📅 Created: 26 May, 2023
🔄 Updated: 30 Nov, 2025

What surprised me the most was how __ and reacted exactly like you, said the banker to me. ?

Explanation

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ• āĻĒā§‚āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧇āύ “he looked” āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāϞ:

āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ:
“What surprised me the most was how __ and reacted exactly like you, said the banker to me.”

ā§§. āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϰ⧀āϤāĻŋ (Sentence Structure)
- āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ (noun clause) āφāϛ⧇, āϝ⧇āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϞ⧋ “how he looked and reacted exactly like you”āĨ¤
- “how”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟ (subject) āφāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧟āĻ—āϤ (finite) āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž (verb) āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ embedded question āĻŦāĻž indirect question āύāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ noun clause āĻŦāĻž subordinate clauseāĨ¤

⧍. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϰ āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧāϤāĻž
- “did he look” āĻŦāĻž “does he look” āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧇āϰ (direct question) āφāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ: “Did he lookâ€Ļ” āĻŦāĻž “Does he lookâ€Ļ?” āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāύāĻŋ, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
- “could he look” āĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāχ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤
- āĻ…āϤāĻāĻŦ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϤ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ subject-verb (subject = he, verb = looked) āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ž “how he looked”āĨ¤

ā§Š. āĻ•āĻžāϞ (Tense) āĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ• āφāϚāϰāĻŖ
- āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ clause āĻ used tense āĻšāϞ⧋ past (“surprised”), āϤāĻžāχ subordinate clause-āĻāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āχ āĻ•āĻžāϞ (past simple) āĻŦāϜāĻžā§Ÿ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ: “he looked and reacted”āĨ¤
- āĻāϤ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āϘāϟāύāĻž āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āφāϚāϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāχ “you”-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

ā§Ē. āϏāĻ‚āĻļā§‹āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ
“What surprised me the most was how he looked and reacted exactly like you, said the banker to me.”

Summary:
- āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ “how”–āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ subject “he” āĻ“ past tense verb “looked” āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
- āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻĢāϰāĻŽ (did he, does he, could he) āϭ⧁āϞ, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ indirect question āύ⧟, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ noun clauseāĨ¤
- āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇āχ “he looked” āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤