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प्रश्न
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
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उत्तर
My friend escaped from the accident by the skin of his teeth.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of ________and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Brackish lakes
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
He is the _______________ boy in class. (forgetful)
Explain the figure of speech Interrogation/Rhetorical with example.
From the passage, find and write any two examples of the following:
Sentences beginning with 'Don’t'.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
bought
Read the highlighted words. They are known as prepositions.
- for a walk
- around the farm
- specialities of plants
- in the soil
- with great effort
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the tense of the verb in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the correct word in the given place. One is done for you.
| Sentence | Wrong words | Correct words |
| When Anand reach Arun's place, his | reach | reached |
| friends have arrived already. Arun | ||
| introduces Anand to them. Arun's brother | ||
| buy some snacks from the market. | ||
| Arun serving it to all his friends. Then | ||
| they all sat together to planning their holidays. | ||
| Arun have a cottage in Ooty, so | ||
| they all plan to go to Ooty during the holidays. | ||
| “Would we have a good time?, asked Arun. | ||
| They all cheerfully say, “Yes!” |
Write the noun form of the following word.
zealous ______.
______ the scissors I returned it to her.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed before 'light’?
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Usha Rani had to struggle all through her life.
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______.
Join the word and write the new word.
entertain + ment - _____.
He _________ just lost his wallet.
Match the rhyming word.
| 1. | deeds | wealth |
| 2. | health | care |
| 3. | bare | needs |
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
The children made holiday decorations by _______.
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
monotonous
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
They firmly _______(believe) in the existence of God.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Due to some disturbing incidents in her childhood, Neetu grew into a reclusive adult. She tends to keep aloof and avoids all kinds of social activities. Neetu is a ______.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Chattisgarh/form/2000
Note the following words from the story. They all refer to different ways of walking. Find out their meanings and use each of them in meaningful sentences of your own. Refer a thesaurus and add a few more to the list.
- trod
- fluttered
- hurried
- skipped
- strode
- sped
Choose the correct options and complete the dialogue.
| A | : Hello. What do you watch/are you watching? |
| B | A programme about the Jallian Wala Bagh Massacre, which I recorded last night. I study/ I’m studying about it this term. |
| A | All that I know/ I’ve known about it is that hundreds of people died/had died in it. |
| B | Yes, it was much, much worse than anyone has expected/had expected. It went on/has gone on for hours. Do you want/Have you wanted to watch the programme with me? |
| A | No, thanks. I’ve got to do some veena practice. I’ve just remembered/I just remembered that we’ve got a concert tomorrow, and I don’t have/ haven’t had time to practise my new piece this week. |
| B | OK. I’ve already done / I already did my practice, so I’ve got time to watch TV. See you later. |
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
The well was deep. Therefore, the fox could not get out of the well. (because)
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Do not tell a lie.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am not as smart as you are.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
glory + victory -
Fill the empty boxes with suitable words under each word class.
| NOUN | VERB | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| amusement | |||
| appreciate | |||
| proudly | |||
| hopeful |
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
His coat is tattered. It needs mending.
Listen carefully and classify the following into ‘one’ and ‘many’.
day, contrasts, teacher, lives, months, years, afternoon, porch, signs, face, fingers, leaves, blossoms, anger, bitterness, weeks, struggle, ship, darkness
| one | many |
