a. He smokes heavily, ……….? (Add question tag)
Answer: He smokes heavily, doesn’t he?
b. Nisha eats something unhealthy. (Change into negative sentence)
Answer: Nisha doesn’t eat anything unhealthy.
c. Anuj looks very handsome. (Change into ‘How’ question)
Answer: How does Anuj look?
d. He said to me, “I’m your best friend.” (Into indirect speech)
Answer: He told me that he was my best friend.
e. They visited Pokhara last year. (Into the passive voice)
Answer: Pokhara was visited by them last year.
Q. No. 9. Choose and copy the best answer for the numbered blanks below. Rewriting is not compulsory. (5 x 0.5 = 2.5)
Once there was (1) a (a/an/the) boy near my uncle’s home. He used to go to school (2) on (at/in/on) foot. One day I met him while he was going to school. He was in a hurry. I stopped him and asked him, “Why are you running?” In fact, the bus had already started (3) because (as/because/but) some people were left behind. Neither the boy nor his friends (4) were (was/were/had) able to catch the bus. If they had been in time, they (5) could have caught (will catch/ would catch/could have caught) the bus.