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प्रश्न
Change the verbs to nouns and begin points with them.
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उत्तर
- Storage of energy from sun in coal and petroleum
- Deposit of bulk supplies 200-600 million years ago
- Abundance of microscopic forms of life in tropical conditions
- Death of microscopic life forms leading to recycling through decay
- Prevention of total decomposition by significant amount of dead plants and animals being covered with mud
- Hardening of sediments, over the years, led to rock-formation
- Production of coal, petroleum by compression of matter between rocks
- Unsuitability of present-day conditions for coal-formation
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I was carrying the Indian flag.
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Prepare a list of subordinating conjunctions.
A word chain consists of words of a certain category that begin with the letter, that the previous word has ended with.
Complete the word chain adding Four Nouns from the text.
Music - courtyard - d______, ______, ______, ______.
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
She refused to share her secret. (would not)
List 5 adjectives from the story.
Form groups and hold debates on the following topics. Make bulleted lists of points in favour of the topic (pros) and those against it (cons). (3-6 points each)
Girls cannot do everything that boys do.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
give someone a ______ look (a look of anger, dislike, etc.)
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
stand-in
Students ____________ be quiet when they write the examination.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Naseera ______ (attend) music classes regularly.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
Nancy ______ always ______ (ask) for help.
Combine the words in column A with those in column B to form compound words as many as you can.
| Column A | Column B | Answers |
| rain | light | |
| snow | thing | |
| star | fall | |
| draw | ball | |
| play | back | |
| lottery | ticket | |
| under | walk | |
| man | note | |
| side | world | |
| foot | hole |
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
Swathy had no ___________ of visiting the doctor. (intend)
Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.
The train halts at every junction.
Write the words that can replace Ravi, Rani, woman, luggage and the dog when we use them for the second and subsequent times in the passage _________, _________, _________. These words are called ________________?
Read the process of making soup. Use suitable passive form of verbs and complete the paragraph.
The packet is opened and the contents (i) __________ with 750 ml of water without allowing it to form lumps. The mixture (ii) __________ into a heavy-bottomed vessel. It (iii)_______ in low flame for five minutes. The soup (iv) _________ into soup bowls and (v) __________ with fried corns.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
This is my pen.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
______ 3B is down this hall and to your right.
Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| fight or flight | escaping as rapidly as possible |
| put to flight | among the best of a particular group |
| take flight | to defend oneself or to run away |
| flight of fancy | to cause someone to flee |
| have a nice flight | to flee or run away |
| in full flight | an imaginative but unrealistic idea |
| top-flight | enjoy your flight |
Read the following dialogue and report it.
Betty: What are you doing here, Kitty? I haven’t seen you since June.
Kitty: I’ve just come back from my holiday in Darjeeling.
Betty: Did you enjoy it?
Kitty: Yes, I enjoyed I love Darjeeling. The landscape is amazing.
Betty: Did you go to the Lloyd’s Botanical Garden?
Kitty: Yes. It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. Are you doing anything tomorrow?
Betty: I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight.
Kitty: You might come to my place. What time shall we meet?
Betty: I’ll be there at eight. Is it all right?
Betty asked Kitty ______ And she added ______ since June. Kitty explained that ______back from her holiday in Darjeeling. Betty asked if ______ it. Kitty told her that she ______ Darjeeling and that the landscape ______ Betty wanted to know ____________ to the Lloyd’s Botanical Garden. Kitty said that it ______first trip and that she ______ some pictures. And then she asked her if she ______ Betty explained that she ........................................ a couple of things. But she added that she ______ free that night. Kitty suggested that she ______ place and asked her at what time ______ Betty said she ______ there at eight. And finally, she asked ______ all right.
“I was with him last week.” Jimmy told that ______ with him the previous week.
Choose the correct conjunction from the option.
_______ he was ill, he went to the doctor.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Please take out the trash when you get home ___
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Mouse
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
It ______ (play).
Choose the plural forms.
Key
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
a ________ of birds.
Colour the common noun green and proper noun blue.
Fill in the blanks
The dove______ the ant are friends.
Match the rhyming words.
| soft | week |
| blow | know |
| grow | hot |
| seek | flow |
complete the sentence.
Ragu ______ my junior in school.
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
You ______ (travel) around the world.
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
an expanse of pure white serenity
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.
The teacher gave ______ student a separate topic for the assignment.
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
wind
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
Adhvika will not go to play, ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
liaison
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
teta-te
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
My brother will certainly clear GRE; ______ he works very hard.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
They unanimously named Ravi the captain of team.
Read the following sentence
and fill in the blank.
If Mary had an umbrella, she______ (lend) it to me.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
______ (exercise) is good for health.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
Huckleberry Finn was responsible for ______(signal).
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
I tried hard ______both ends meet.
Write the compound word using the picture.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write the compound word using the picture.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
I wouldn’t throw it away.
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
connoisseurs
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Hold fast to something
Write the pairs of rhyming words.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
The police promised to carry ______ thorough investigation.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
