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प्रश्न
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
You must speak clearly to make yourself understood.
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उत्तर
speak
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
Someone stole my bicycle. ________
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
It had been thrown there. __________
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 stroked its sides.
Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
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lonely |
little |
hard |
young |
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thoughtful |
delicious |
beautiful |
A __________ woodcutter lived on a ____________ hillside. He was a ___________ son who worked _____________ but earned ____________ money. One day he saw a ____________ waterfall hidden behind a rock. He tasted the water and found it _________________.
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
to surmise
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
He ran fast but he did not win the race.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Ramanujan was brought to England.
From each line in the poem, pick out the word that is a homograph. Write its meaning in the context of the phrase used in the poem. Then write the other meaning implied in the question.
| Stanza | Word | One meaning | Other meaning | |
| First |
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piece of furniture | → | bottom of the river, sea, etc. |
| Second |
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____________ | → | ____________ |
| Third |
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____________ | → | ____________ |
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
The depth of the sea from the ledge scared the seagull. (to adjective)
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Sathya gave an explanation. The police wanted her to prove it.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
My bike is costly.
______ mind going to the back bench?
Choose the correct verb.
We ______ home at 4 p.m. every day.
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
The boy will have grown up like a man in few years.
Fill in the blank.
______Vaigai
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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 ______.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Tagore/award/Nobel prize/
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| clinical, orthopedic, dividend, operations, fertile, Carnatic, diagnostics, industries, keyboard, hacker, desktop, vocal, cultivation, organic, unplugged, disease, harvest, livestock, mother-board, investment, internet, proxy, recycle bin, orchestra, trade, hip-hop, uprooting, guitar, cure, contracts |
| Music | |||
| Agriculture | |||
| Computer | |||
| Commerce | |||
| Medicine |
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| S. No | Meanings | S. No. Meanings Words |
| 1 | e.g. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | patriotism |
| 2 | a brutal, barbarous, savage act | nationalism |
| 3 | the doctrine that your country’s interests are superior | egocentrism |
| 4 | participating in sports as a hobby rather than for money | feminism |
| 5 | belief that the best possible concepts should be pursued | criticism |
| 6 | a serious examination and judgment of something | amateurism |
| 7 | habitual failure to be present at work | barbarism |
| 8 | a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women | idealism |
| 9 | concern for your own interests and welfare | heroism |
| 10 | exceptional courage when facing danger | absenteeism |
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judicial - judicious
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
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Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am fine. Thank you.
Victor ______
Underline the prepositional phrase.
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Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
I was not well, ______ I did not attend the class.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
By whom were you interviewed?
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
She earns so ______that she could not make a decent living
Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.
Train journey is more comfortable than bus journey.
Use the proper form of the verb in each line.
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers -
That (perch) in the soul -
And (sing) the tune without the words -
And never (stop) at all -
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Apprentice
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 ______
