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प्रश्न
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I bought a pen yesterday.
Madhu ______
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उत्तर
Madhu said that she had bought a pen the previous day.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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:
The dining room is brighter than the kitchen.
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.
List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past participle.
Example: write - written
List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past tense form. Example: sob - sobbed.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
______ blood (royal blood, aristocratic origin).
Find the synonym for the underlined word.
The narrator was quiet when Pongo questioned him.
Complete the sentences in the paragraph using the appropriate form of words given in brackets.
A few days later, Androcles was captured by his master. He had to suffer all kinds of __________ (punish). At last, he was thrown to a lion which was in great __________ (hungry).It had been kept in an __________ (enclose) and had not been fed for several days. His friends stood there with __________ (tear) eyes as the lion rushed towards him. The lion stopped near him and stood for a while __________ (look) at him. Then it lay down by his side like a pet dog. __________ (obvious), the lion recognized Androcles and the __________ (help) he had given it.
Fill in the blanks
| Positive | Comparative | superlative |
| tall | ||
| smarter | ||
| largest | ||
| big | ||
| later/latter |
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
It is a ______ day.
So you bought a car, ________.
Write the past continuous forms for the given verb.
They ________ when I arrived there. (play)
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
We will be sleeping in terrace.
Choose the correct word.
I will be coming in _____ days.
Choose the correct place of the apple.
We use a variety of idioms in our daily life to describe various situations. Describe the narrator’s situation in your own words, making use of some of the new idioms you have just learnt.
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
faux pas
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
magnum opus
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
turn away
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
bank on
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
I am ______(neither/either) an ascetic in theory ______(nor/or) in practice.
Write the related words as shown in the example:
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
As soon as the teacher enters, she is greeted by her students. (Begin: No sooner….)
Write the compound word from the picture.
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| ______ | |
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Vilage
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with animals
- as cunning as a fox
- ______
- ______
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
