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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
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come/is coming to see her
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
You —————————— reach the island by land or air; you —————————— go by boat.
Pick out one line that contains the following Figure of Speech.
Tautology
Underline the verb form in the following sentence and state its Tense and Aspect.
They are waiting for the right winds.
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.
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.
| rapidly | ______ |
| merrily | ______ |
| gratefully | ______ |
| cheerily | ______ |
| manfully | ______ |
| fearlessly | ______ |
| gloriously | ______ |
| victoriously | ______ |
Change the following into Passive voice.
Someone has to initiate it immediately
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Then Marina encouraged him by saying, “It’s no good ______ (quit) the project right at the end.”
Could you bring me ________ tools I left in the garden?
I’ve got to solve ________ math problems before I go to sleep.
India is ________ largest democracy in the world.
Do you have ______coins with you? I need some.
Look at the pictures. Pick out the right preposition and fill in the speech bubbles given below.
| between | down from | onto | inside | on | in front of | over |
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
brunch -
Find out the clipped word for the following.
Electronic + commerce -
Find the describing words given in the poem.
| p | a | s | m | a | I | I | s |
| g | I | a | r | g | e | s | t |
| h | u | e | i | j | k | h | r |
| I | f | t | a | I | I | a | a |
| m | e | n | d | s | p | r | i |
| q | s | r | o | t | a | p | g |
| u | u | v | o | x | y | n | h |
| z | a | d | g | h | e | b | t |
Punctuate the following sentence.
my favourite soap is pears and my favourite toothpaste is pepsodent.
He ate two chocolates _______ he got cough.
Fill in the blank
I play tennis ______ cricket.
Fill in the blank.
5 is ______ 4.
Fill in the blank.
1 is ______ 2.
Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks using ‘a, an’, or ‘the’.
It is said that 1 ______computer is 2 ______ electronic extension of the human brain. Therefore, in principle, 3 ______ computer can do all those activities which 4 ______human brain can do. Today computers are found to be 5 ______ most useful devices as knowledge providers. Another important field of application of computers is 6 ______ development of robots. 7 ______ internet has brought 8 ______ drastic change in communication systems.
Underline the prepositional phrase.
The assignment will be completed in a few weeks.
Use the proper punctuation mark.
They had a teacher
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
My father knows as much as my teacher.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
great - ______ - ______
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| _______________ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
We must carry ______ despite the challenges we come across.
