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प्रश्न
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
simple ..........
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उत्तर
simple clothes
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The verbs in bold letters are made up of a verb and a small adverb.
(Adverb particles are not the same as prepositions.)
For example, shake (verb) + up (adverb). These are called ‘phrasal verbs.’ The meaning of a phrasal verb may be idiomaticdifferent from the meanings of the two separate words.
Read carefully the following sentence from the text and underline the phrasal verbs.
We travel, then, in part just to shake up our complacencies.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
When he lost his mother he was completely ________.
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the box given below and complete the table.
| Metaphor, Alliteration, Repetition, Personification, Inversion, Simile, Apostrophe, Onomatopoeia |
| Examples | Figure of Speech | Explanation |
| 1. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair. | Alliteration | The close repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words |
A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of the word, syllable or word groups created by omission of internal letters and sounds. Find out the instances of contractions from the poem.
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.
confined to
Look at the word and its meaning. Select the correct alternative.
significant
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
ugly × .............
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
unhappy × .............
Using a dictionary, find the difference between the following pairs of phrases. Make sentences of your own with each of them.
| Phrases | Meaning | Own Sentences |
| 1. to cut in to cut out |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 2. to be held by to be held up |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 3. to run away to run for |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 4. to be known as to be known for |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 5. to go with to go after |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 6. to put fire into to put fire out |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
Find a synonym from the story for the following word.
Attracted
