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प्रश्न
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.
विकल्प
because
but
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उत्तर
I could not complete my paper in the examination because I was slow in answering the questions.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. _________
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 dipped his fingers in the milk.
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Look at those dark clouds.
Ravi : I think it ___________ (rain).
Find proverbs, maxims, and Idioms related to ‘friendship’.
- For example: Birds of a feather flock together.
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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.
Complete the following chart of personal pronouns using words from the brackets-
(him, our, we, he, her, their, it, me, your).
| Person | Pronouns | |||
| First | I, ______ | my, ______ | ______, us | mine, ours |
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Second |
you | ______ | you | yours |
| Third | ______ she, it, they | his, ______ its, ______ | ______ her, them, ______ | his, hers, its, theirs |
- Which of the above pronouns do you use when you talk about yourself ?
- Suppose you are telling someone about the good/bad things they have done.
- What pronoun are you likely to use ?
- Suppose you are complaining about one or more persons/things to your teacher/ mother. What pronouns will you use?
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
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All children __________ something new every day.
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I’m reading a fantastic book.
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
Sita saw a snake. At once she ran away.
Choose the correct option.
______ he was honest, he was punished.
Match the suitable prefix and suffix to create new words of your own. One has been done for you.
| S.No. | Root word | Prefix/Suffix | New word |
| 1. | form | con | conform |
| 2. | patriot | in | |
| 3. | diverse | ity | |
| 4. | slaved | ism | |
| 5. | animate | ness | |
| 6. | consumer | en | |
| 7. | naked | ism |
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Who’s going to see them?
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Grow more trees to protect nature.
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
Mary fell asleep while she______ (read) a book.
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Complete the sentences.
An astronaut wears a _______________.
A spacesuit is like a _______________.
A spacesuit allows us to _______________.
A spacesuit protect us from _______________ and _______________.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Purvaja ate______ salad of raw vegetables for dinner.
Look at the picture and answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
It will be raining heavily.
A conjunction is a word that joins two words or sentence.
He has a pencil _________ a paper.
Match the correct rhyming words.
| nature | herd |
| bird | race |
| face | creature |
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
I saw some wild animals in the _______ (zoological park).
Complete the sentence with a correct reflexive pronoun.
She put ________ into the trouble.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
He ____(be) likely to miss the train. He ____(run) up to the station.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
You ______ never retain me against my wishes.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The Chairman of this concern seems to derive pleasure from inflicting pain on others. He humiliates and hurts his subordinates for no reason. He is a real ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in cognito
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Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.
Write a compound word using the pictures.
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