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प्रश्न
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Neither Veena nor her sisters has been informed of the accident.
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उत्तर
Neither Veena nor her sisters have been informed of the accident.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Say WHY. . . . .
______ we should believe that we are strong and courageous.
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
‘Little bird, little bird,’ said the prince, ‘please will you stay with me for one more night?’
‘My friends are waiting for me,’ answered the bird.
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Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
Neel - I put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Use the following phrase in your own sentence.
turn down the offer
Abdul has taken______ his father.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank
The astronauts managed ___________ (complete) their training in record time.
Find the synonym for the underlined word.
The narrator was quiet when Pongo questioned him.
Ashwin __________ (complete) M.B.A. in another two years.
Change the following into passive voice.
They are decorating the wall.
I always keep ________ money in my wallet for emergencies.
Do you have ______coins with you? I need some.
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
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Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
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Simply add s, if any one of a, e, i, o, u comes before y.
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Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.
| long |
| round |
| thin |
| yellow |
| tall |
- The giraffe is ______.
- Its neck is ______.
- Its eyes are ______.
- Its skin is ______.
- Its tail is ______.
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| wallet | ______ | hoard | ______ |
| fairy | ______ | desert | ______ |
| medal | ______ | night | ______ |
| wait | ______ | sweet | ______ |
| yoke | ______ | plain | ______ |
| grown | ______ | might | ______ |
| earn | ______ | quite | ______ |
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
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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 Passive Voice.
It is time to stop the work.
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
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But I don’t know what they want. (Noun clause) - He told us a funny story. (Adjective)
He told us a story that was funny. (Adjective clause) - They went away. (Adverb)
They went when you were talking to your friend. (Adverb clause)
Now complete the following on your own :
- But I don’t know ____________.
- He told us ____________.
- They went ____________.
Write compound words using the pictures.
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In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
She handed in the business to her son.
