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प्रश्न
Here, we see that the ‘-ing’ form of the verb ‘fight’ is used as a subject in ‘The fighting went on’. It does the work of a noun. When the ‘-ing’ form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund or verbal noun. Read the following examples of gerunds:
- Gardening is an art.
- Cooking is a science.
- I enjoy reading poems.
- I like reading more than writing.
Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.
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उत्तर
- Drawing is an art.
- Typing is a science.
- I enjoy narrating poems.
- I like baking more than cooking.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
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Past
Earlier past
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’).
He stroked its sides.
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Look at those dark clouds.
Ravi : I think it ___________ (rain).
Form pairs. Write a poem with rhyming lines on at least one of the following: the moon, stars, a tree, a flower, a river/lake, rain, the wind, clouds.
Students ____________ be quiet when they write the examination.
My mother ______ in a factory.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
_________ she ________ (watch) TV?
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Ilakiya and Adhira ______ (enjoy) each other's company very much.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
By next year, I ______ in Chennai for fifteen years. (live).
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
a ______ of milk.
Arya _______ (play) the same song for last three days. It has become boring now.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
I am so excited to see my family for Christmas ____
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.
Bharani didn't mean any harm, he just did it for______.
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
- kindly
- soft
- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
- loudly
| Adverb | Adjective |
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is this a dark room?
No, it is _____.
Recite the poem ‘The Swimmer’.
Match the rhyming words.
| soft | week |
| blow | know |
| grow | hot |
| seek | flow |
Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks using ‘a, an’, or ‘the’.
It is said that 1 ______computer is 2 ______ electronic extension of the human brain. Therefore, in principle, 3 ______ computer can do all those activities which 4 ______human brain can do. Today computers are found to be 5 ______ most useful devices as knowledge providers. Another important field of application of computers is 6 ______ development of robots. 7 ______ internet has brought 8 ______ drastic change in communication systems.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
The Prime Minister ______(leave) for America to meet the delegates tomorrow.
Who wrote this complaint?
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
Everybody (enjoy, enjoys) a good song.
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
eminent - imminent
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Not the flat, shallow type….
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
This is ______ it must be done.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Vani is ______a good singer ______a good dancer.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
To make a promise and then not to keep it ______ dishonesty.
Find the phrase/line in the poem that mean the following:
Hope offers comfort to your soul
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
Chennai is bigger than most other Indian cities.
(End: ……Chennai.)
