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Fill in the blank with the word given in option. Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.

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Fill in the blank with the word given in option.

Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.

विकल्प

  • profound

  • amusement

  • confidence

  • agony

  • solace

  • intrepid

  • disfigured

  • perforated

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Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his confidence, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.

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अध्याय 3.1: In Celebration of Being Alive - Vocabulary [पृष्ठ ७२]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
अध्याय 3.1 In Celebration of Being Alive
Vocabulary | Q d) 6. | पृष्ठ ७२

संबंधित प्रश्न

Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).

He picked it up.


Make a list of adjectives in three different forms of comparison. Use different texts to find these.


Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

The timetable was not altered. 


Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

Ramanujan was brought to England.


Read the following words and name the degree of comparison shown.

good – better – best 


Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.

They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before they are actually written down.


Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.

At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which flowed many rivers and streams.


Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.

UNESCO and the International Council on monuments initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.


Present perfect with “ever and never”
Have you ever…?

Have you ever eaten a kiwi fruit?
Yes, I have eaten a kiwi fruit. Or No, I have never eaten a kiwi fruit.

Activity Yes, I have (name) No, I have never. (name)
… been to Ooty    
… traveled by plane    
… visited a museum    
…tried swimming in sea    
… gone hiking    
… sung karaoke    
……… lost money    
…… taken a cold shower in winter    
… listened to French music    
… eaten a peach    

Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.

She hopes you ______ her. (help).


He took a ______ of the cake.


Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.

Kavya rides a __________ to school. (cycle)


Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.

The man behaved ______ in front of the crowd. (normal)


Write the noun form of the following word.

enter ______.


Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.

India became an independent country in the year 1947.


Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

Shenbah missed her purse.


Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.

There was a forest on the island.


Refer to a dictionary and find out the meaning of the words given below.

  1. beam- 
  2. smile-
  3. guffaw-
  4. laugh-
  5. giggle-

Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

She _______ (draw) a picture.


Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.

He______TV with his friends.


Match the words in Column A with their pairs in Column B to form compound words and write them in Column C.

A B C
mantel lashes  
eye wheel  
water gate  
bee knob  
toll piece  
door proof  
spinning hive  

Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)

Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.


Read the following news report and underline the past perfect tense form of the verb and circle the simple past tense form of the verb.

INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN TO WIN BLIND CRICKET WORLD CUP

Chasing a huge target of 308 runs, India romped home in the penultimate over of the match to defeat Pakistan and win the Blind Cricket World Cup. India started off their chase in a cracking manner but had lost two quick wickets. Sunil Ramesh rose to the occasion as he played a great knock to help India beat Pakistan and had scored 93 runs. Earlier India won the toss and had decided to bowl first. Pakistan amassed a huge score of 307 for eight in 40 overs. Their openers had given them a brisk start which the later batsmen capitalized on.


Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.

The Manager ______ not excuse you, if you fail to complete your assignment today


Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.

Sundar would have waited, ______.


Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.

I bought a pen yesterday.

Madhu ______


Write the compound word from the pictures.

+
______

Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.

Feetures


List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.

1. Faster than the wind Slower than a tortoise
2. (Big) ______ (Small) ______
3. (Fierce) ______ (Gentle) ______
4. ______ ______
5. ______ ______

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

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