Exercise-95
Mrs Pai is at the vegetable market. Choose a suitable word from the options in the bracket to fill in the blanks.
(a) Give me ……………..(that/ those) potatoes ……………. (this/ these) are not fresh.
(b) I need …………….. (some/any) coriander leaves. There isn’t ………….. (some/any) in the fridge.
(c) There are …………. (few/a few) oranges left now. I would like to buy ………….. (few/a few) now.
(d) I have …………. (little/a little) money to buy anything more. I wish I had …………. (little/ a little) more.
Ans.
(a) those; these
(b)some; any
(c) few; a few
(d) little; a little
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Exercise-96
Fill the gaps in the following piece of conversation using should/would.
Teacher: What (a) ………………… we look for in a candidate when we elect the Head boy of the school? I
Student: think, we (b) …………..vote for someone who is keen on creating an ideal learning environment.
Teacher: How (c) …………….. you do it if you were the Head boy?
Student: I (d) …………………focus on discipline first.
Teacher: What (e) ………………. you suggest? Make more stringent rules?
Student: Rules are meant to be broken, aren’t they? No, discipline (f) …………. come from within.
Teacher: What (g)…………… you suggest to help develop discipline from within if you were the Head boy?
Student: The first thing I (h) ………..do is to do away with all the existing rules. That is if I am able to convince the Principal ma’am.
Teacher: Leave that to me. Congratulations! You have just been selected the Head boy of Sanskrit Public School.
Answers.
(a) should (b) should
(c) would (d) would
(e) would (f) should
(g) would (h) should