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प्रश्न
Read the extract from Kayal’s diary entry regarding her Nepal Trek, and fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
DAY 1 We ______(leave) Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We ______(spend) a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never ______(be) on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.
DAY 2 It ______(rain) when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We ______(reach) Pokhara after a hairraising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus ______(be) so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.
DAY 3 We _______________ (begin) our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we ______(pitch) tents for our camps in the dense forests.
DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide ______(block) our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides, is ‘yak attack’. Yaks ______(be) not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.
DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They ______(play) in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never ______(rain) and there are no trees. It ______ (be) windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.
DAY 6 Yesterday we ______(go) up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there ______(leave) us breathless. We ______(feel) that we couldn’t go any further. We ______(drink) a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.
DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to ______ (fly) instead of walking.
DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we _____(fly) between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we ______(spend) our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.
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उत्तर
DAY 1 We left Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We spent a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never been on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.
DAY 2 It was raining when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We reached Pokhara after a hair-raising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus was so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.
DAY 3 We began our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we pitched tents for our camps in the dense forests.
DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide blocked our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides is a ‘yak attack’. Yaks are not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.
DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They were playing in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never rains and there are no trees. It is windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.
DAY 6 Yesterday we went up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there left us breathless. We felt that we couldn’t go any further. We drank a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.
DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to be flying instead of walking.
DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we was exciting between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we spent our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Use of although/ though/ even though/but
Read the following sentences.
- Although the café was crowded, we found a vacant table.
Although Sadie has passed her test, she never drives.
The clause with although can also come after the main clause.
For example: We found a vacant table, although the café was crowded. - Though I liked the pullover, I didn’t buy it.
Though it was pouring cats and dogs, he set out for his journey.
We can use though at the end of the sentence.
For example: I liked the pullover; I didn’t buy it, though. - We can use ‘even though’ in the same way.
John looked quite fresh even though he had just recovered from jaundice.
‘Even though’ can be used at the beginning of the sentence also.
‘Even though’ I hate Gopal, I shall try to be nice with him.
‘Even though’ is stronger and more emphatic than ‘although’ - We can join two clauses with ‘but’.
For example: We wanted to go abroad, but our passports were not ready.
We use these words (although, though, even though, but) to show the contrast between two clauses or two sentences.
Although, though, even though and but can be used as conjunctions to introduce afterthoughts, contrasts, or restrictions and conditions.
Find out the sentences from the lesson in which any of these words are used.
Discuss in pairs/groups the purpose they serve.
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.
reach
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
strong (city)
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
simple device
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
under the influence
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.
Students ____________ be quiet when they write the examination.
Change the following into passive voice.
Stanley will inform you later.
There is______ coffee left in the pot. Do you want?
She ran towards the big gap in the wall through which she ______ (enter).
Is your mother ______ home?
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
As Varun is a voracious reader, he buys a lot of books. (into Simple)
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
a ______ of birds.
Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.
If you __________ (speak) English, you will get along with them perfectly.
| A spacesuit is like a spaceship built for one. A spacesuit lets us work and live in space. It protects us from the heat and the cold. It gives us air to breathe. The suit is made of many parts and has water to drink. It even has a built-in toilet, if you need to use it. |
Complete the sentences.
An astronaut wears a _______________.
A spacesuit is like a _______________.
A spacesuit allows us to _______________.
A spacesuit protect us from _______________ and _______________.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
He ______ a carpenter.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I go to school at 8 o’ clock. (He)
Complete the sentence with a correct reflexive pronoun.
Teachers teach _________ a new lesson every day.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey.
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.
Was it worth waiting ______?
Correct the following passage.
Where does the deer and the antelope play? One place is Yellowstone National Park. It were created in 1872. Parts of the park is in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. The park are a safe place for many animals. Bears, moose, buffalo, deer and antelope lives there. Beavers, otters, fish and eagles also enjoys the park. For them, Yellowstone be ‘home sweet home.
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
turn away
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
People who live in glass houses______ not throw stones.
Report the dialogue between a vendor and his customer by completing the sentence:
| Vendor: | It is nice to see you, Sir! |
| Customer: | Yes, indeed! Unlike last month, I have been away for quite some time this month. |
The vendor greeted his customer respectfully and mentioned that he was pleased to see him.
The customer answered in the affirmative and explained that _______.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Circals
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
You should have return it sooner.
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with animals
- as cunning as a fox
- ______
- ______
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
