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प्रश्न
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
HEAVY RAINS LASH CHENNAI ______ threw normal life out of gear.
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उत्तर
Heavy rains threw normal life out of gear.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Pick out any two lines from the poem that contain an Apostrophe.
Complete the following table.
| No. | Figure of Speech | Line of the poem | Explanation |
| 1. | ________________ | ________________ | The sky is imagined to art like a human being. |
| 2. | ________________ | with gleaming gold | ________________ |
| 3. | Oxymoron | ________________ | ________________ |
| 4. | ________________ | The country wears a perfect smile. Anaesthesia, Amnesia, Hypnosis | ________________ |
| 5. | Paradox | ________________ | ________________ |
In poetry, when a question is asked, not to get an answer, but to emphasise a point of fact, it is an example of Interrogation.
For example :
- When can their glory fade?
- Isn’t it time for the autumn’s glow?
From a popular book of poems/the internet, write down 3-4 examples of Interrogation used in poetry.
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
My mother ______ in a factory.
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 |
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
Kavya rides a __________ to school. (cycle)
Solve the crossword puzzle using superlative adjectives.
| Down | Across |
| 2. The _____ man ever whose age has been verified is Jiroemon Kimura. | 1. Deserts are the _______ places on Earth. |
| 4. Antarctica is the _______ continent in the world. | 3. Russia is the _______ country in the world. |
| 6. The elephant is the _______ animal in the world. | 4. Mercury is the _______ planet to the sun. |
| 8. Mount Everest is the ______ mountain in the world. | 5. Vatican City is the ______ country in the world. |
| 6. Diamonds are the _______ material in the world. | |
| 7. The cheetah is the ______ animal in the world. |
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
When he saw the train in the platform he rushed.
Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| fight or flight | escaping as rapidly as possible |
| put to flight | among the best of a particular group |
| take flight | to defend oneself or to run away |
| flight of fancy | to cause someone to flee |
| have a nice flight | to flee or run away |
| in full flight | an imaginative but unrealistic idea |
| top-flight | enjoy your flight |
______ mind going to the back bench?
The wall collapsed.
Manju _______ (call) after we reach home.
Fill in the blanks with correct euphemisms for the given words.
| deaf, or hard of hearing | |
| mentally ill | |
| fat | |
| blind | |
| liar |
Answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
a ________ of birds.
They ________ written three letters already.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Fill in the blank.
Kiran sails in ______ Indian ocean.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
In schools, students ______ wear uniforms. It is compulsory.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with appropriate preposition.
The nearest hospital ______this place is ______a distance of twenty kilometers. You can reach it either ______car or ______a bicycle.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Antony has the amazing ability to use both his hands, equally well. He can write, draw and perform various other tasks with equal speed and efficiency with his left as well as his right hand. Antony is ______.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______ not go to the market as I have brought vegetables.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
I had my evening meals in a restaurant near my office.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Kavin will not stop flying kites unless he understands the risk involved in it.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
Huckleberry Finn was responsible for ______(signal).
Some British English words are given in column ‘A’. Write their corresponding American English word is Column ‘B.
| British | American |
| pavement | side walk |
| pull over | |
| waistcoat | |
| chips | |
| flat | |
| ground floor | |
| underground | |
| queue | |
| wind screen | |
| indicator | |
| timetable | |
| post | |
| holiday | |
| autumn | |
| lift | |
| nappy | |
| full stop | |
| loo | |
| sweets | |
| bin |
The experience of nursing an injured bird left me ______ grateful for knowing the importance of being kind and compassionate to all creatures.
Write compound word using the picture.
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Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with animals
- as cunning as a fox
- ______
- ______
