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Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form. In Politics, we will be recognizing the principle

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Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.

The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.

What does social democracy mean?

Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.

In Politics, we will be recognizing the principle of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘one vote one value’.

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Which principle will we be recognising in Politics?

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अध्याय 1.4: Pillars of Democracy - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ ४०]

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अध्याय 1.4 Pillars of Democracy
Brainstorming | Q (A4) (i) (a) | पृष्ठ ४०

संबंधित प्रश्न

 

 Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.

(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.

(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!

(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.

(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!

Past

Earlier past

   
   
   
   

 


Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).

He walked all day.


Look at these sentences.

  • Animals cannot survive for long without water.
  • So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

You —————————— reach the island by land or air; you —————————— go by boat.


When we compare two nouns, we use comparative adjectives. When we compare more than two nouns, we use superlative adjectives.

For Example -

a. Milind is taller than John.
b. Zakir is the tallest of the three brothers.

Look at the following sentence and observe the changes in the sentence. Discuss the changes and note your responses:

Atul is not as bright as Milind in studies.


In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.

Though Sue looked after her well, Johnsy showed no signs of improvement.


The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

value


The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.

knock


Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

vanish into the ______ (leave without any trace).


Find at least 5 words with prefixes and identify the prefix in each word.


Write the homophones (words which sound the same) of the following words in the story.

  1. no: 
  2. went:
  3. through:
  4. dear:
  5. pair:
  6. soul:
  7. here:
  8. knew:
  9. whole:

Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.

The state parties are responsible for identifying and nominating new sites.


Change the following into Passive voice.

Please do not walk on the grass.


Vimal generally goes to his workplace ______ bus.


Complete the passage by filling in appropriate prepositions from the list- (with, out, to, in, from, during, of, for, by). Some prepositions may be used more than once.

In Tamil Nadu, a very interesting form of recitation named Villupattu developed (a) ____________ the 15th century. Villupattu means bow-song because a bow-shaped musical instrument (b) ___________ strong high tension string is used (c) __________ placing it (d) _______________ an earthen pitcher. It is believed that this narrative form was an invention (e) __________ Arasa Pulavar. The troupe gives its performance mostly (f) ___________ temple festivals. There are seven to eight persons in a troupe who form a kind (g) ___________ chorus that supports the main singer-narrator. When the chief narrator sings, the chorus takes (h) ____________ the refrain (i) _______________ the song and repeats it in unison. The whole party sits (j) _____________ the ground and performs (k) __________ a lot (l) ____________ gesticulation and facial expression to suit the narrative they have taken. The ballad style songs are composed (m) __________ the rural dialect which appeals (n) ___________ the audience who sometimes join the troupe (o) ____________ suitable notes or words.


Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.

We astronauts must keep on ______ (prepare) for our space launch.


Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.

rely on


What are they doing? Use the verbs below and write sentences.

eat cry play read sing watch


Vijay __________ (repair) his car.


Complete the sentence in past tense form.

They ______ (request) him when the manager arrived.


Complete the sentence in past tense form.

We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.


John added a ______ of sugar to the lemon juice.


There are _____ (many/much) apples in the basket.
Only _____ (some/a few) are green.


Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.

Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.


Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.

Either Raghu _________ Bala will have to buy vegetables from the market.


Combine the pair of sentence given below into a single sentence using the noun form of the highlighted word.

He speaks well. It attracts all.


Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.

Divya hid the sweets behind her back.


Fill in the blanks with correct travel words.

schedule reach book railway pack board

To make travel convenient, we must ______tickets well in advance. Then we have to ______our things and ______our trip. We have to reach the ______station in time and ______the train in order to ______ our destination.


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

Use two or three words from the box to describe each picture.

red cute cubs icy tall mountain
boy tiger kangaroo two little hot
chillies book wooden table cat round
big black three windows blue snow
brown smiling  ball tail house long


Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.

Baskaran hurt his hand while he _______ (cut) mangoes.


They will wash the car, ________.


State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.

I called him, but he gave me no answer.


Join the sentence of Column A with B using the words given in the box.

A B
1. The clouds moved away he helped Velu in time.
2. Velu thanked his friend the sun came out.
3. It rained heavily you will get choked.
4. Eat slowly the match continued.

 

and but or because

Use the clues to complete the compound word.

wheel + ______ = ______

Divide the following words.

  1. garden
  2. reason
  3. turkey
  4. peanut
  5. skyblue

We celebrate Independence day _______ 15th August, every year.


Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.

I book two tickets for my brother.


Fill in the blanks.


Fill in the blanks with to, too and two.

I need ___ write _____ pages on this topic.


Fill the blank with the clipped word.

We bought a new _______. (refrigerator)


Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.

The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.

This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.


Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Measles (is, are) very serious.


Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Either of these (is, are) suitable.


Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.

in a nice pickle


Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

magnum opus


Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.

Everyone______ when the earthquake hit the small town. (sleep)


Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.


Rewrite the following passage in indirect speech.

Pradeep got out of bed with much excitement. “It is going to be a lovely sunny day,” he remarked to his sister Varshini.

“Just let me sleep a bit longer, Pradeep,” Varshini begged, “and since you are feeling so enthusiastic, ” she suggested, “Why don’t you go and help mother in cooking?”

“Sure, I will”, said Pradeep. “Can I help you, mum?”, he said to his mother.

“Yes, of course. There are idlis and vadas on the dining table. Have your breakfast.”

“Thank you, mum; I’ll surely help you by eating them.”


Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence.

It started raining, ______we could not play.


Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.

Our headmistress not only promised us to take us for an excursion, but also announced that on return we would get a holiday. It was like ______.


Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.

Rural life is certainly more peaceful than urban life.


Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.

Sixty miles are a long distance.


Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.

Margie was scornful.


Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.

Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest

great - ______ - ______


Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.

Cranky


Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following categories.

Idioms with colours:

  • as black as ______
  • as white as ______
  • as red as ______
  • as blue as ______
  • as green as ______
  • as pink as ______
  • as ______ as ______
  • as ______ as ______
  • as ______ as ______

Write the compound word from the pictures.

______

The experienced doctor found it easy to deal ______ young patients.


This particular shop deals ______ organic food.


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