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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
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.
The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
The fawn wobbled after him
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 _________________.
When we compare two nouns, we use comparative adjectives. When we compare more than two nouns, we use superlative adjectives.
For Example. –
a. Milind is taller than John.
b. Zakir is the tallest of the three brothers.
Look at the following sentence and observe the changes in the sentence. Discuss the changes and note your responses:
The dining room is brighter than the kitchen.
What are conjunctions? explain with some example?
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a bolt from the ______ (a sudden shock, surprise).
Find the opposite of the following adverb.
hard
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
I swear I ____________ tell lies again. (promise)
Given below is a picture of a carnival. Complete the factual description by filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Fairs and festivals form an integral part of the culture of Tamil Nadu. They are an excellent platform to promote and preserve the vibrant art and culture of the Tamils.
A thiruvizha (festival) is a source of excitement and thrill for villagers. The village thoroughfare wears a festive look, as the open spaces are cleaned, spruced up and decorated (a) ________colourful streamers.
People throng the premises (b) ______catch a glimpse (c)________their village deity (d)______ a magnificently decorated chariot, and pay their respects. There is a big crowd (e)_____ the food stalls that serve free piping hot sakkarai pongal (sweet pongal), lemon rice and curd rice.
People (f)______nearby villages and towns display their wares attractively, and call out loudly (g)______the people (h)_______buy their wares. Cotton candy, cut raw mangoes smothered (i)________salt and chilly powder, boiled groundnuts, murukku, sweets, buttermilk etc are sold. Men, women, grandmas, grandpas and little children dressed (j)_________their best clothes, enjoy the Thiruvizha greatly.
You can hear the shrieks (k)________happy children enjoying the rides on ferris wheels and carousels, elders looking (l)_________ each other with smiles on their faces.
The entire day is spent (m) _______fun and gaiety. All the village people irrespective of their age, look forward (n)_________the thiruvizha every year.
Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.
- healthy
- wholesome
- calorific.
_______ we are impressed with their performance.
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
Work in pairs and say the sentence to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.
Is this a banyan tree?
Pick the abstract noun.
Prem felt anger.
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
threatening and extremely angry______.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Mouse
Common Nouns
He missed his purse _______ he was sad.
Write the animal and their young one.
Tiger – ______
Can you try to fill the blank.
______ sun is hot.
Write
______ egg
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Oxygen is the ______ element present in the earth’s crust.
Use the following phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
put
- on
- up
- off
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in brackets.
(tell) me exactly what (happen) last night!
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Expressing gratitude ______ others is common in a vote of thanks.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Not a word was spoken by the convict in self–defense.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
She walked out. She was smiling
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
But they could not found it.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
