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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.
shot his bolt
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उत्तर
shot his bolt- exhaust one’s effort
Mithali Raj had shot her bolt and made 54 runs to help India win the World Cup Cricket title.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
maintain ____________
Find proverbs, maxims, and Idioms related to ‘friendship’.
- For example: Birds of a feather flock together.
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Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
begun
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
heart of hearts
Children are given toys ____________ sweets on Children’s day.
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
You ____________ wear a coat, it’s quite warm.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
to see one fight
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
The man behaved ______ in front of the crowd. (normal)
A ______ is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery
“I have been watching a film.” He said that ______ a film.
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
smog -
We often watch TV in the afternoon, _______?
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Govern your passions or they will govern you.
Draw and write your own compound word.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
He ______ a carpenter.
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
John has __________ a letter to his father.
Write the opposites for the following pictures.
| fix | young | near |
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old | |
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break | |
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far |
Change the sentence into the past perfect tense and future perfect tense.
I have posted the letter.
Kartik is a ______.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
My brother ______ go abroad to pursue his higher studies next year.
Read the following story and do the exercises that follow.
Last night somebody broke into our neighbor’s house. He stole everything he found. The neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Umar, saw him while he was running away but they couldn’t catch him. This morning an inspector arrived to make an inquiry.
The Inspector posed certain questions to Mr. Umar.
| The Inspector | The thief broke into the house at around 10 p.m. What were you doing then? |
| Mr. Umar | I was watching a movie with my wife. Then I went to the kitchen to prepare tea. |
| The Inspector | How many minutes did you spend in the kitchen? |
| Mr. Umar | I think 10 or 15 minutes… I’m not sure…. |
| The Inspector | Did you prepare tea? |
| Mr. Umar | Yes |
| The Inspector | OK. Thanks. |
The Inspector also asked Mrs. Umar some questions:
| The Inspector | What were you doing at around 10 pm yesterday? |
| Mrs. Umar | I was watching a movie while drinking my coffee. |
| The Inspector | Coffee? But your husband prepared tea. |
| Mrs. Umar | Tea? No… We didn’t drink tea last night. |
| The Inspector | OK. What was he doing in the kitchen? |
| Mrs. Umar | He was thirsty. He wanted to drink water. |
| The Inspector | Hmmm. What happened then? |
| Mrs. Umar | A friend of his called him and he went out to help him. |
| The Inspector | So, you were alone at home, weren’t you? |
| Mrs. Umar | Yes, I was. I called him immediately but he didn’t answer. |
The inspector was suspicious about Mr.Umar, so he asked him to come to the station for further questioning.
| The Inspector | You weren’t at home when the thief broke into your neighbour’s house. Where were you? |
| Mr. Umar | I went out to help a friend of mine |
| The Inspector | Who is that friend? |
| Mr. Umar | Ehhhh… he is just a friend. |
| The Inspector | Hmmm. Who is that friend? |
| Mr. Umar | I told you already. He is just a friend. |
| The Inspector |
If you cannot prove that you were with a friend, we can arrest you. At the end of the questioning session, Mr.Umar told the inspector the truth. “Last night, somebody called me, but he wasn’t my friend. I had borrowed some money from him and he had given me time till last night to return it. But I did not do so. So, he called me and asked me to meet him outside the house. That’s why I went out. I did not tell my wife as I did not want her to know about it. When I went out, I saw a stranger entering my neighbour’s house but I did not stop as I was in a hurry to meet the moneylender. |
Answer the questions after reading the story.
- Did Mrs. Umar see the thief?
- What was Mrs. Umar doing when the thief broke into the house?
- Was Mr. Umar watching movie with his wife when the thief broke in the house?
- What was Mr. Umar doing in the kitchen?
Frame suitable questions for the following statements.
- Mr. Umar was at home when the event occurred
- Yes, Mr. Umar saw the thief entering the neighbour’s house.
- Mrs. Umar was watching the movie while her husband was drinking water.
- The thief broke into the house while they were watching a movie.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
par excellence
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
via media
Read the list of words formed by adding suffixes.
| frequently | satisfaction | willingness |
| comfortable | resemblance | nobility |
Form two derivatives from each of the following words by adding prefixes and suffixes.
| Word | Prefix | Suffix |
| patient | patient | patiently |
| honour | ||
| respect | ||
| manage | ||
| fertile | ||
| different | ||
| friend | ||
| obey |
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
Getting down from the car, the Chief Guest walked towards the dais amidst applause.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The portraits would not have been so natural unless the artist had given his best.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The manager would not have selected Nithiksha unless she exhibited good accounting skill.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
Huckleberry Finn was responsible for ______(signal).
This particular shop deals ______ organic food.
