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प्रश्न
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
have cold feet
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उत्तर
have cold feet- be frightened
The hotel staff had cold feet when Dubai police enquired him about Sridevi’s death.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
It had been thrown there. __________
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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A |
B |
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
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lonely |
little |
hard |
young |
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thoughtful |
delicious |
beautiful |
A __________ woodcutter lived on a ____________ hillside. He was a ___________ son who worked _____________ but earned ____________ money. One day he saw a ____________ waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it _________________.
Find proverbs, maxims, and Idioms related to ‘friendship’.
- For example: Birds of a feather flock together.
- .........................................................
- .........................................................
- .........................................................
- .........................................................
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I was carrying the Indian flag.
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
‘Who are you?’ asked the bird. ‘I am the Happy Prince.’
‘Then why are you crying? I am wet with your tears.’
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
But we really want ____________ (visit) other planets and find out if life exists on them.
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
The child resembles her father.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
Since he is a king, he can order everybody.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
On seeing the teacher, the children stood up. (into Complex).
The female turtles lay eggs and go back to the ______.
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
I want a roof over my head.
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Go to the river bed.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
_x_i_e_ - thrilled
John and Max don't like maths, ________?
They are going home from school, ______?
I'm clever, ________?
Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.
I ______ TV.
Change the sentence into present continuous tense.
She plays the piano.
Write the expanded forms of the following abbreviations we commonly come across in our daily life.
| 1. | IELTS | |
| 2. | GST | |
| 3. | TNPSC | |
| 4. | STD | |
| 5. | ISD | |
| 6. | MBA | |
| 7. | MHRD | |
| 8. | GPS | |
| 9. | NSS | |
| 10 | PTA | |
| 11. | NGO | |
| 12. | ICU | |
| 13. | IIM | |
| 14. | MRI | |
| 15. | ECG | |
| 16. | NCC | |
| 17. | LED | |
| 18. | CPU | |
| 19 | CBSE | |
| 20 | GDP | |
| 21 | LCD | |
| 22 | NRI | |
| 23 | IIT | |
| 24 | ITI | |
| 25 | USB |
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
tear
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Justin and his parents ______ in an apartment right now because they can’t find a cheap house. (live)
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I______ like to have a cup of coffee.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Vani is ______a good singer ______a good dancer.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The new health care scheme announced by the Government will bring relief to the children suffering with acute tuberculosis.
Now, Blend the following word.
foreign + exchange
The most noticeable difference between American and British English is in the vocabulary usage. There are hundreds of everyday words that are different.
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
cold - ______ - ______
Try this variation-
Prepare sentences which have as many letters in each word as there are words in that sentence.
Examples:
- Go in.
- You are out.
- Come here soon, dear.
- Bring those seven shiny belts.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
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