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प्रश्न
Look at the sentences below. Notice that the verbs (italicised) are all in their bare form.
The table below has some proverbs telling you what to do and what not to do. Fill in the blanks and add a few more such proverbs to the table.
| Positive | Negative |
| (i) Save for a rainy day. | (i) Don’t cry over spilt milk. |
| (ii) Make hay while the sun shines. | (ii) Don’t put the cart before the horse. |
| (iii) ____ before you leap. | (iii) ____ a mountain out of a mole hill. |
| (iv) ____ and let live. | (iv) ____ all your eggs in one basket. |
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उत्तर
(iii) Look Before you leap.
Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.
(iv) Live and let Live.
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
(v) Mind your own business.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
(vi) Be first at the feast and last at the fight.
Don’t count the days, make the days count!
संबंधित प्रश्न
use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
The President of the Company is ______ busy and will not be able to meet you.
Make adverb from these adjective .
noisy ______
Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
The school sports team hopes ____________ (What does it hope to do?)
Tick the right answer.
When something is revived, it (remains dead/lives again).
Thinking about Language
Look at the following sentence.
Use an appropriate word from the synonyms given above in the following sentences.
Clues are given in brackets.
- She was ____ by the news of her brother’s wedding. (very pleased)
- I was ____to be invited to the party. (extremely pleased and excited about)
- She was ____ at the birth of her granddaughter. (extremely happy)
- The coach was ____ with his performance. (satisfied about)
- She was very ____ with her results. (happy about something that has happened).
Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.
Ben told her to wake him up.
Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.
Meena asked her friend, “Do you think your teacher will come today?”
Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.
David asked his colleague, “Where will you go this summer?”
Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.
Sheila asked the children “Are you ready to do the work?”
Now here are some more words. Complete them with ei or ie. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
- bel___ ve
- rec ___ve
- w ___rd
- l ___sure
- s ___ze
- w ___ght
- r ___gn
- f ___gn
- gr ___f
- p ___rce
(There is a popular rule of spelling: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’. Check if this rule is true by looking at the words above.)
Thinking about the Language
Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.
Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.
She was tired ______ fighting and struggling all the time.
Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct options.
He said to me, "I don't believe you."
(Begin: He said ...)
Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct options.
He is as wise as Solomon.
(Use: 'wiser')
Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given. Make other changes that may be necessary, but do not change the meaning of the sentence. Choose the correct options.
We will never forget what we saw.
(Begin: Never...)
Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
The magician took pity on the mouse. He turned it into a cat.
Arun and Nikhil had climbed the mountain. (Add a question tag)
The children have broken the window pane. (Begin: The window pane...)
