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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 following dialogue choosing a suitable phrase from those given below.
Mary: Almost every Indian film has an episode of love _________________.
David: Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
This is _____________ a road in town. (busy)
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He began to cry.
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.
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Come wait upon him: lead him to my bower.
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘Here’s a pretty kettle of fish !’ said Tengumai.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
under the influence
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
The narrator of the story felt very sick for a week.
Change the following into passive voice.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
Match the words with correct Synonym and Antonym from the table.
| S.No | Word | Synonym | Antonym |
| 1 | wide | privilege | freedom |
| 2 | noble | valiant | public |
| 3 | oppress | valuable | coward |
| 4 | honour | personal | ignoble |
| 5 | worthy | gentle | dishonour |
| 6 | private | broad | narrow |
| 7 | brave | subdue | unworthy |
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
The children ______ (play) in the ground when the teacher arrived.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
By next year, I ______ in Chennai for fifteen years. (live).
Complete the sentence given below choosing the right connector given in the option.
They faced many hardships _________ they are always cheerful.
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
They could make __________ about the future. (predict)
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(write any story)
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of the students have passed the exam.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
This is Varun. His father is an architect.
______ the scissors I returned it to her.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed after ‘soft’?
Fill in the blanks
| Positive | Comparative | superlative |
| tall | ||
| smarter | ||
| largest | ||
| big | ||
| later/latter |
Identify the error in the sentence given below and rewrite them.
I have met him yesterday.
You have cleaned your bike, ________?
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
Mary fell asleep while she______ (read) a book.
Find me in the poem.
You can ride on me
Write the plural form.
| leaf |  |
_______. |
Put the word in the correct order to make a sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Was/somebody/there/nearby/standing.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Very pretty ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Choose the correct word.
They went _____ the park.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
my favourite colour is blue
Choose the correct word.
We bought _______ pens.
Complete the sentence with a correct reflexive pronoun.
She put ________ into the trouble.
Fill in the blank with the pronoun.
The children made holiday decorations by _______.
complete the sentence.
We ______ in New York, last week.
Write the past form of the verb.
sing- ______
He __________ before 5 ‘o’ clock. (sleep)
Match the rhyming word.
| 1. | green | can |
| 2. | society | care |
| 3. | man | clean |
| 4. | welfare | duty |
Choose the correct one to show future perfect tense.
By this time tomorrow, we _______ (arrive)in Chennai.
Describe the picture with adjectives.
The apple is ______.
It tastes ______.
It is ______ in shape.
Complete the sentence by using the following options.
Farmer John has four cows and two ______.
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
a turning point
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
A five-day annual training camp for the senior cadets of the National Cadet ______has been organised.
Read the extract from Kayal’s diary entry regarding her Nepal Trek, and fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
DAY 1 We ______(leave) Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We ______(spend) a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never ______(be) on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.
DAY 2 It ______(rain) when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We ______(reach) Pokhara after a hairraising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus ______(be) so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.
DAY 3 We _______________ (begin) our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we ______(pitch) tents for our camps in the dense forests.
DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide ______(block) our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides, is ‘yak attack’. Yaks ______(be) not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.
DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They ______(play) in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never ______(rain) and there are no trees. It ______ (be) windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.
DAY 6 Yesterday we ______(go) up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there ______(leave) us breathless. We ______(feel) that we couldn’t go any further. We ______(drink) a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.
DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to ______ (fly) instead of walking.
DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we _____(fly) between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we ______(spend) our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.
Solve the crossword using the clues given
- Across
2. We fought ______the measure. (7)
7. The cat jumped ______the table. (4)
9. The cat climbed ______the tree. (2)
10. My story is shorter ______yours. (4)
11. Cats are ______dogs. (6)
13. Put the cookie ______the jar. (2)
14. Let’s walk ______the park. (7)
16. The vegetables were planted ______the apple tree. (6)
17. Banu sings ______a bird. (4)
18. My story is ______ my pets. (5)
19. Subash is the president ______our class. (2)
20. We live ______the river. (2)
21. Let’s walk ______class together. (4)
22. The bank is ______the park.(8)
23. We live ______the city limits.(6)
25. I saw John waving ______the crowd. (5)
28. I am more cautious ______ the fall. (5)
29. I have a present ______you. (3)
31. We strolled ______the river.(5)
32. He ran ______us. (7)
33. The leaves had collected ______the trees (7)
- Down
1. I put the book ______the table. (4)
2. Please meet me ______the cafe. (2)
3. Desert will be served ______dinner. (5)
4. My house is ______the school. (4)
5. We walked ______ the store. (2) 6. No eating ______class.(6) 8. The book fell ______my desk. (3)
11. I will not leave ______ the speech is finished. (5)
12. The store is open everyday ______ Sunday. (3)
15. The dog is ______the house. (7)
16. The cat is hiding ______my bed. (5)
19. The cat jumped ______the dog. (4)
20. He is hiding ______the bookcase. (6)
22. Dinner is ______the table. (2)
24. I put my hands ______my pockets. (6)
26. We will eat ______the play. (6)
27. The cat is sleeping ______the cot. (5)
29. This letter is ______my aunt. (4)
30. We ran ______the other kids. (4)
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.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
They experiment with various ways to improve air quality.
This paragraph has only simple sentences. Combine them into compound and complex sentences. The first one is done for you.
One day Ajay and Tijo went to the canal. They wanted to catch some fish. Some people were playing nearby. They chose a better place. They took out the fishing rods. Suddenly there was a loud splash. They also heard a loud scream. Both Ajay and Tijo looked up. They saw something moving in the water. Then they saw a hand waving. Someone had fallen into the canal. It was Yusuf. He had jumped into the water. He wanted to swim.
One day Ajay and Tijo went to the canal as they wanted to catch some fish______
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
industrial - industrious
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
Had the doctor come in time, he ______ have saved the patient. (probability)
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
quiet – quite – quit
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The new health care scheme announced by the Government will bring relief to the children suffering with acute tuberculosis.
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
You can solve this problem in different ways.
Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
The Education Minister ______ (visit) our school tomorrow, if he goes by this way
Now, Blend the following word.
electronic + mail
Write the related words as shown in the example:
If everything goes well they will get a reward. (Rewrite using 'unless')
The judge turned ______ the defendant's appeal for a postponement.
Use the proper form of the verb in each line.
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -
That (perch) in the soul -
And (sing) the tune without the words -
And never (stop) at all -
Find the phrase/line in the poem that mean the following:
Hope offers comfort to your soul
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
