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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence. I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions. - English

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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.

I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions.

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  • because

  • but

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I could not complete my paper in the examination because I was slow in answering the questions.

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अध्याय 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Grammar- Connectives or Linkers [पृष्ठ ४७]

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अध्याय 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
Grammar- Connectives or Linkers | Q 1 a) | पृष्ठ ४७

संबंधित प्रश्न

Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.

You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.

Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was

Ans:____________________________________________

Idiom:__________________________________________


Break the words below into syllables as shown in the first one.

  1. belonging: be - long - ing
  2. morning: ______
  3. unfriendly: ______
  4. citizen: ______
  5. anything: ______
  6. message: ______
  7. difficulty: ______
  8. mayor: ______
  9. captain: ______
  10. elected: ______

Say whether each of the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.

We prefer buying imported things.


When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.


Write the –ing form of the verbs.

1. Come ______.
2. Take ______.
3. Fly ______.
4. Swim ______.
5. Study ______.
6. Read ______.

Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.

They didn’t invite me, but I went anyway. / I ________________ but I went anyway.


There isn’t ____ (some/ any) water in the glass.


Choose the correct option.

Walk carefully _________ you will fall down.


Supply suitable linker.

Many writers make incorrect sentences __________ they try to put sentences together. They may make grammatical errors __________ leave out important punctuation marks. Making such mistakes is quite common __________ preparing the first draft . __________ he must carefully edit his final draft.


Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.

Neither food nor water ___ found here.


Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.

When he saw the train in the platform he rushed.


Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.

People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.

  1. Paper ______(produce) from wood.
  2. The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
  3. Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
  4. This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
  5. Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.

Pick the abstract noun.

Iniya is very tall for her age.


Give the correct verb form for following sentence.

I go to school.


Choose the correct word.

This box is _______ heavy to lift.


Circle the pronouns.

An old man lived in a village. He was one of the most unfortunate men in the world. The whole village was tired of him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained, and was always in a bad mood.


Choose the correct prefix and write the new word. 


Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets and read the completed passage aloud.

The people of India, as a whole, 1 ______(be) warm-hearted and hospitable. Any calamity in any part of the world immediately 2 ______(arouse) their charity and generosity and a committee 3 ______(be) promptly 4 ______(set ) up to collect funds to help the distressed. The most endearing quality in them 5 ______(be) the respect they show for the work done in any capacity. They 6 ______(believe) in what we 7 ______(call) the dignity of labour.


Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.

The Prime Minister ______(leave) for America to meet the delegates tomorrow.


Read the extract from Kayal’s diary entry regarding her Nepal Trek, and fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.

DAY 1 We ______(leave) Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We ______(spend) a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never ______(be) on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.

DAY 2 It ______(rain) when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We ______(reach) Pokhara after a hairraising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus ______(be) so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.

DAY 3 We _______________ (begin) our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we ______(pitch) tents for our camps in the dense forests.

DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide ______(block) our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides, is ‘yak attack’. Yaks ______(be) not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.

DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They ______(play) in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never ______(rain) and there are no trees. It ______ (be) windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.

DAY 6 Yesterday we ______(go) up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there ______(leave) us breathless. We ______(feel) that we couldn’t go any further. We ______(drink) a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.

DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to ______ (fly) instead of walking.

DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we _____(fly) between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we ______(spend) our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.


Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Richard Burton was a gifted theatre artist. He donned several roles with ease and is especially famous for the Shakespearean parts he played on stage. Mr. Burton is a born ______.


Change the voice of the following sentence.

Mohammed follows the rules.


Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

______ I go to school today?


Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.

______, I had a happy childhood.


Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.

If I ______(be) a spider, I ______ (weave) webs


Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.

Each of these boys ______ passed.


Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.

She hadn’t seen as many telebooks.


Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.

Innar


Complete the following sentence using your own ideas:

One day, while I was playing ______.


Write a compound word using the pictures.

+
                ____________

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