Do as directed

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Do as directed:

1.   She said to me,” Why did you leave the show mid way yesterday?” (change the narration)
         2. Travelling fatigues me, so I often avoid it. (Change the voice)

3.       No sooner had the bell rung than the students ran out. (Begin … Hardly….)

4.       She is so slender that she can’t lift that heavy weight. (use … too …. To)

5.       “Who are you talking to?” asked my mother. (change the narration)

6.       ______________ being a Mathematics teacher, I play soccer too. (Beside/Besides)

7.       They were sitting _________ us, when you went to look for them in the auditorium. (among/amongst)

8.       None of the twins opened the door. (Correct the sentence)

9.       Either you or your parents are to attend the party. (Rectify the sentences if you find any error)

10.   She said to me in the morning,” I will bring that footage tomorrow.” (change the narration)

Answers with reasons:
1.       She asked me why I had left the show mid way the previous day (the last day).
Here, no conjunction is to be used as the reported speech starts with an interrogative pronoun. As the tense of reported speech and reported portion is in past, so the reported speech tense (past simple) will change into past perfect tense.
2.       I am fatigued with travelling, so I often avoid it. (use ‘with’ as preposition with ‘fatigue’ not ‘by’.
3.       Hardly had the bell rung when the students ran out. (use ‘when’ with hardly)
4.       She is too slender to lift that heavy weight.
5.       My mother asked who I was talking to.
Here, no conjunction is to be used as the reported speech starts with an interrogative pronoun. As the tense of reported portion is in past, so the reported speech tense (present continuous) will change into past continuous tense.
6.       Besides being a Mathematics teacher, I play soccer too.
‘Beside’ means by the side and ‘besides’ means in addition to.
7.       They were sitting amongst us, when you went to look for them in the auditorium.
‘Among’ and ‘amongst’ means the same but there is a slight difference. ‘Amongst’ is to be used when the following word starts with a vowel sound.
8.       Neither of the twins opened the door.
‘None’ is to be used when there are more than two persons. In case of two persons, use ‘neither’.
9.       No error. In case, one of the two subjects is plural, it must come after ‘or’ and the verb must also be plural. Same applies in case of ‘Neither….nor’ also.
10.   She told me in the morning that she would bring that footage tomorrow.
Here, ‘tomorrow’ will remain as it is. Reason being the conversation happened the same day. Note the reported portion - She said to me in the morning.



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