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प्रश्न
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman….
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उत्तर
- Personification – Bottom, who has the head of an ass is personified by being called a 'gentleman‘.
- Tautology – The words 'kind‘ and 'courteous‘ having the same meaning are placed in the same line.
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Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
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Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
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The second soldier remarked that _______________________
The third soldier asked__________________________________
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| No | Word | Connector | |
| 1. | government | (a) | person |
| 2. | betterment of | (b) | curbs |
| 3. | pure and ethical | (c) | degradation |
| 4. | community’s | (d) | launch |
| 5. | religions | (e) | dialogue |
| 6. | astonishing | (f) | silence |
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| 9. | social | (h) | life |
| 10. | faith | (i) | centre |
| 11. | inquisitive | (j) | officials |
| 12. | academic | (k) | problems |
| 13. | environmental | (l) | humanity |
| 14. | pin-drop | (m) | service |
| 15. | alternate | (n) | bodies |
| 16. | remarkable | (o) | evils |
| 17. | silent | (p) | advancement |
| 18. | famished | (q) | brilliance |
| 19. | unsuccessful | (s) | accommodation |
| 20. | space-research | (t) | discipline |
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- ___________________
- ___________________
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Have /Does/Are __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ |
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Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
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- advise ______
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- economical
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Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
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Kohli hopes to win the trophy.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of your friends can guide you.
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Fifteen minutes ___ allowed to read the question paper.
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Roshan dreams of becoming an architect.
______ on the flute, Krishna returned it.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
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- Something to be careful of______
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
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- aeroplane -
- microphone -
- exhibition -
- kilogram -
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Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
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Write the compound word from the pictures.
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