Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
Advertisements
उत्तर
Simple – It was April 2004.
Compound – It was just before sunrise and the sky was turning a bright orange.
Complex – I stood watching the sunrise above the towering trees across the fence and slowly made my way back to the house, a white structure in the middle of this greenery.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
Why didn’t you turn up at the meeting? We all were _______ waiting for you.
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
spyglass
Complete the following chart of personal pronouns using words from the brackets-
(him, our, we, he, her, their, it, me, your).
| Person | Pronouns | |||
| First | I, ______ | my, ______ | ______, us | mine, ours |
|
Second |
you | ______ | you | yours |
| Third | ______ she, it, they | his, ______ its, ______ | ______ her, them, ______ | his, hers, its, theirs |
- Which of the above pronouns do you use when you talk about yourself ?
- Suppose you are telling someone about the good/bad things they have done.
- What pronoun are you likely to use ?
- Suppose you are complaining about one or more persons/things to your teacher/ mother. What pronouns will you use?
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To show possession
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
to have ______ fingers (be good at gardening).
What is Complement and explain its two types?
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to go beyond
Complete the following.
Example: patient - patience.
attend - ______
Read the dialogue and fill in the blanks with suitable modals.
| Dad: | ____________ we go out for dinner tonight? |
| Charan: | Yes, Dad. We ____________ go to a restaurant where I ____________ have some ice cream |
| Dad: | OK. Then, I ____________ be home by 7 p.m. Mom and you ____________ be ready by then. |
| Charan: | Sure. We ____________ . My friend told me that there is a magic show nearby.____________ you please take us there? |
| Dad: | We ____________ not have time to go for the magic show, I suppose. If we have enough time left, we ____________ plan |
| Charan: | By the way, ____________ we inform our gate keeper about our outing? |
| Dad: | Yes, we ____________ so that he ____________ be aware we aren’t at home |
| Charan: | ____________ I call up Mom and tell her about our plan today? |
| Dad: | You ____________ to. Otherwise, we might be in trouble when she returns home. |
| Charan | Hmm… by the time you come home in the evening, we ____________ be waiting for you. Hope you____________ be late. Bye. |
Given below is a picture of a carnival. Complete the factual description by filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Fairs and festivals form an integral part of the culture of Tamil Nadu. They are an excellent platform to promote and preserve the vibrant art and culture of the Tamils.
A thiruvizha (festival) is a source of excitement and thrill for villagers. The village thoroughfare wears a festive look, as the open spaces are cleaned, spruced up and decorated (a) ________colourful streamers.
People throng the premises (b) ______catch a glimpse (c)________their village deity (d)______ a magnificently decorated chariot, and pay their respects. There is a big crowd (e)_____ the food stalls that serve free piping hot sakkarai pongal (sweet pongal), lemon rice and curd rice.
People (f)______nearby villages and towns display their wares attractively, and call out loudly (g)______the people (h)_______buy their wares. Cotton candy, cut raw mangoes smothered (i)________salt and chilly powder, boiled groundnuts, murukku, sweets, buttermilk etc are sold. Men, women, grandmas, grandpas and little children dressed (j)_________their best clothes, enjoy the Thiruvizha greatly.
You can hear the shrieks (k)________happy children enjoying the rides on ferris wheels and carousels, elders looking (l)_________ each other with smiles on their faces.
The entire day is spent (m) _______fun and gaiety. All the village people irrespective of their age, look forward (n)_________the thiruvizha every year.
Given below are some qualities that the characters in the play displayed during the floods for survival. Identify and write the character with the qualities.
| Sl.No. | Character | Quality |
| 1. | anxiety | |
| 2. | serious | |
| 3. | fun | |
| 4. | sober | |
| 5. | excitement | |
| 6. | scared | |
| 7. | frightened | |
| 8. | shudder | |
| 9. | hopeful | |
| 10. | horror | |
| 11. | enjoyment | |
| 12. | terrified | |
| 13. | levelheaded | |
| 14. | scornful | |
| 15. | hysterical |
I am standing here_______ my friends.
Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.
You no shoot, we no shoot.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.
The child was happy with his ______ of chocolates.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
understand __________.
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
Nalini leads a happy life.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
If you need anything just press the______.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
The plane almost missed the ______because it was such a bad storm.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Minutes and hours ______
- A thing on a list______
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
the woman said to the student please help me cross the street
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
sarathy said oh how thrilling it was
Look at the words in the boxes. Match the words to make as many new words as possible. One is done for you. Eg. out house.
| out | root |
| river | wall |
| water | garden |
| flower | garden |
| sun | hill |
| aerial | bed |
| busy | sill |
| window | house |
| foot | shine |
| compound | fall |
Prasanna has _______ (fall) sick after eating some snacks at the street side shop.
Match the following.
| 1. If they worked hard | she will come to our party. |
| 2. If I invite Shalini | I would have bought these shoes. |
| 3. If I had got enough money | they would win. |
Find me in the poem.
I can border your garden
Find me in the poem.
I can carry you
Find me in the poem.
You can ride on me
Choose the correct plural form.
Fox
Use the suitable verb.
Suresh ______ the poem.
Fill in the blank
An elephant is big______slow.
Imagine yourself as the rabbit and tell your friend deer where you are.
I am ______ the bushes.
Write the past form of the verb.
sing- ______
Write
______ flag
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)
Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.
Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with suitable prepositions and read the paragraph aloud for better understanding of the use of prepositions.
Mr. Beek of New Jersey has invented a floating life-preserver, which gives complete protection (1) ______people who have been shipwrecked. The upper section is large enough (2)______the wearer to be able to move his head and arms (3) ______, and a month's supply (4 )______food and drinking water can also be stored (5) ______it. The cover can be closed in rough weather, and the wearer can see (6) ______the window in the front, and breathe (7) ______a curved pipe. The life preserver is made (8) ______water proof cloth attached (9) ______circular metal tubes, which protect the wearer (10) ______ sharp rocks and hungry fish.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
Cities are increasingly becoming urbanised.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
It changes the way people commute in cities.
Note the following words from the story. They all refer to different ways of walking. Find out their meanings and use each of them in meaningful sentences of your own. Refer a thesaurus and add a few more to the list.
- trod
- fluttered
- hurried
- skipped
- strode
- sped
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
magnum opus
Do as directed.
Dinesh and Prabhu left the bus stop. Varsha rang them. (combine into a complex sentence)
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
How ______ you open my bag?
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
My uncle ______have reached by now. (possibility)
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
You ______ follow the traffic rules. (regulation)
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...that they only drink it in order to be warmed and stimulated.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
Afsar will meet me ______Friday morning.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
______ you register your name, you cannot participate in the competitions.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
By whom were you interviewed?
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
My mother rarely travels by bus.
Go through the lesson and spot the words opposite to the meaning of the following
- rare (para 1)
- primitive (para 6)
- fiction (para 7)
- fearful (para 8)
- benign (para 11)
- diffidence (para 11)
- boredom (para 12)
- criticize (para 13)
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
I tried hard ______both ends meet.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Seker or his brothers ______ done it.
Fill in the blanks (i) - (iii) with the appropriate option from those in the brackets.
Time travel (i) _____ (ought to/should/could) become a reality in the near future, (ii) _____ (allows/allowed/allowing) human beings to experience the thrill of travelling back or forward in time. However, (iii) _____ (most/many/much) challenges must be overcome, such as ensuring safety and affordability for all potential time-travellers.
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
Today Tommy found a new book.
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
