (ii) the important man.
  • "Big fish" refers to someone who is influential or important in a particular area.

(c) My friend was on cloud nine when she heard she got first rank.

  • The correct meaning is (i) Being very happy.
  • "On cloud nine" is an idiom meaning to be extremely happy or elated.

(d) I could not go to conference as I was feeling a bit under the weather.

  • The correct meaning is (iii) Feeling ill.
  • "Under the weather" is an expression used to describe someone who is feeling unwell or sick.

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