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प्रश्न
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Hyperbole
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उत्तर
"Here is a little forest,
Whose leaf is evergreen;"
Explanation:
Hyperbole - The statement has been exaggerated to make the 'little forest' seem like a place where happiness is ever-lasting.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.
I ____________cut my hair every month.
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footprints
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to undo
Complete the following.
Example: patient - patience.
attend - ______
Change the following into Passive voice.
Have you invited Raman to the party?
Rewrite the following passage in Passive Voice.
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Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.
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Complete the sentence in past tense form.
They ______ (request) him when the manager arrived.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of your friends can guide you.
I am going to my village ______ Sunday.
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| library | building | garden | student |
| teacher | advertisement | animal | art |
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
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Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
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Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
It ______ (play).
Write some 
pattern words and divide them.
Complete the dialogue by using suitable adjectives in the blanks.
| Sinduja | Hi! Venkat. Hope you received the message about our school’s sports day |
| Venkat | Hmmm…! Yes… I was the______ one to enrol my name in the events |
| Sinduja | So, tell me for how______ events have you enrolled? |
| Venkat | I have enrolled myself only in a______ events. |
| Sinduja | What are they? |
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| Sinduja | That’s______ to hear. |
| Venkat | What about you, Sinduja? |
| Sinduja | I have decided to participate in______ the events. |
| Venkat | Hey!! That’s______. Expecting the best from you. |
| Sinduja | Thank you so______ Venkat. Wish you the same. Let’s rock. |
______ summer, we have more holidays.
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
John has __________ a letter to his father.
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Dad and I painted the trailer ______.
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
We bought a new _______. (refrigerator)
Complete the story using present continuous tense.
| Shaheen | Hello, Varun? |
| Varun | Tell me Shaheen. |
| Shaheen | What are you doing? |
| Varun | I ______. |
| Shaheen | Good. What is your Dad doing? |
| Varun | He ______. |
| Shaheen | Your Mom? |
| Varun | She ______. |
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with appropriate preposition.
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| No | A | B |
| 1 | one who specializes in lung problems | gynaecologist |
| 2 | one who specializes in skin problems | gastroenterologist |
| 3 | one who treats diseases specific to women | dermatologist |
| 4 | one who treats kidney diseases | neurologist |
| 5 | one who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system | pulmonologist |
| 6 | one who treats stomach disorders | cardiologist |
| 7 | one who treats vision problems | nephrologist |
| 8 | one who specializes in critical infants | otolaryngologist |
| 9 | one who treats heart problems | ophthalmologist |
| 10 | one who treats the problems of ear, nose, tongue | neonatologist |
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
Automation and shared mobility will play a key role in this transformation.
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Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
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This paragraph has only simple sentences. Combine them into compound and complex sentences. The first one is done for you.
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Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
How ______ you open my bag?
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
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Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
We can’t attend the party.
Afsar and Ayesha ______
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
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Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
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Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Prizes were being given by the chief guest.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
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Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accident – incident – incidence
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
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Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
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| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
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Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
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Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
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Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
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Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
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Comment on the changes in poetic expression in English from the time of Donne to that of Kamala Das with reference to
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- vocabulary
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Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
high - ______ - highest
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Time: I entered the school when the bell was ringing.
I entered the school ____________.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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