Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who______ tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.
विकल्प
wait for the dust to settle
get/have all your ducks in a row
fetch and carry
do the math
round the corner
Advertisements
उत्तर
The Sherpas are cheerful, gallant men, who fetch and carry tents, oxygen, food etc., for climbers during their ascent of the summit.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Look at the sentences given below. Find out which one is correct. If the sentence is wrong give reasons.
Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.
The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.
What does social democracy mean?
Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.
The politically minded Indians preferred the expression ‘the Indian nation’.
Find one example of the following punctuation mark from the story and copy the sentence in which they are used - semi-colon.
Match the words in column A with their Synonym in column B.
| S.No. | A | B |
| 1. | ease | endure |
| 2. | evolve | surplus |
| 3. | excess | effortless |
| 4. | survive | great |
| 5. | immense | progress |
Work with a partner and fill in the table with information about your locality. You may add more information, if necessary. When you finish filling the table, write a short paragraph comparing the two places.
| Locality | Your Place | Your Partner's Place |
| ♦ proximity to the railway station | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane proximity to the airport | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane number of shopping centers | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane number of temples | ||
| ♦ important heritage centres | ||
| ♦ sea, lakes, rivers, or ponds | ||
| ♦ traffic | ||
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
Have you ___________ your lunch?
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).
Complete the following table with two more compound words.
| Noun + Noun |
kitchen garden, 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Verb |
mouthwash 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Verb + Noun |
watchman 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Preposition + Noun |
overcoat 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Gerund + Noun |
bleaching powder 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Gerund |
housekeeping 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Adjective + Preposition + Noun |
good for nothing 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Preposition + Noun |
mother-in-law 1. ______ 2. ______ |
Read this text and fill in the blanks with future perfect tense

Iniya moves to Chennai to join an IAS coaching class. Tomorrow by this time, she ______ (join) the class. She ______ (undergo) training till next year. She ______(work)very hard by the time she comes home. Her parents______ (worry) about her health all the time. They______ (write)many letters by the time she comes home. They will be very happy when Iniya becomes an IAS officer
He told me in detail ______ the incident.
The paper was published ______ an International journal.
Work in pairs and say the sentence to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.
Is this a banyan tree?
We must lock the doors, ________.
Use the clues to complete the compound word.
| wheel + ______ | = ______ | ![]() |
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.

Mouse
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
We ______ (walk).
![]() |
||
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Can you try to fill the blank.

______ sun is hot.
Fill in the blank.

______Vaigai
Complete the passage by filling the blanks with the passive forms of the verbs.
The water should be boiled in a vessel. Then tea leaves and milk ______to the water. The vessel ______ with a lid. The tea ______ and ______ into the cups. Sugar ______and ______ well.The tea ______ hot.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
per capita
Choose the correct options and complete the dialogue.
| A | : Hello. What do you watch/are you watching? |
| B | A programme about the Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre, which I recorded last night. I study/ I’m studying about it this term. |
| A | All that I know/ I’ve known about it is that hundreds of people died/had died in it. |
| B | Yes, it was much, much worse than anyone has expected/had expected. It went on/has gone on for hours. Do you want/Have you wanted to watch the programme with me? |
| A | No, thanks. I’ve got to do some veena practice. I’ve just remembered/I just remembered that we’ve got a concert tomorrow, and I don’t have/ haven’t had time to practise my new piece this week. |
| B | OK. I’ve already done / I already did my practice, so I’ve got time to watch TV. See you later. |
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
Mrs. Mageswari is my Maths teacher. She (teach) me for four years.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Adit has been promoted. Ranjan has been promoted. (as well as)
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am not as smart as you are.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
______ (exercise) is good for health.
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
E-mail is the fastest means of communication.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
![]() |
+ | ![]() |
| ______ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
![]() |
![]() |
| ____________ | |
Underline the verbs and choose the correct option from the options.
Margie even wrote about it.






