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प्रश्न
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody
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Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.
Read the sentences.
- Yatin is strong.
- Amit is stronger than Yatin.
- Pravin is the strongest of all.
In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.
In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)
In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)
Complete the table of degrees of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| (1) great | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) famous | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) ____________ | easier | ____________ |
| (4) ____________ | worse | ____________ |
| (5) ____________ | ____________ | poorest |
| (6) ____________ | ____________ | laziest |
| (7) little | ____________ | ____________ |
| (8) ____________ | worthier | ____________ |
| (9) popular | ____________ | ____________ |
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Tenali Raman was a poet scholar and jester in Vijaynagar in Krishnadevarayas court. (Punctuate)
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
reach
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
There are a few people in every village who keep combing the beach in the early hours of the morning, throughout the year.
Use the following phrase in your own sentence.
try one’s level best
Consult a dictionary, to find the homophones for the given words.
| 1 | in | |
| 2 | know | |
| 3 | be | |
| 4 | to | |
| 5 | watt | |
| 6 | right | |
| 7 | were | |
| 8 | bare | |
| 9 | herd | |
| 10 | throne |
Sachin is a famous cricketer. He ______ bat well.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Her father ________ (not/cook) dinner.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of the students have passed the exam.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
Muthu likes computer games, but he doesn’t play computer games very often.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
I went because I was invited.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ______ | |
Use the suitable verb.
Banu ______ the lesson.
He lost the key _______ he couldn’t open his room.
Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.
We ______(stand) for hours.
Write
______ inn
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______ boy.
Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.
They ______ the match.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
They experiment with various ways to improve air quality.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I wish you ______ tell me the truth.
Underline the prepositional phrase.
The assignment will be completed in a few weeks.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
The President gave the commander an award.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The doctor advised the patient ______his medicines without fail.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
Margie was scornful.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
That living word awakened my soul.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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