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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
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’).
It stamped its small hoofs impatiently.
Spot the error. One is done for you.
I was not afraid to die that day.
Correct Sentence: I was not afraid to die that day.
I has to bring my ice axe down with me.
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For Example. –
a. Milind is taller than John.
b. Zakir is the tallest of the three brothers.
Look at the following sentence and observe the changes in the sentence. Discuss the changes and note your responses:
The dining room is brighter than the kitchen.
What is adverbial?
Make sentences of your own to show the difference in usage of the following Homophones.
- practice ______
- practise ______
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
thought over
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Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.
Write a negative sentence.
I’m looking for my bag.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
You ___________ (listen) to the music.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Amutha and Praba _____ (play) tennis
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
I ___________ all the plays of Shakespeare.
I __________ (play) in the rain all evening.
Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
Begin the work tomorrow./Let the work ____________ tomorrow.
Match the words with correct Synonym and Antonym from the table.
| S.No | Word | Synonym | Antonym |
| 1 | wide | privilege | freedom |
| 2 | noble | valiant | public |
| 3 | oppress | valuable | coward |
| 4 | honour | personal | ignoble |
| 5 | worthy | gentle | dishonour |
| 6 | private | broad | narrow |
| 7 | brave | subdue | unworthy |
Fill in the blanks with the help of the picture clues.
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We wear this on our face when it is sunny ______
Write the noun form of the following word.
beautiful ______.
Write the words that can replace Ravi, Rani, woman, luggage and the dog when we use them for the second and subsequent times in the passage _________, _________, _________. These words are called ________________?
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Saravanan climbed onto the horse.
Look at the picture and complete the following.
Nila told Miruthula ______. Miruthula said that the idly ______. Nila ______ was delicious too. She also said that they had added Kashmiri chilli. Miruthula said ______very much.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
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Find out the clipped word for the following.
motor + hotel -
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
Ample
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
I went because I was invited.
Find me in the poem.
I can alert you
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Was/somebody/there/nearby/standing.
Recite the poem Farmer’s friend with the correct intonation.
Recite the poem ‘Patriotism’.
Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
The manager has accused him.
You ______.
Choose the correct word.
It ______ very fast
Recite any four lines of the poem with correct intonation.
Choose the correct option that shows the future perfect tense.
We __________(see) the movie last week.
Write.
______ ant
Say what they are doing now?
She______.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
The ______was covered with a shroud.
Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.
Card license to replace paper driving license
Report the following dialogue.
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| Prabhu | Where did you go and what did you see? |
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| Prabhu | Share some pictures of your trip. |
| Kiran | Sure. See you later. |
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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 modal auxiliary.
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Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
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Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(among, for, at, to, in, )
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Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
fancy + idea -
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| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
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Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
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Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
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Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
At one stroke
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with objects
- as black as coal
- ______
- ______
Listen carefully and write the verbs in the appropriate column.
| Main verb | Auxiliary verb | Modal auxiliary |
Teacher: can, give, following, commanded, get, has, been, spare, does, take, hand, have, fall, forgive, let, drag, return, will, is, try, has, must, be, resist, force, speak, are, were, should, had, thought, lost, would, says, was, are, does, may, cannot, demand, shall, shouldn’t, become, reign
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ______ | |
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
