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प्रश्न
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
I heard the noise. I turned around.
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उत्तर
Hearing the noise I turned around.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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A |
B |
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
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.
Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
From the passage, find and write any two examples of the following:
Use of the verb 'be' (am, is, are, etc) as the main verb.
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - cleaned my bicycle.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
______ eyed boy (favourite person).
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
Put the cubes in the box.
______________ several warnings, he continued to swim.
Someone who might have committed a crime is a ______.
Read the news report given below and underline the passive form of verbs.
The police had announced that the State Bank of India was robbed yesterday. Two men entered the bank at 4.30 pm with guns in their hands. Customers and bank clerks were asked to lie down on the floor and one of the bank clerks was made to fill robbers’ bags with money. After that the two men left the bank quickly. The police officer said that more than one lakh of rupees was stolen from the bank but nobody was injured. He also added that the robbers would be found soon.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Our school is ______ at 9.00 in the morning.
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.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
You can use a pen ______ a pencil for writing.
Proper Noun
Fill in the blank.
Watermelon is ______ pineapple.
Say what they are doing now?
He ______.
The stranger ______for a few minutes before he ______ my house. (paused/passed)
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
prescribed - proscribed
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Everyone______ when the earthquake hit the small town. (sleep)
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Poonam ______ not catch the bus yesterday.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______lead a horse to water, but you ______make it drink.
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
If I were you, I ______not behave like that. (conditional sentence)
Continue and complete the following story and suggest suitable title for the same.
A rich man had a neighbour who was suffering from acute poverty. The rich man was proud of his wealth and treated his poor neighbour with disrespect and derision. One day, a fortune-teller told the rich man that all his wealth would be possessed by his neighbour within a month. The rich man became greatly worried and spent sleepless nights. He did not know how to safeguard his wealth round the clock. Suddenly he thought of a plan. He disposed of everything he had and with all that money, he bought a large, precious diamond. He sewed up the diamond in his turban. He proudly said to himself, “Now, there’s no way. My poor neighbour can never secure my wealth. The words of the fortune-teller will prove false."______
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
final – finale – feline
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 |
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Painting is an interesting hobby
Read the dialogue between Shabnam and her mentor, Sara, regarding her summer internship programme.
| Sara: | Why did you choose to participate in this internship programme? |
| Shabnam: | Ah! I am convinced this programme has the potential to enhance my abilities. |
Select the correct option to complete the reporting of the above dialogue.
Sara asked Shabnam _____ in that internship programme. Shabnam sighed and exclaimed that she was convinced that programme had the potential to enhance her abilities.
I would not even know how to set ______ mending a watch.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said ______
Find the phrase/line in the poem that mean the following:
Hope offers comfort to your soul
Write compound words using the pictures.
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