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प्रश्न
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
12 INJURED AS BUSES COLLIDE About ______at the Dindigul bus terminus here today.
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उत्तर
About 12 passengers were injured as buses collided at Dindigul.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My little sister is very naughty. When she __________ (come) back from school yesterday, she had _________ (tear) her dress. We ________ (ask) her how it had _________ (happen). She _______________ (say) she ____________ (have, quarrel) with a boy. She __________ __________ (have, beat) him in a race and he ________ _______ (have, try) to push her. She _____________ ____________ (have, tell) the teacher and so he ______________ ______________ (have, chase) her, and she ____________ ____________ (have, fall) down and _____________ _____________(have, tear) her dress.
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
Hurry up! Madam _________ (be) annoyed if we _________ (be) late.
Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.
1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit
2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill
Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.
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 | ____________ | ____________ |
Make the following Affirmative using the words given.
Their ridicule did not deter her. (failed to)
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
There was a colony, where many struggling artists lived.
Read the expression ‘permutation of possibility’. The consonant sound ‘P’ at beginning of the successive words creates a sonorous effect. This is an example of Alliteration. Find out more examples of Alliteration from the poem.
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
There were many people around the house.
In the following sentence the verb have two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
The boss showed the new computer to Kaviya.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
I’ll stay ________ you need me.
In the following passage, some words are missing. Choose the correct words from the given options to complete the passage.
Raghav (a) ______ in a middle-class family. He is a (b) ______ boy of 8. His mother (c) ______ as a software engineer in an MNC. (d) ______ is his favourite hobby. He (e) ______ the first prize in school level competition for drawing last week. He (f) ______ drawing at the age of 3. His mother (g) ______ he (h) ______ a great painter in future.
| (a) | (i) will be born | (ii) is born | (iii) born | (iv) has born |
| (b) | (i) school-going | (ii) going to school | (iii) school coming | (iv) school gone |
| (c) | (i) working | (ii)works | (iii) has worked | (iv) will work |
| (d) | (i) drawn | (ii) had drawn | (iii) drawing | (iv) having drawn |
| (e) | (i) win | (ii) was winning | (iii) wins | (iv) won |
| (f) | (i) was starting | (ii) starting | (iii) started | (iv) is starting |
| (g) | (i) hoped | (ii)hoping | (iii) hopes | (iv) has hoped |
| (h) | (i) will become | (ii) becomes | (iii) would become | (iv)will be becoming |
Only ______ are green.
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
We came late. We did not miss the train.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He confessed that he was guilty. (into Simple)
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Loaf
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
The train will be arriving on 2nd platform.
Join the word and write the new word.
Dance + er - _____
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)
Read the sentence and write the word with same meanings for the underlined words.
This is a little dog.
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is this bottle empty?
No, it is _____.
Match the rhyming words.
| soft | week |
| blow | know |
| grow | hot |
| seek | flow |
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
She ________ attended the meeting by tomorrow.
Match the masculine noun with the feminine noun.
| 1. | Son | princess |
| 2. | Tiger | heroine |
| 3. | King | daughter |
| 4. | Prince | queen |
| 5. | Hero | tigress |
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
industrial - industrious
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
The old man struggled to walk without support.
Look at the following complex sentence. Circle(bold) the Main clause and underline the Subordinate clause.
I believe that all men are basically good.
Pick out the complex sentences in the following passage.
A man saw a lion in the bush, as he was walking through the forest. He did not know what to do. He was helpless. He was too scared to turn around and run. He just knelt down as if he were getting ready to pray. He closed his eyes, thinking that the lion would pounce on him anytime. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the lion on its knees too. Shocked, he asked the lion what it was doing. The lion replied that he was praying before he started his meal.
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Hurricanes are as dangerous as tornadoes.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said ______
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
angry - ______ - ______
