<u>Answer:</u>
<u><em>‘To see the movie’ </em></u><em>is the group of words which forms the prepositional phrase of the sentence. </em>
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<u>Explanation:</u>
This is because it includes the preposition ‘to’, the object ‘movie’ and the modifier of the object ‘see’. It helps in giving the description of the noun and the actions which needs to take place. The word "see" demonstrates that the noun "movie" is actionable to vision and thus needs to be seen.
Answer:
"A Visit From St. Nicholas".
Explanation:
"The Night Before Christmas" was a poem anonymously published in 1823 and later claimed by Clement Clarke Moore in 1837. This Christmas poem is ascribed to be largely responsible for the Santa Clause conceptions and the belief of this 'imaginary' person. The poem was originally known as "A Visit From St. Nicholas".
The poem consisting of 56 lines in one long stanza has a rhyming scheme of a normal aabbccdd......... . The meter of the poem follows the anapestic tetrameter, where the lines consist of two unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.
The poem talks of a night before Christmas when a father of one family saw St. Nicholas descend through the chimney and fill the decorative stockings with gifts for the whole family. Wishing the family with <em>"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”</em>, he left the amused father. This began the concept of a Christmas Santa Claus visiting before the day of Christmas and giving gifts to the children.
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.
Answer:
one seeking truth will be looking for truth, but the other wants to make a point.
Explanation:
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