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प्रश्न
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
At one stroke
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उत्तर
With a single immediate action.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)
There was a lack of technology. Major surgery could not develop for centuries.
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
crosscurrents
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To refer to a physical condition
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ herring (something that diverts attention from the main issue).
Explain the metaphor in the following line :
Life’s sunny hours flit by.
Use the following word to construct a meaningful sentence on your own.
starvation -
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Then Marina encouraged him by saying, “It’s no good ______ (quit) the project right at the end.”
Report the following sentence.
“Tomorrow I have to take a test in English”, said Sudha.
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
Write the words that can replace Ravi, Rani, woman, luggage and the dog when we use them for the second and subsequent times in the passage _________, _________, _________. These words are called ________________?
______us go for a walk.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
Our team played well ______ won the game.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
what day of the week is your favorite ____
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Paul______plays cricket with his friends.
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
Her birthday is _____ 6th April.
Choose the correct plural form.
Dog
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______
She _________ a job in America by next year. (get)
Write the word given in the bracket in correct tense.
I ______(see) him accidently.
Match the following idioms related to difficult situations with their meanings.
| A | B | ||
| 1 | alarm bells ringing | a | abandoning one who is in difficulty |
| 2 | back to the wall | b | try any method to overcome a crisis |
| 3 | grasp/clutch at straws | c | sign of something going wrong |
| 4 | saved by the bell | d | in serious difficulty |
| 5 | hang out to dry | e | help at the last moment rescuing one from a difficult situation |
Words that define a belief, attitude or theory end with the suffix ‘-ism’. Here is a sentence from the speech of Dr. Annadurai: ‘I admit that the environment is such that even people with robust optimism will be discouraged and forced to take to the path of ease and comfort’.
The meaning of the word ‘optimism’ is ‘the hopeful feeling that all is going to turn out well’. Match the ‘-ism’ words with their appropriate meanings.
| S. No | Meanings | S. No. Meanings Words |
| 1 | e.g. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | patriotism |
| 2 | a brutal, barbarous, savage act | nationalism |
| 3 | the doctrine that your country’s interests are superior | egocentrism |
| 4 | participating in sports as a hobby rather than for money | feminism |
| 5 | belief that the best possible concepts should be pursued | criticism |
| 6 | a serious examination and judgment of something | amateurism |
| 7 | habitual failure to be present at work | barbarism |
| 8 | a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women | idealism |
| 9 | concern for your own interests and welfare | heroism |
| 10 | exceptional courage when facing danger | absenteeism |
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Hima Das ran so fast that she______ win the medal.
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
If I were you, I ______not behave like that. (conditional sentence)
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
There is usually a garden ______a bungalow
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: strange - stranger - strangest
close - ______ - ______
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
loneliness
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Circals
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Tribel
