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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.
in a nice pickle
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उत्तर
in a nice pickle- in a mess
Boney Kapoor is in a nice pickle unable to explain Sridevi’s sudden death to media personalities and to film Industry friends.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
signify _____________
Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
It is ___________ believable that I am not responsible for this mess.
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Why are you filling the kettle with water?
Ravi : I ____________ (make) coffee.
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
You are very naughty. You are _____________ your brother (clever).
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Inversion
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
She told me that she was a doctor.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
The tiger jumped into the river.
We have been living in Chennai _________ eight years.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Akila ___________ (not/sing) a song.
Report the following sentence.
“Tomorrow I have to take a test in English”, said Sudha.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ have come to know the truth.
“It is too late.” I said that it ______ too late.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
luncheon -
Use two or three words from the box to describe each picture.
| red | cute | cubs | icy | tall | mountain |
| boy | tiger | kangaroo | two | little | hot |
| chillies | book | wooden | table | cat | round |
| big | black | three | windows | blue | snow |
| brown | smiling | ball | tail | house | long |
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
The doorbell rang, while I ______(do) my homework.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Please take out the trash when you get home ___
Look at the pictures given below. Arrange the jumbled words into a sentence. Write the sequence of the sentences according to the pictures in the blanks given. Pick the adjectives from the sentences and write them below the picture.
- order/a yummy, round and big cake/her parents.
- her/a wonderful doll/present/Madhu’s friends/with
- which falls on Sunday/for her birthday celebration/ Madhu/her close friends/invites
- welcome/she and her parents/with a broad smile/their/ guests
- enjoyed the day/felt/happy and/Madhu and her parents
- the house with colourful balloons/her parents/ decorate/and attractive cartoon
- pink/Madhu/frock/wears/on her/birthday/a long.
Tom left the class _______ he was sick.
Choose the correct place of the apple.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)
Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
The voyagers did not ______ to drop anchor at the unknown island.
Change the voice of the following sentence.
Magdalene is singing the prayer.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
Yuvan has been studying well ______childhood.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
By whom were you interviewed?
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
There is a pharmacy near that bus stand.
Read the following passage and identify the simple sentences.
Sunflowers turn according to the position of the sun. In other words, they ‘ chase the light’. Have you ever wondered what happens on cloudy, rainy days when the sun is completely covered by clouds? If you think the sunflower withers or turns its head towards the ground, you are completely mistaken. Do you know what happens? Sunflowers turn to each other to share their energy. Learning from Nature, we too should support and empower each other.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
The culprit was sent to jail.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Each of these boys ______ passed.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
We walked down the path to the well-house.
