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प्रश्न
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
beside - besides
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उत्तर
beside (at the side of) – besides (in addition to)
I remember keeping my watch beside my glasses.
Besides supporting terrorist outfits within its borders, Pakistan claims innocence in the Pulwama attack.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.
The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.
What does social democracy mean?
Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.
Fraternity means a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Hardy taught Ramanujan.
Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ belt (area of fields, woods, etc. around a city).
Read the highlighted words.
- All three of them were honest, kind, and hardworking.
- You are such an honest person.
The highlighted words are adjectives.
Now find at least five other adjectives from the lesson.
Make meaningful sentences from the following table.
| • She was tired | because | • she finished her homework. |
| • She wanted to buy a car | • she had no money. | |
| • He was angry | • he did not fight. | |
| • He did not know the answer | • he did not copy his friend’s answer. | |
| • They did not have money | • they lived happily. | |
| • He did not read the book | • he knew the story. |
Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using because.
Change the following into Passive voice.
Someone has to initiate it immediately
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
pay for
Fill in the blanks with the help of the picture clues.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
Where had I gone? What had I done?
What had I seen?
I ______ never ______ (see) such beautiful sights before I visited Paris in 2012. I ____________(save) money for five years before I booked my trip to Paris. I was very excited! Before my trip to Paris, I ______ never ______(be) out of India. When I went to Paris, I spent many days touring the city. The city was big. Sometimes I got lost and asked for directions. I asked for directions in French. That was easy because I ______(study) French for two years before I visited Paris. By the time I left Paris, I ____________ (tour) many beautiful places. The Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Luxembourg Gardens were just a few of the places I saw. Before I visited Paris, I______ only ______(see) those places on television.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
motor + hotel -
Add 'r' , ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity. Take turns in class to make sentences with the words you have formed.
e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
- use
- buy
- sail
- watch
- operate
- foreign
- bake
- write
- govern
- act
They will wash the car, ________.
Circle the pictures that denotes person or things in particular.
He missed his purse _______ he was sad.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Circle the pronouns.
An old man lived in a village. He was one of the most unfortunate men in the world. The whole village was tired of him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained, and was always in a bad mood.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
There is a lot of time left, so you ______ not panic.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Due to some disturbing incidents in her childhood, Neetu grew into a reclusive adult. She tends to keep aloof and avoids all kinds of social activities. Neetu is a ______.
Change the voice of the following sentence.
Magdalene is singing the prayer.
Look at the following words and classify them according to their fields.
| clinical, orthopedic, dividend, operations, fertile, Carnatic, diagnostics, industries, keyboard, hacker, desktop, vocal, cultivation, organic, unplugged, disease, harvest, livestock, mother-board, investment, internet, proxy, recycle bin, orchestra, trade, hip-hop, uprooting, guitar, cure, contracts |
| Music | |||
| Agriculture | |||
| Computer | |||
| Commerce | |||
| Medicine |
Virat Kohli, the Man of the Match and the Man of the Series in the one–day International series between India and South Africa, February 2018, had this to say during the post match presentation. India won the match by 8 wickets and won the series by 5 – 1, a historic win against South Africa in their home soil.
Rewrite his words in Reported Speech.
“It was a day I felt really good. Last game, I was not in the right kind of mindset. This is a beautiful place to bat under lights. That’s the idea behind bowling first. I like setting up for the short ball. It was a blessing in disguise, and they kept bowling short. I think the pitch got better to bat on under lights. It has been a roller coaster till now. People who are close to me deserve a lot of credit. Obviously, you want to lead from the front, and that’s a wonderful feeling. I have got eight or nine years left in my career and I want to make the most of every day. It’s a blessing that I am healthy and getting to captain my country. They have shown great character – especially the two young spinners. The way the series went augurs well for us. We’re looking forward to the T20s. The tour is not over yet. After losing the Test series, I was talking to you. I am here talking to you after winning the ODI series.”
Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence.
It started raining, ______we could not play.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
After the complicated surgery, the patient hoped of complete recovery.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The portraits would not have been so natural unless the artist had given his best.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The bear climbed up the tree ______ the honey.
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Mithra as well as her daughters enjoy singing
Write the compound word from the picture.
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| ______ | |
Write compound word using the pictures.
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