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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.
tight corners
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उत्तर
Tight corners – difficult situations.
Those who act on impulse find themselves in tight comers.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ____________. (tremble)
Say whether the following sentence is in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
My father gave it to the mechanic. ______
List 5 adjectives from the story.
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
to get rid of
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
The best astronaut almost quit _________ (try) to learn the complex information.
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
go into
When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.
Fill in the blanks with the help of the picture clues.
Complete the sentence given below choosing the right connector given in the option.
They faced many hardships _________ they are always cheerful.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
No sooner did I enter the house _________ it started drizzling.
The paper was published ______ an International journal.
Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.
People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.
- Paper ______(produce) from wood.
- The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
- Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
- This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
- Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.
Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.
| Section - A | Section – B |
| Phrasal verbs | Meanings |
| 1. set out | to go somewhere for a short break or holiday |
| 2. pick up | to begin a journey |
| 3. get away | to enter a bus, a train or a plane |
| 4. see off | to leave a bus, a train or a plane |
| 5. get into | to go to the station to say good bye to someone |
| 6. get off | to get someone from a place |
Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.
Ajay mastered the techniques of painting.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Families often argue ____ Christmas time.
Choose the correct plural form.
Fly
Write the words with same meaning for the following pictures.
| fast | afraid | train |
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fear |
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practice |
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speed |
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______ friend.
Complete the sentence by using the following options.
The______and queen attended the court.
______ the water overflowed from the tank.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
Helen jotted down the important points lest she ______ forget it.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
Automation and shared mobility will play a key role in this transformation.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
en mass
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
prescribed - proscribed
Choose the correct options and complete the dialogue.
| A | : Hello. What do you watch/are you watching? |
| B | A programme about the Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre, which I recorded last night. I study/ I’m studying about it this term. |
| A | All that I know/ I’ve known about it is that hundreds of people died/had died in it. |
| B | Yes, it was much, much worse than anyone has expected/had expected. It went on/has gone on for hours. Do you want/Have you wanted to watch the programme with me? |
| A | No, thanks. I’ve got to do some veena practice. I’ve just remembered/I just remembered that we’ve got a concert tomorrow, and I don’t have/ haven’t had time to practise my new piece this week. |
| B | OK. I’ve already done / I already did my practice, so I’ve got time to watch TV. See you later. |
Fill in the boxes with the correct answers. The first one has been done for you.
| S. No | Word with meaning and part of speech | Sentence | Noun/Verb/ Adj. form | Sentence |
| 1 | Word: wise meaning: clever part of speech: adjective | My brother is wise. | wisdom | My brother showed great wisdom in business. |
| 2 | harm | |||
| 3 | stimulate | |||
| 4 | argue | |||
| 5 | strong | |||
| 6 | destroy |
Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
You will be rewarded by the wise, if you ______(stand) for truth.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
I was like that ship before my education began.
Write a compound word using the pictures.
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In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
When will the Shatabdi Express pull up?
