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प्रश्न
Look at the sentences given below. Find out which one is correct. If the sentence is wrong give reasons.
विकल्प
Sunita is the quieter of four sisters.
Sunita is the quietest of the four sisters.
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उत्तर
Sunita is the quietest of the four sisters.
Explanation:
When there is a comparison of more than two nouns, the superlative form (quietest) of the adjective must be used.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ____________. (tremble)
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below, are Finite or Non-finite.
We lack the confidence to see ourselves as developed nations.
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.
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 | ________________ | ________________ |
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
A large untidy envelope was decorated with Indian stamps.
Find the following adverbs in the story. What verbs do they tell us more about? Write down the pairs of verbs and adverbs.
- ago
- greatly
- Today
- politely
- calmly
- hard
From the passage, find and write any two examples of the following:
Sentences beginning with 'Don’t'.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
once in a ______ moon (very rarely).
Find at least 5 words with prefixes and identify the prefix in each word.
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
The tiger jumped into the river.
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
His family was screaming and offering him food. (to adjective)
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
I ____________ win this singing contest. (determination)
Refer to the dictionary to find out the meaning of the following prepositions and match them with the correct meaning
| Preposition | Meaning | |
| 1. | due to | a. as a substitute for |
| 2. | except for | b. in the interest of |
| 3. | with reference to | c. irrespective of |
| 4. | in spite of | d. added to |
| 5. | in addition to | e. because of |
| 6. | in place of | f. referring to |
| 7. | regardless of | g. with the exception of |
| 8. | for the sake of | h. disregarding the difficulty |
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
I ___________ all the plays of Shakespeare.
Present perfect with “ever and never”
Have you ever…?
Have you ever eaten a kiwi fruit?
Yes, I have eaten a kiwi fruit. Or No, I have never eaten a kiwi fruit.
| Activity | Yes, I have (name) | No, I have never. (name) |
| … been to Ooty | ||
| … traveled by plane | ||
| … visited a museum | ||
| …tried swimming in sea | ||
| … gone hiking | ||
| … sung karaoke | ||
| ……… lost money | ||
| …… taken a cold shower in winter | ||
| … listened to French music | ||
| … eaten a peach |
Kalai didn’t complete his homework because ___________.
What is Amala going to do? Given below is Amala’s schedule for next week. Read it and answer the questions using the future continuous tense.
Amala’s Schedule
| Time | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Morning | Doctor’s appointment | Meet friends | Return library books | Attend NCC camp | Go to park | Clean house | Visit grandmother |
| Afternoon | Buy groceries for the week | Go to computer class | Go to nursery garden | Learn music | Do gardening | Prepare sweets | Go to the zoo with nephew |
| Evening | Watch TV | Do gardening | Dinner with friends | Do ironing | Play with friends | Movie with parents | Relax at home |
- What will Amala do on Sunday morning?
- What is Amala planning to do on Saturday afternoon?
- Where is Amala going on Wednesday morning?
- Who is Amala meeting on Tuesday morning?
- What will she buy on Monday afternoon?
Now refer to a dictionary and find idioms on the following animals, birds, and insects. Learn their meanings and share what you have learnt with your class. Try to frame illustrative sentences with those idioms. Find opportunities to use them in your everyday conversations.
| lion, mouse, parrot, fox, hawk, snake, monkey, dog, snail, bee. |
Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
She had already sent the parcel./The parcel ______ by her.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
We ______ (gather) here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).
My mother throws a______ of grains for the parrots every day.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He is sick but he attends the rehearsal. (into Simple)
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
This is my pen.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We are next in line to ______on this run way.
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
Please do not cut trees.
The milk ____ (spill) over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans.
Work in pairs.
A rhyme is a repetition of the same sound in two or more words. Usually they come at the end of lines in poems and songs. Eg. tower – power; king – sing
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words in the poem.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
No opponent is too big to defeat.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
English/classes/during/always/we/English/speak.
Circle the prepositions.
The meeting starts at 10’o clock in the morning, on Wednesday, on 22nd of March, in 2019.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Purvaja ate______ salad of raw vegetables for dinner.
Divide the following words.
- garden
- reason
- turkey
- peanut
- skyblue
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
He ______ to school.
I was late ______ there was a heavy traffic.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Write the past form of the verb.
sleep- ______
Choose the correct prefix and write the new word.
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
They ______(eat) their breakfast.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
I ____(like) to spend time with my friend, whenever I ____(be) free.
Practise your modal verbs. Look at these signs and write down the rules, regulations or advice they convey using the modal verbs given below.
can - could - may - might – must - ought to – shall - should - will - would
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Yusuf ______ to the movies once in a while (go)
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I______ like to have a cup of coffee.
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in the country.
Fill in the boxes with the correct answers. The first one has been done for you.
| S. No | Word with meaning and part of speech | Sentence | Noun/Verb/ Adj. form | Sentence |
| 1 | Word: wise meaning: clever part of speech: adjective | My brother is wise. | wisdom | My brother showed great wisdom in business. |
| 2 | harm | |||
| 3 | stimulate | |||
| 4 | argue | |||
| 5 | strong | |||
| 6 | destroy |
Choose the appropriate linker from within the bracket and complete the sentence.
______ (Though/Whereas) he committed a mistake, he apologised ______(and/since ) promised that he would not repeat it.
Pick out the compound sentences in the following passage.
The food we eat has to be digested and then thrown out of the body. The air we breathe in has to be thrown out, to help us survive. But we hold negative emotions like insecurity, anger, and jealousy within ourselves for years. If these negative emotions are not eliminated, the mind grows corrupt and diseased. Let us do away with hatred and lead a healthy life filled with peace and joy
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Painting is an interesting hobby
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Hurricanes are as dangerous as tornadoes.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
I would rather eat fruit than a lot of unhealthy junk food. (Begin: I prefer….)
Write compound word using the pictures.
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| ______ | ||
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
cold - ______ - ______
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
loneliness
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
The person ______ is making the speech is my friend.
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which ______ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was ______ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in ______ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, ______ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously ______ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man ______ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that ______ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to ______ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn't it beautiful”, he called out to the old man. "Yes", replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I'll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man ______ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves ______ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet.
“There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”
