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प्रश्न
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
scraping – scrapping – scrubbing
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उत्तर
Scraping of NEET may help rural students to get into Government Medical Colleges.
Anil Ambani’s company suffered through several bankruptcies, resulting in the scrapping of many deals.
After scrubbing the stains for a long time, she found that the stain was gone but the cloth had got damaged.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the passage below and underline the verbs in the past tense.
A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.
Read the lines below.
- 'To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds'.
The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something non - human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called ‘Personification’. - ‘To believe is to know that
Everyday is a new beginning’. - To believe is to know ______ life is a gift
Lines in poetry, such as the above, state a general truth and can be used as sayings or quotes etc. They contain the Figure of Speech called Epigram.
Epigram closely resembles a proverb.
Find from the poem three other examples of Epigram.
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‘She went to one of the kitchen drawers’.
Look at the sentence carefully. The underlined word tells us that she went (some time ago) to a particular place (at one of the kitchen drawers). Now discuss with your partner and tell the class what you did ‘yesterday’ and what your friend did ‘yesterday’. Complete the table. One is done for you.
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In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Though Sue looked after her well, Johnsy showed no signs of improvement.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
She told me that she was a doctor.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
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.
fireplace
In poetry, when a question is asked, not to get an answer, but to emphasise a point of fact, it is an example of Interrogation.
For example :
- When can their glory fade?
- Isn’t it time for the autumn’s glow?
From a popular book of poems/the internet, write down 3-4 examples of Interrogation used in poetry.
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Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To refer to events, activities, and experiences
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.’
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
The manager appointed many office assistants.
Find the synonym for the underlined word.
The voice in his head asked the narrator to eat the evidence.
All children __________ something new every day.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
air and manner
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(go swimming)
Fruits ____ good for health.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
gymnasium -
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.
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
We _________ the animal in our trap.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
jain ate an apple
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
do you play football
Write
______ pot
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
The cat ______(chase) the bird before it flew out of the yard.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
Being a Monday, the shops _________ not be crowded today.
Write the process of wrapping a Christmas gift in a paragraph in passive form, with the help of the pictures given below.
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
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
You ______not attend my class. (order)
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
There is usually a garden ______a bungalow
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
muscle + pain -
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
But for your help, I could not have completed the assignment.
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which ______ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was ______ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in ______ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, ______ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously ______ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man ______ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that ______ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to ______ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn't it beautiful”, he called out to the old man. "Yes", replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I'll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man ______ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves ______ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet.
“There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”
