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प्रश्न
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy.
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उत्तर
Feeling sleepy, the baby cried.
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Here is a question of indirect speech. Put it into reported speech.
Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
The tiger is the _____________ animal in the zoo (dangerous).
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)
The Emperor said, “But tell me Raman, to what great work did you refer?” (Convert into Indirect Speech.)
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
catch someone ______ handed (catch someone in the act of doing something wrong).
Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.
| rapidly | ______ |
| merrily | ______ |
| gratefully | ______ |
| cheerily | ______ |
| manfully | ______ |
| fearlessly | ______ |
| gloriously | ______ |
| victoriously | ______ |
Nagarajan and Dhanalakshmi want to buy a new house. They have come to see a house for sale. Complete the conversation below by adding a, an, or the.
| Nagarajan: | Well, here we are, No.8, Kaveri Street. I think this is house we saw online. What do you think of ____________ location? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | It is in ____________ nice neighbourhood. And it’s close to the railway station. |
| Nagarajan: | And ____________ bus stop is not too far away. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | How many rooms are there? |
| Nagarajan: | There are three rooms, ____________ kitchen and ____________ balcony. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | There is a ____________ lawn behind ____________ house, right? |
| Nagarajan: | That’s right ____________ lawn is actually quite large. Did you see any photos of ____________ living room, online? What does it look like? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | ____________ living room looks great. It looks bright and airy. It has ____________ nice view of ____________ hills. But ____________ kitchen looks ____________ Little small. |
| Nagarajan: | And, I remember you said there isn’t ____________ store room, right? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | No, but there is ____________ attic, where we can store things. |
| Nagarajan: | I hope this house is ____________ better option. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | Lets wait for____________ real estate agent. She said, she would be here at three o’clock. |
| Nagarajan: | Look there she is! |
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
make a pass
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
There was only a ___________ of people in the theatre.(hand)
Usha looked back at the ruins. The sun ______ (come) up and was touching the top of the walls.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- An organ that pumps blood ______
- The planet we live on ______
Write a suitable sentence for the pictures given below.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Birds ______ in the sky.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
What did you want to eat for lunch ___
Answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Write the plural word.
Berry
Tom left the class _______ he was sick.
Fill in the blank
I play tennis ______ cricket.
She _________ a job in America by next year. (get)
What we say?
Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.
They ______ the match.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Oxygen is the ______ element present in the earth’s crust.
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| Idioms | Meaning |
| i) throw in the towel: Wet towels are kept near a boxing ring to wipe the sweat of boxers between rounds. When a boxer was getting badly beaten, his manager would throw a towel in the ring to end the fight. | a. state of near collapse or defeat |
| ii) in our corner: In a boxing match, the corners are the two opposite angles of a boxing ring where the boxers rest between rounds. | b. unfair or unsporting behaviour |
| iii) on the ropes: Boxing rings are typically enclosed by four ropes. As a boxer when your opponent has forced you against the ropes with his/her attack, you are in trouble. | c. prepare for a conflict |
| iv) below the belt: Hits below the beltline are generally considered illegal in boxing. | d. on your side in an argument or dispute |
| v) square off: facing each other at the beginning of a match | e. to give up |
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
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Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
I ______ never tell a lie. (determination)
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
You ______ follow the traffic rules. (regulation)
Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(among, for, at, to, in, )
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Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are requested to make a cup of tea for the guest
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Our father rejected it, saying it wouldn’t be sturdy.
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
The person ______ is making the speech is my friend.
Read the following sentences and find the subject and the verb in each.
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| You are a stranger. | ||
| I am a visitor here. | ||
| You have heard right. | ||
| He must pay with his life. | ||
| The king will not hang me. |
