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प्रश्न
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
When you ___________ (see) Mandal again, you __________ (not/recognise) him. He is growing a beard.
Use of although/ though/ even though/but
Read the following sentences.
- 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. - 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. - 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’ - 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.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
She told me that she was a doctor.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Come wait upon him: lead him to my bower.
Find from the poem, three examples of Pun :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - brought home the groceries.
Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.
Explain the metaphor in the following line :
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Frame simple sentences - statements, questions, requests, orders, permissions, etc. using the modals listed below.
| can, may, shall, will could, might, should, would l must, ought to, used to, need, dare. |
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
to get rid of
Do you have ______coins with you? I need some.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Madhusudhan checked to see if his keys had fallen underneath his chair.
This fruit is ______ the Mexican capital.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Do you know what time it is ____
Write the collective nouns.
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A _____ of birds. |
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A ____ of grapes. |
See and write what they were doing.
While the boy was playing, the girl _____.
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Softly/Murali/speaks.
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
- kindly
- soft
- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
- loudly
| Adverb | Adjective |
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Prasanth was reading newspaper.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
You ______ an engineer.
Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.
She writes a letter to her friend.
Match the animal with its young one.
| infant |  |
| tadpole |  |
| fawn |  |
| foal |  |
| owlet |  |
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
have cold feet
Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
look
- into
- at
- through
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
industrial - industrious
The most noticeable difference between American and British English is in the vocabulary usage. There are hundreds of everyday words that are different.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Mediam
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.
