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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
Rewrite the following sentences in the way instructed
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(Remove ‘enough’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(ii) How beautiful the sight was!
(Rewritte as an assertive sentence)
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
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We made a pact.
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strong (city)
Find the opposite of the following adverb.
hard
Look at the prefixes given and frame two new words. One is done for you.
| Prefix | Word-1 | Word-2 |
| sub | subway | subconscious |
| un | ||
| re | ||
| en | ||
| dis | ||
| ir |
Frame sentences of your own using any five newly formed words.
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Given below are some idiomatic phrases. Find the meaning of it using the dictionary.
| A | B |
| put on | walk away |
| come in | time out |
| try again | try again |
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I have met him yesterday.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
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- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
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| Adverb | Adjective |
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Fill in the blank with a pronoun.
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Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
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Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
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Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
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Read the following dialogue and complete the report in the space provided.
| Priya | Where are you going? |
| Vijay | I am going to the railway station. |
| Priya | Why are you going there? |
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| Priya asked Vijay | (a) ______ |
| Vijay replied | (b) ______ |
| Priya further inquired | (c) ______ |
| Vijay stated that | (d) ______ |
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
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Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Amit did not know ______his father met his class teacher ______not.
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
We ______ (select) story books for kids, if we allot time for storytelling.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
brave - ______ - bravest
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
