Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
quiet – quite – quit
Advertisements
उत्तर
Sheela lives in her quiet cottage in Chengalpattu with her retired husband.
Life in Coimbatore is quite expensive.
Some players, who are jealous of Dhoni’s reputation, want him to quit before the world cup matches.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
(i) Match words under A with their meanings under B.
|
A |
B |
|
remote |
difficult to overcome |
|
means |
most prominent |
|
dominant |
be overcome/overpowered |
|
formidable |
method(s) |
|
overwhelmed |
far away from |
(ii) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with appropriate words from under A.
(a) There were ___________ obstacles on the way, but we reached our destination safely.
(b) We have no ___________ of finding out what happened there.
(c) Why he lives in a house ____________from any town or village is more than I can tell.
(d) ___________by gratitude, we bowed to the speaker for his valuable advice.
(e) The old castle stands in a __________position above the sleepy town.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
The timetable was not altered.
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.
Neel - I put the dishes in the dishwasher.
List as many words as you can that will go with the given adjective. (At least 3 each.)
Example: sudden - sudden change, sudden shower, sudden fall
- simple
- odd
- only
- honest
- long
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
narrow
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
I swear I ____________ tell lies again. (promise)
Consult a dictionary, to find the homophones for the given words.
| 1 | in | |
| 2 | know | |
| 3 | be | |
| 4 | to | |
| 5 | watt | |
| 6 | right | |
| 7 | were | |
| 8 | bare | |
| 9 | herd | |
| 10 | throne |
Ashwin __________ (complete) M.B.A. in another two years.
Add a suitable prefix or suffix and make new words.
| -ship | -hood | un- | after- | -ion |
| -less | - ful | -ment | im- | -ous |
| child ___ | wonder___ |
| ____noon | count___ |
| relation___ | __patient |
| ___happy | excite____ |
| danger___ | perfect___ |
There are ______places to visit but we don’t have ______ time to visit them.
Write the plural form.
 |
tooth - _________ |
 |
knife - _________ |
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
I will meet you _____ 7.30.
Choose the correct plural form.
Boy
Singular and Plural
Some tips to change singular to plural
Simply add s, if any one of a, e, i, o, u comes before y.
Fill in the blank.
5 is ______ 4.
She _________ a job in America by next year. (get)
Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.
| long |
| round |
| thin |
| yellow |
| tall |
- The giraffe is ______.
- Its neck is ______.
- Its eyes are ______.
- Its skin is ______.
- Its tail is ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
liaison
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in brackets.
(tell) me exactly what (happen) last night!
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
They ______about me when I interrupted their conversation. (talk)
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
When did you feel the tremors?
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
glory + victory -
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
No one will deny that the children have worked very hard this year. (Begin: Everyone…)
Write the compound words from the pictures.
 |
 |
| ____________ | |
Write the compound word from the pictures.
 |
 |
| ____________ | |
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
Some seats are set by for the handicapped.
