Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
emigrate - immigrate
Advertisements
उत्तर
emigrate (leaving homeland) – immigrate (come to live permanently in a foreign country)
Priyanka Chopra does not wish to emigrate to the UK where her husband is living. Candidates who wish to immigrate to the USA are increasing in number every year.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
able - ________.
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To refer to a physical condition
What are interjections? explain with some examples.
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 - dusted the living room.
Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.
| rapidly | ______ |
| merrily | ______ |
| gratefully | ______ |
| cheerily | ______ |
| manfully | ______ |
| fearlessly | ______ |
| gloriously | ______ |
| victoriously | ______ |
Pick out four examples of personification. Write what is personified in each:
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
- ______________________
Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.
Can I read the book?
Children are given toys ____________ sweets on Children’s day.
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
We ______ (gather) here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive.
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
I have been ill for a couple of days ______.
Write the noun form of the following word.
enter ______.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Ben saw Daisy playing across the road.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
I saw a tiger it was wounded.
Read the poem and write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme for the given stanzas.
| Stanza | Rhyming words | Rhyme Scheme |
| 1 | alone- ______-______ ______ - space |
|
| 3 | ______- May mind -______ |
|
| 4 |
tree- ______ |
Find the antonym for the following word.
Disgrace ×
Read the passage. Choose between a little, a lot of, a few, few, fewer, many and much to fill in the gap.
DON’T CALL US, WE’LL CALL YOU!
Two years ago, I moved to a new neighbourhood. There seemed to be very______people in this area without telephones, so I expected to get a new phone quickly. I applied for one as soon as I moved into my new house. ‘We aren’t supplying ______ new phones in your area’, an engineer told me. ‘______ people want new phones at the moment and the company is employing ______ engineers than last year so as to save money. A new phone won’t cost you ______ money, but it will take ______ time. We can’t do anything for you before December. ‘You need______ patience if you’re waiting for a new phone and you need ______ friends whose phones you can use as well. Fortunately, I had both. December came and went, but there was no sign of a phone. I went to the company’s local office to protest. ‘They told me I’d have a phone by December,’ I protested. ‘Which year?’ the assistant asked.
The bus _________ (leave) the stop before we could catch it.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
s _re _ _ - shout
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Very pretty ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Write the word under the correct group and divide it.
muffin
purple
raven
cow
dinner
marble
man
tennis
dog
sample
recent
hotel
table
hammer
boy
 |
 |
 |
 |
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
frivolous
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We should never misuse or ______natural resources.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I use your mobile phone? It’s an emergency.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______ not believe my eyes. Is Santhosh the one who is standing over there?
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
She walked out. She was smiling
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Compulsive gambling is the worst habit a man can develop
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
...and it’s good for plenty more.
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Prussian
Note the difference between drive and ride. Use the two words correctly in your own sentences.
