Activity Questions 3.5
- Agreement of the subject and predicate is necessary for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
True
False
Solution
- ‘Janani has a motorbike which she loves to ride.’ In this, the complement is
Janani
Janani has a motorbike
A motorbike
Which she loves to ride
Solution
- ‘Suresh plays badminton for two hours a day.’ The adjunct ‘for two hours a day’ is an adjunct of
Suresh
The verb plays
The noun badminton
‘For two hours a day’ is not an adjunct
Solution
- ‘Soft sofas are comfortable’. The adjunct in this sentence is
Soft
Soft Sofas
Comfortable
There is no adjunct in this sentence
Solution
- ‘He wanted a new laptop for his graduation day.’ The adjunct is
A new laptop
New
For his graduation day
Wanted
Solution
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05 Activity Questions 1.5
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