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प्रश्न
Here are some compound words chosen from the text.
| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
| half-way | never-ending | partly-full | ice- axe |
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उत्तर
Let us learn a few more with their meaning.
| ice-berg | an extremely large mass of ice floating in the sea |
| ice-cap | a layer of ice permanently covering parts of the earth, especially around North and South Poles |
| ice-floe | a large area of ice floating in the sea |
| ice-sheet | a layer of ice that covers a large area of land for a long period of time |
| ice-rink | specially prepared flat surface of ice, where you can ice-skate; |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.
fill in the blank using the correct form of the word given.
The ____________ of the raven disturbed the child’s sleep.
Write down eight to ten Onomatopoetic words on your own.
Speech or dialogues can be reported in two ways - Direct and Indirect. When. the exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct Speech. When the exact words of the speaker are not reported, but just its contents we call it Indirect Speech.
Direct Speech: Amar said, "I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket."
Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the next day.
Note down the changes you observe in the Indirect Speech.
Say WHY. . . . . .
Ramanujan’s letter bored and irritated Hardy, at first.
Make sentences of your own to show the difference in usage of the following Homophones.
- advice ______
- advise ______
Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect words with correct prepositional phrase.
participates in sports. She gets on with everyone in case of __________________.
Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.
- educational
- interesting
- trendy.
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
She ____________ to anybody.
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We wear this on our face to see clearly ______
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
I saw Mr. Balu this morning and gave Mr. Balu my homework.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
helicopter + pad -
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
s_e_ta_u_ar - eye catching
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Children ______ ice-creams.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Wow___What a wonderful event ____
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
I had a great time at your party ___
Write what they were doing at 5 o’clock yesterday.
I _________ cricket with my friends.
My mother _________ TV.
We _________ mango.
My friends _________ their bicycles.
Mohan _________ a letter.
The bell _________ loudly.
See and write what they were doing.
While the boy was playing, the girl _____.
Help the space ship reach the correct planet.
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______ ______ |
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Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Prasanth was reading newspaper.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Having no money ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate compound words from those given in the box:
Reeta hurried along the road, dressed in her ______new dress towards the bus stop. Before ______, she had to reach the house of her ______. But the first ______of her travel was slow due to traffic jam. Her ______would be regarded with joy. She was ______ herself to reach the place. When she finally stepped into the ______, she was received with a big hug by her kind aunt. She was in time to join the ______at the village, for a ______.
| singsong | overstraining | spotless |
| gentlefolk | grandmother | courtyard |
| sunset | half-hour | homecoming |
Find the antonyms of the following words in the puzzle and shade them with a pencil. The first one has been done for you.
| seldom, admitted, methodical, reality, virtue, vile, indignant, relish, fact |
Spot the word
Words that define a belief, attitude or theory end with the suffix ‘-ism’. Here is a sentence from the speech of Dr. Annadurai: ‘I admit that the environment is such that even people with robust optimism will be discouraged and forced to take to the path of ease and comfort’.
The meaning of the word ‘optimism’ is ‘the hopeful feeling that all is going to turn out well’. Match the ‘-ism’ words with their appropriate meanings.
| S. No | Meanings | S. No. Meanings Words |
| 1 | e.g. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | patriotism |
| 2 | a brutal, barbarous, savage act | nationalism |
| 3 | the doctrine that your country’s interests are superior | egocentrism |
| 4 | participating in sports as a hobby rather than for money | feminism |
| 5 | belief that the best possible concepts should be pursued | criticism |
| 6 | a serious examination and judgment of something | amateurism |
| 7 | habitual failure to be present at work | barbarism |
| 8 | a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women | idealism |
| 9 | concern for your own interests and welfare | heroism |
| 10 | exceptional courage when facing danger | absenteeism |
Here is one long sentence. Split them into smaller sentences.
Like all living things, human beings also need food in order to live as every part of the body must get a steady supply of food so that it can work properly, but first the food eaten has to be broken down through a process called digestion so that it can dissolve in the blood and carried to all parts of the body.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
My brother will certainly clear GRE; ______ he works very hard.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Sindhu would not have won the world championship, unless she had had singleminded devotion.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
He was dissatisfied. He quit his job.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
She earns so ______that she could not make a decent living
Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.
Rural life is certainly more peaceful than urban life.
