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प्रश्न
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Nuisance
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उत्तर
Something or someone that is bothering annoying.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
Under a bridge, two little boys were lying close together to keep warm.
‘We are so hungry!’ they said. ‘You cannot lie there!’ shouted a guard.
Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of -
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| (1) | ancient | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) | special | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) | significant | ____________ | ____________ |
| (4) | advanced | ____________ | ____________ |
| (5) | accurate | ____________ | ____________ |
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Could the train be on time?
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
attend to
Find the synonym for the underlined word.
When Pongo caught the narrator with the oranges, he was very frightened.
My sister is an architect. She __________ skyscrapers.
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
The child resembles her father.
Complete this table with the help of the given example.
e.g: Portugal is the name of the country. People from Portugal are called the Portuguese.
| COUNTRY | NATIONALITY |
| Ex: Portugal | Portuguese |
| French | |
| Chinese | |
| American | |
| Sri Lankan | |
| Spanish | |
| Burmese | |
| Indian | |
| Thai |
Vimala and Srinath have met after a long time. Read the conversation given below and complete the dialogue. Role play the situation with your own words.
| Vimala | Hello Srinath, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Where are you rushing off? |
| Srinath | ______hospital. |
| Vimala | Why are you going to hospital? Are you ill? |
| Srinath | No, I ______to see my friend. |
| Vimala | Oh! What happened to him? |
| Srinath | ______. |
| Vimala | Are you______ tomorrow? |
| Srinath | Yes, I am free. |
| Vimala | You are in a hurry, meet you tomorrow. Take care. |
| Srinath | Ok! Bye. |
Sinduja is getting ready to sleep. She starts writing her diary. Help her complete it by using the verbs given in brackets.
(start, eat, have, finish, go, reach)
- I got up at 7’O clock.
- . I ______breakfast.
- I______ to office by car.
- I______ to work.
- I______ lunch at______ .
- I ______my task at 7 p.m.
- I______ home at 8 p.m.
Match the phrases with their meanings.
Phrase: Phrases are groups of two or more words that work together to perform a single grammatical function in a sentence. Phrases do not contain a subject or a predicate.
| 1. drew level with | ran very quickly in panic |
| 2. whoop with glee | to leave a place quickly |
| 3. jammed on the brakes | as if one’s life depends on it |
| 4. clung for dear life | tried to stop the motion immediately |
| 5. charged up the road | rose to an equal level |
| 6. beat a hasty retreat | shout with enthusiasm and happiness |
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
We ______ (eat) fruits.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Sujatha is reading______ interesting story in the library.
Use the suitable verb.
I ______ the book.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
how are you
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Every morning, I brush my teeth and stare ________ at the mirror.
We use a variety of idioms in our daily life to describe various situations. Describe the narrator’s situation in your own words, making use of some of the new idioms you have just learnt.
Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones or confusables.
| wallet | ______ | hoard | ______ |
| fairy | ______ | desert | ______ |
| medal | ______ | night | ______ |
| wait | ______ | sweet | ______ |
| yoke | ______ | plain | ______ |
| grown | ______ | might | ______ |
| earn | ______ | quite | ______ |
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...but they are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Leaves wither during autumn.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
My village cannot achieve 100 % literacy rate, unless the elders of the village cooperate with the education department.
Complete the line from a self-awareness song by filling the blank with the correct option.
| The river runs through your veins The trees and mountains ______ your name The moon and stars watch over You’re guiding your way back home To dream the night away. |
The judge turned ______ the defendant's appeal for a postponement.
He has poor eyesight and is in need ______ glasses.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
high - ______ - highest
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Figars
This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.
Then my eyes filled with tears; for I realised what I had done, and for the first time I felt repentance and sorrow.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
The judge said to the prosecutor, “Do you agree with the arguments presented yesterday?”
(Begin: The judge asked…..)
