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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
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
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don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
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Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
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Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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I ______ never seen a cobra.
Common Nouns
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Can you try to fill the blank.
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
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Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
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Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
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Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
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Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
______ of my students have become doctors.
Write the compound word from the picture.
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| ____________ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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infusion
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ______ | ||
