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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
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
lofty - ________.
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 took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
not to deter
Make the following Affirmative using the words given.
Their ridicule did not deter her. (failed to)
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
They liked his written stories.
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Though Sue looked after her well, Johnsy showed no signs of improvement.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)
Your words of praise are my greatest reward. (Begin the sentence with ‘No other .......)
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
armloads
Underline the main clause in the following sentence:
One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner, and Taffy went too.
Match the following Active voice sentences with Passive voice.
| S.No. | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| 1. | I will never forget this experience | A novel has been written by her. |
| 2. | Mother made a cake yesterday. | The deer was being chased by the tiger. |
| 3. | Have you finished the report? | A cake was made by mother yesterday. |
| 4. | The tiger was chasing the deer. | Has the report been finished by you? |
| 5. | She has written a novel. | This experience will never be forgotten by me. |
Rearrange the words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
loan / apply / you / if / for / you / a / get / will / immediately / it.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We will be ______in Chennai in approximately ten minutes.
Will it be all right if I ________ a friend tonight?
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Usha Rani is an expert at giving leads.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
s_e_ta_u_ar - eye catching
Match the compound words.
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Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
I will meet you _____ 7.30.
She wakes up _____5 o’clock.
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
She speaks English fluently. _________
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
He broke his __________. (spectacles)
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
She always ______ (make) excuses for coming late.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
______ you have taken all this trouble?
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
He ______ come today. (remote possibility)
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______, I had a happy childhood.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: strange - stranger - strangest
close - ______ - ______
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Vilage
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Mithology
Write the compound words from the pictures.
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