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प्रश्न
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
Despite being a celebrity, Ravi mingles easily with everyone.
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उत्तर
mingles
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Hairpin bend
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
‘Little bird, little bird,’ said the prince, ‘please will you stay with me for one more night?’
‘My friends are waiting for me,’ answered the bird.
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Inversion
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Sheets of paper were found in it, by Hardy.
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.
crosscurrents
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
They have asked me to pay the fine.
As a ________ of his hard work, he achieved the target.
Look at the action words in bold. Identify whether they are either finite or non-finite verb.
| They want to try a new approach. | |
| Trying is easy. | |
| Having tried everything, he gave up. | |
| All I can do is try. | |
| If she tried, she would succeed. |
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
My brother ____ (not/do) his homework.
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
I ______ this mobile for three years.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Kannan ______ have been looking for a job for a long time.
There isn’t _____ (many/much) traffic on Sundays.
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
the teacher said to the students where do you want to go
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
It _________ the bus stop.
Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
Shanmathi has given the book.
We ______
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
We bought a new _______. (refrigerator)
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.
Explain the ______‘Cut your ______according to your cloth.’ (coat/quote)
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The Chairperson of our company keeps travelling all over the world to attend conferences and we call her a ______.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
IIM Ahmedabad/establish/1961
Auction House Puzzler
You have come across many terms associated with an auction, in the lesson. Now solve the crossword puzzle with words from the lesson. Make use of the clues given.
Across
- conducts auction
- a protective garment
- strip with numbers
- offer
Down
- painter
- school of painting
- auction house
- painting
- My ______worked out well.
- We should ______our work well in advance.
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am fine. Thank you.
Victor ______
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
The laudable thoughts were apparent ______many scholars in a conference.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accept – except – expect
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
The old lady found ______in the company of the children in the neighbourhood.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
His coat is tattered. It needs mending.
I would not even know how to set ______ mending a watch.
This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.
On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken.
