Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.1) perfect2) near3) kind4) pleasant5) eagerI was __________ surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not

प्रश्न

Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
I was __________ surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.

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उत्तर

I was pleasantly surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.

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Q 2.3 Q 2.2 Q 2.4

अध्याय 9: The Great Stone Face–I - Working with Language [पृष्ठ १२६]

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अध्याय 9 The Great Stone Face–I
Working with Language | Q 2.3 | पृष्ठ १२६

संबंधित प्रश्न

The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.

Write down points without fully expanding verbs, numbering them as you do.

Look at these sentences.

Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.

Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.

1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
________________________

2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
________________________

3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
________________________

4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
________________________

5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
________________________

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.

Read the sentences.

Yatin is strong.
Amit is stronger than Yatin.
Pravin is the strongest of all.

In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.

In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)

In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)

Complete the table of degrees of comparison.

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
(1) great	____________	____________
(2) famous	____________	____________
(3) ____________	easier	____________
(4) ____________	worse	____________
(5) ____________	____________	poorest
(6) ____________	____________	laziest
(7) little	____________	____________
(8) ____________	worthier	____________
(9) popular	____________	____________

Change the voice in the following sentence.

He could not break the ban.

Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

Pundit Shahane has come here. He wishes to challenge all the Pundits in our Kingdom. (Combine the two sentences using ‘so’. Now combine the same sentence using ‘because.’)

The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.

plentiful supply

Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.

Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect word with correct prepositional phrase.

her simplicity. According to her studies, she also ____________.

Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.

Frame sentences of your own using the below idiomatic phrases.