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प्रश्न
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Not a word was spoken by the convict in self–defense.
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उत्तर
The convict spoke not a word in self-defense.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
(i) Match words under A with their meanings under B.
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A |
B |
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remote |
difficult to overcome |
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means |
most prominent |
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dominant |
be overcome/overpowered |
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formidable |
method(s) |
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overwhelmed |
far away from |
(ii) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with appropriate words from under A.
(a) There were ___________ obstacles on the way, but we reached our destination safely.
(b) We have no ___________ of finding out what happened there.
(c) Why he lives in a house ____________from any town or village is more than I can tell.
(d) ___________by gratitude, we bowed to the speaker for his valuable advice.
(e) The old castle stands in a __________position above the sleepy town.
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
He held his fingers below the level of the milk.
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Why are you filling the kettle with water?
Ravi : I ____________ (make) coffee.
Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.
Example:
young − lung
money − sunny
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young |
sad |
money |
chop |
lung |
last |
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wax |
could |
bad |
sound |
axe |
wood |
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way |
stop |
sunny |
fast |
round |
day |
Write the Rhyming word and Scheme of the 3rd stanza.
The pilgrim raised his old gray head,
“My friend in the path I’ve come,” he said, “There followeth after me today
A fair haired youth, who must pass this way. The chasm which held no fears for me
To the fair haired youth, may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim.
My friend, I am building this bridge for him.”
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
There are a few people in every village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the year.
Pick out four examples of personification. Write what is personified in each:
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
His behaviour vexes me.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
quick as a flash.
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
Were the milk men milking the cow ______?
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
different ______.
Combine the pair of a sentence given below into a single sentence using the noun form of the highlighted word.
He is an honest person. Everyone likes him.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
This is Varun. His father is an architect.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Mrs Meena asked the children to go into her classroom.
Read the poem and write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme for the given stanzas.
| Stanza | Rhyming words | Rhyme Scheme |
| 1 | alone- ______-______ ______ - space |
|
| 3 | ______- May mind -______ |
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| 4 |
tree- ______ |
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
the teacher said to the students where do you want to go
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
But no one ever comes here!
Complete this table with the help of the given example.
e.g: Portugal is the name of the country. People from Portugal are called the Portuguese.
| COUNTRY | NATIONALITY |
| Ex: Portugal | Portuguese |
| French | |
| Chinese | |
| American | |
| Sri Lankan | |
| Spanish | |
| Burmese | |
| Indian | |
| Thai |
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
threatening and extremely angry______.
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
Birds migrate ____ spring and autumn.
Punctuate the following sentence.
i play kabadi daily
Complete the story using present continuous tense.
| Shaheen | Hello, Varun? |
| Varun | Tell me Shaheen. |
| Shaheen | What are you doing? |
| Varun | I ______. |
| Shaheen | Good. What is your Dad doing? |
| Varun | He ______. |
| Shaheen | Your Mom? |
| Varun | She ______. |
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)
Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The rich industrialist donated a huge sum of money to set up a public library in his native village. He is a ______ and a social reformer.
- My teachers ______me towards the path of success.
- The tourist ______explained the historical importance of the site.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I______ like to have a cup of coffee.
Match the following with their right field, choosing appropriately from the box given.
| snow-board | Machinery |
| snow-mobile | Sports |
| snow-chains | Transportation |
| snow-storm | Geography |
| snow-bird | Weather |
| snow-belt | Travel |
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
