Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
conscience - conscious
Advertisements
उत्तर
conscience (a person’s moral sense of right and wrong) – conscious (being aware of) “Conscience makes cowards of us all”, said Shakespeare.
The lorry driver was conscious of the dangers involved in carrying the explosives in his truck.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
confide ____________
Spot the error. One is done for you.
I was not afraid to die that day.
Correct Sentence: I was not afraid to die that day.
I has to bring my ice axe down with me.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Trinity supported unorthodox talent.
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.
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
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.
Underline the main clause in the following sentence:
One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner, and Taffy went too.
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
The young seagull gave out a loud call. (to adverb)
Change the following into Passive voice.
How did you cross the river?
Identify the preposition in the given sentence and underline them.
The burglar found the keys under the pot in the balcony.
Finish each clue by changing the verb within brackets to an irregular past tense verb.
Then complete the crossword puzzle.
- Across
- The lake (freeze) ________ overnight.
- Hema (buy) _________ a new bicycle.
- Aravind (give) ____ me a slice of pizza.
- We (drink) _________milk.
- The dog (sleep) _________ on the sofa.
- He (write) ____________ a letter to his cousin in America.
- Down
- I (find) ________ a coin on the ground.
- Tony (teach) __________ his cat to use the litter box.
- Selvi (blow) ____________ out the candle.
Change the following into passive voice.
He has already mended the TV set.
This picture was drawn ______ the girl ______ charcoal.
- across
- with
- on
- to
- by
- since
- from
- about
- into
- at
- during
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He followed my suggestion. (into Complex)
Pooja hired a bicycle.
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
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
She slipped badly ______ she did not hurt herself.
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Dad and I painted the trailer ______.
Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.
Tom______(come) home from school.
Fill in the blank.
I met ______ boy in the street.
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.
Here is a recipe to make a chocolate cake in a pressure cooker. Rewrite the instructions in the passive voice. The first one has been done for you.
|
Ingredients
|
Method
- First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
- Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
- Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
- Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid, but without the pressure, for 3-4 minutes on high heat. Then place the cake tin in the empty cooker (Do not add water in the cooker).
- Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
These should not be thought of as luxury but as necessity.
Note the following words from the story. They all refer to different ways of walking. Find out their meanings and use each of them in meaningful sentences of your own. Refer a thesaurus and add a few more to the list.
- trod
- fluttered
- hurried
- skipped
- strode
- sped
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
per capita
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
carte blanche
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
take off
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Tajudeen ______finish this work by Monday.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
The boys broke the window pane last evening.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The village head understood the intention of the politician, doesn’t he?
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
