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प्रश्न
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ad hoc
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उत्तर
Ad hoc – created for a particular
An ad-hoc committee was set up to probe the scam in the universities.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the following dialogue choosing a suitable phrase from those given below.
Asif: You look depressed. Why are your spirits _________________ today?
(Use such in the phrase)
Ashok: I have to write ten sentences using words that I never heard before.
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.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
strong (city)
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
under the influence
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.
World Heritage Sites can be a combination of both cultural and natural areas
In the following sentence the verb have two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
The boss showed the new computer to Kaviya.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
We told them ____________ (come) with us on our trip, but some of them think it is a waste of time ____________ (search) for life that doesn’t exist.
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
Have you ___________ your lunch?
Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.
| brothers and sisters | bitterness | joint family | share their fun | rich and the poor folk |
| shatter their family | charm of life | separate ways | the joy of earth | stick-together families |
The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.
Read the given sentence carefully and fill in with an appropriate phrasal verb. Choose them from the help of option.
The mother instructed the maid to ______the child carefully.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Either Raghu _________ Bala will have to buy vegetables from the market.
A ______ is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery
Lithisha was praised ______ her father.
Butter milk ____ good for health.
Read the news report given below and underline the passive form of verbs.
The police had announced that the State Bank of India was robbed yesterday. Two men entered the bank at 4.30 pm with guns in their hands. Customers and bank clerks were asked to lie down on the floor and one of the bank clerks was made to fill robbers’ bags with money. After that the two men left the bank quickly. The police officer said that more than one lakh of rupees was stolen from the bank but nobody was injured. He also added that the robbers would be found soon.
Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.
If she __________ (come) to see us, we will go to the zoo.
Find me in the poem.
You can climb on men
Punctuate the following sentence.
my favourite soap is pears and my favourite toothpaste is pepsodent.
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Suguna______helps her mother at home.
Answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
- kindly
- soft
- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
- loudly
| Adverb | Adjective |
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
I _________ the Tajmahal.
Change the sentence into past perfect tense and future perfect tense.
We have built a house in our village.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
______ she can drive, she travels by bus.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The village head understood the intention of the politician, doesn’t he?
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
Only ______ people can afford to buy a flat in Chennai.
Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)
| A | B |
| odor | odour |
| program | |
| parlor | |
| apologize | |
| color | |
| check | |
| theater | |
| gray | |
| behavior | |
| humor | |
| labor |
The coach hoped that in his absence the team would ______ with the practice.
Complete the line from a self-awareness song by filling the blank with the correct option.
| The river runs through your veins The trees and mountains ______ your name The moon and stars watch over You’re guiding your way back home To dream the night away. |
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
“No, I am Mathilde loisel.”
