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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone: The car skidded to a halt when I applied the ______, - English

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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:

The car skidded to a halt when I applied the ______,

विकल्प

  • brake

  • break

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The car skidded to a halt when I applied the brake.

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अध्याय 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Vocabulary [पृष्ठ ६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Vocabulary | Q f) i) b) | पृष्ठ ६

संबंधित प्रश्न

Use of although/ though/ even though/but

Read the following sentences.

  1. Although the café was crowded, we found a vacant table.
    Although Sadie has passed her test, she never drives.
    The clause with although can also come after the main clause.
    For example: We found a vacant table, although the café was crowded.
  2. Though I liked the pullover, I didn’t buy it.
    Though it was pouring cats and dogs, he set out for his journey.
    We can use though at the end of the sentence.
    For example: I liked the pullover; I didn’t buy it, though.
  3. We can use ‘even though’ in the same way.
    John looked quite fresh even though he had just recovered from jaundice.
    ‘Even though’ can be used at the beginning of the sentence also.
    ‘Even though’ I hate Gopal, I shall try to be nice with him.
    ‘Even though’ is stronger and more emphatic than ‘although’
  4. We can join two clauses with ‘but’.
    For example: We wanted to go abroad, but our passports were not ready.
    We use these words (although, though, even though, but) to show the contrast between two clauses or two sentences.
    Although, though, even though and but can be used as conjunctions to introduce afterthoughts, contrasts, or restrictions and conditions.

Find out the sentences from the lesson in which any of these words are used.

Discuss in pairs/groups the purpose they serve.


Frame the question beginning with the following word, based on the above passage.

Who


Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.

The depth of the sea from the ledge scared the seagull. (to adjective)


Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Clem Jones was ordered to open the box.


Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.

Until the sun sets, the old woman cannot step out of her house.


Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.

______ of these two students can solve this question.


Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.

  • An organ that pumps blood ______
  • The planet we live on ______

Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.

You would need to exchange the book purchased.


Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.

If I had time, I __________ (go) shopping with you.


Complete the words by reading their meaning.

d_l_c_ _ _s - tasty


Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.

a heavy blow or hit______.


A spacesuit is like a spaceship built for one. A spacesuit lets us work and live in space. It protects us from the heat and the cold. It gives us air to breathe. The suit is made of many parts and has water to drink. It even has a built-in toilet, if you need to use it.

Choose the things that the spacesuit provides us.

  1. air
  2. food
  3. water

See and write what they were doing.


While my mother was cooking, my father ______.


Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.

They were going to Coimbatore.


Tom left the class _______ he was sick.


Recite the poem ‘The Swimmer’.


Write the correct clipped word on the line.

She acted in the ______ (advertisement) first time.


Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.

It ______ (snow) last winter.


Fill in the blank.

It _____ all the candies. (eat)


Write the word given in the bracket in correct tense.

I ______(see) him accidently.


Complete the sentence by using the following options.

Farmer John has four cows and two ______.


Complete the story using present continuous tense.

Shaheen Hello, Varun?
Varun Tell me Shaheen.
Shaheen What are you doing?
Varun I ______.
Shaheen Good. What is your Dad doing?
Varun He ______.
Shaheen Your Mom?
Varun She ______.

Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate compound words from those given in the box:

Reeta hurried along the road, dressed in her ______new dress towards the bus stop. Before ______, she had to reach the house of her ______. But the first ______of her travel was slow due to traffic jam. Her ______would be regarded with joy. She was ______ herself to reach the place. When she finally stepped into the ______, she was received with a big hug by her kind aunt. She was in time to join the ______at the village, for a ______.

singsong overstraining spotless
gentlefolk grandmother courtyard
sunset half-hour homecoming

Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.

accepted her seclusion with resignation


Change the following sentence into Active Voice.

Nobody would have known the truth if you had not disclosed it.


Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

The old man struggled to walk without support.


Look at the following complex sentence. Circle(bold) the Main clause and underline the Subordinate clause.

No one knows when he will return.


Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

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