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प्रश्न
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.)
| A | B | |
| (1) Principle | (a) | a generally accepted, evident, truth |
| (2) Quotation | (b) | short striking messages for the public |
| (3) Moral | (c) | a short witty remark stating the truth |
| (4) Idioms | (d) | a popular, well-known truth |
| (5) Slogans | (e) | established expressions which do not convey exactly the same as individual words |
| (6) One-liners | (f) | words cited from a speech/text of a famous person |
| (7) Maxims | (g) | a lesson derived from a story or experience |
| (8) Proverb | (h) | a rule to govern one’s behaviour |
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उत्तर
| A |
B |
|
(1) Principle |
(h) a rule to govern one's behavior |
|
(2) Quotation |
(f) word cited from a speech/text of a famous person |
|
(3) Moral |
(g) a lesson derived from a story or experience |
|
(4) Idioms |
(e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the same meaning as the individual words |
|
(5) Slogans |
(b) short striking messages for the public |
|
(6) One-liner |
(c) a short witty remark stating the truth |
|
(7) Maxims |
(d) a popular, well-known truth |
|
(8) Proverb |
(a) a generally accepted, evident truth |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Could you lend me your dictionary? | Accept (1) __________ Refuse (2) __________ |
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation.
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The King received all answers from the hermit.
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
To do good to people is the purpose of our life.
Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph.
| 1. | Once a certain king . . . important to do. | a | King gains a friend. |
| 2. | Many learned people . . . time for everything. | b | The wounded stranger. |
| 3. | Equally varied . . . gave the reward to none. | c | King helps the hermit. |
| 4. | When the King arrived, . . . my first attention. | d | The stranger begs for pardon. |
| 5. | The hermit listened . . . continued to dig. | e | The hermit points out answers. |
| 6. | The King turned round . . . gave it to him. | f | Stranger’s vicious intention. |
| 7. | Meanwhile the sun . . . said the King. | g | Questions remain unanswered. |
| 8. | “You do not know . . . all my life. | h | The king received various answers. |
| 9. | The King was very glad . . . the day before. | i | King’s announcement. |
| 10. | “Do you not see?” . . . sent into this life!” | j | The King meets the hermit. |
Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.
Write down in your notebook two points for the following. How do you know?
the hermit was truly wise.
Answer the following question.
Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.
Consider this list of the different things that happened and rearrange them in the order of time, that is, what happened first, what happened next, and so on. Read the related paragraph again if you are uncertain.
- The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
- The king went alone to see the hermit.
- The king executed the bearded man’s brother.
- The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut.
- The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
- The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
- The bearded man came out of the ambush.
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
____________ time.
