Answer:
a). Priyanka said that she could solve the problem. (Indirect speech)
b). She said that it rains in July. (Indirect Speech)
Q. 7.
a). You must revise the timetable. (Active Voice)
b). Cricket is being played by someone. (Passive voice)
c). English is spoken by people all over the world. (Passive voice).
d). It was written by whom. (Passive voice)
e). 'sit' is an intransitive verb and thus, it does not have an object.
f). A beautiful song had been sung by Priyanka.(Passive Voice)
Explanation:
Indirect speech is described as a form of speech that is used to express the content of a declaration or any other thing that another has said using discrete words. It helps in conveying the same message using distinct words and often a change in tense(except for the universal truth as given in 'b' part of the first question('it rains in July')).
Active Voice is the form of grammatical construction in which the subject itself performs the action and leads the sentence while in passive voice, the sentence is led by the object and action of the verb. In the active voice, the subject is the primary emphasis of the sentence while in the passive voice, the subject receives the action. But the passive of an 'intransitive' verb cannot be formed because it does not have an object.
You can take an ethical, sociological and biographical approach to this piece. To look at this poem in the best detail possible, my opinion would be to use the biographical approach which tells us of the author's life, motivations for the poem, unconscious desires, and fears. For a broader focus, a sociological approach would be sufficient. We can note the differences and similarities in this poem and others.
D. Backstage, Keisha’s twin brother Colin chuckled quietly to himself. Above the curtain he had perched a large bucket of water perfect for dousing his sister and the stage.
This would add the element of dramatic irony to the story because the readers would know that Colin was planning on ruining Keisha’s performance, but Keisha would not.