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प्रश्न
Make a list of various prepositions, write their definition, and make sentences of your own. Here are some prepositions that will definitely be brainstorming for you.
- in, into, inside
- on, onto, above, over
- beside, besides
- for, from, since
- to, towards
- down, below, under, beneath, underneath
- between, among, amongst (And the list goes on _____)
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उत्तर
i. Rama stood first in the class.
ii. Jay somehow crawled into the elevator.
iii. Steve went inside the cave.
iv. The matchstick was lying on the shelf.
v. Sneha somehow climbed onto the roof.
vi. Shreyas placed the lamp above the table.
vii. The Jumbo-jet flew over the city.
viii. The teacher sat beside Arya to explain the solution to the problem.
ix. Besides selling bread, the bakery also sold cakes.
x. Shreyas played for his home team.
xi. Jiya earned her degree from a reputed college.
xii. Ravi knew Jay's medical condition since a long time.
xiii. The driver wanted to drink water.
xiv. The horse went towards the lake.
xv. The house went down like a pack of cards.
xvi. Sanjay‟s name was right below Sanjana‟s name.
xvii. Thankfully there was nobody under the car shed.
xviii. The layer of rock usually lies beneath the layer of soil.
xix. Krishna always forgets his earphones underneath the blanket.
xx. The battle between the arch-rivals was a fierce one.
xxi. Rajas preferred to stay among his community members.
xxii. The elephant is the largest amongst all land animals.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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A |
B |
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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:
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
Hurry up! Madam _________ (be) annoyed if we _________ (be) late.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
We spent the night at Camp Eight.
Match the words in Column A with what they imply in Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) pilgrim | (a) threat to life |
| (2) journey | (b) trap |
| (3) evening or close of day | (c) life |
| (4) chasm, deep and wide | (d) death |
| (5) building a bridge | (e) old age |
| (6) pitfall | (f) a dutiful man |
| (7) close of day | (g) solving the problem/getting rid of the threat to life |
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
knew no bounds
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
She went around asking everyone about her plants. (No one/did not)
Find from the story the Homophone of the following word.
(Word that sound the same, but differ in spelling and meaning.)
weak
Form groups and hold debates on the following topic. Make bulleted lists of points in favour (pros) and those against (cons) the given statement. Let the whole class vote on who won the debate.
A man should use animals for his own needs.
What is adverbial?
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to be wary of
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
There were many people around the house.
Make meaningful sentences from the following table.
| • She was tired | because | • she finished her homework. |
| • She wanted to buy a car | • she had no money. | |
| • He was angry | • he did not fight. | |
| • He did not know the answer | • he did not copy his friend’s answer. | |
| • They did not have money | • they lived happily. | |
| • He did not read the book | • he knew the story. |
Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using because.
Read the following dialogues and supply appropriate modals.
| Student: | Can we leave our bags in the class during the break? |
| Teacher: | Yes, you ____________ but arrange them neatly. |
| Passenger: | My child is 6 years old. Do I have to buy him a ticket? |
| Conductor: | Yes, you ____________. It costs half of the price of an adult ticket. |
| Vani: | Can we go for coffee after the meeting? |
| Yoga: | No, I____________. I have to go home. |
| Salesman: | When ___________ I receive my order? |
| Customer: | I ___________ assure you sir, the order ___________ be delivered tomorrow |
| Neela: | Do you think I should write about my education background in the resume? |
| Preethi: | Yes, you ___________ . You ___________ get a better job. |
Write a question for the answer.
_________________?
No, they aren’t singing.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
to see one fight
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
The store was out of chocolate chips; ______________ they would need to make a different type of cookies.
Report the following sentence.
Amali said to her sister, “I need your help to arrange the books in the shelf.”
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
technology __________.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Sudha fell over during the basketball match.
The soldier climbed ______ a horse and rode away.
They_____ to write the exercises neatly.
Butter milk ____ good for health.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
___ your father and mother at home?
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Taking the children to the museum is Seema’s responsibility.
I like ______ rasam.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
If Meena reads more, she will become proficient in the language. (into Compound)
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
The boy could not attend the special classes due to his mother’s illness. (into Compound)
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
Shekar is intelligent but careless.
Fill in the blanks with correct Meaning and Eponym for the given words.
| Eponym | Meaning | Origin |
| saxophone | ||
| volcano | ||
| Eiffel Tower | ||
| Boycott | ||
| Mount Everest |
Peter played handball yesterday, _______?
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Govern your passions or they will govern you.
Complete the following using their group name.
A ______ of wolves went hunting in the forest.
Use the clues to complete the compound word.
| wheel + ______ | = ______ |  |
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
threatening and extremely angry______.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Loaf
See and write what they were doing.
While I was writing, he ______.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
You ______ to school.
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is he standing on top?
No, he is at the _____.
He ate two chocolates _______ he got cough.
Write the correct preposition.
The doll is ______ the boxes.
Meena studied in ______ standard.
Write down clipped word for the given picture.
____________
(hippopotamus)
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
They had cooked the vegetables.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
First passenger train/inaugurated /India /1853
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
My classmates (study, studies) before a test.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ex gratia
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
status quo
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I (never) think of a career in medicine before I spoke to my Biology teacher but now I think (seriously) it.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Yusuf ______ to the movies once in a while (go)
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Artificially flavoured juices are hazardous to health. Moreover, they lead to kidney problems. (and)
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Adit has been promoted. Ranjan has been promoted. (as well as)
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Many victims of the pipeline explosion in an oil refinery were left permanently______.
Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.
The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to ______.
Identify the two Main clause and conjunction in each of the following sentence.
It started raining suddenly and people ran for shelter.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Subsidies are given to the poor.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
As soon as the teacher enters, she is greeted by her students. (Begin: No sooner….)
Try this variation-
Prepare sentences which have as many letters in each word as there are words in that sentence.
Examples:
- Go in.
- You are out.
- Come here soon, dear.
- Bring those seven shiny belts.
Fill in the following blanks using proper words from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must show me ______ to mix the solutions.
He is sure to appeal ______ the judgment, since it was unfavourable to him.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
