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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:
carte blanche
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उत्तर
Carte blanche: Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best.
We gave the decorator carte blanche to furnish the house.
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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.
Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
He fell over the step and __________ broke his arm.
Syllable: A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that has one vowel sound and may or may not have consonant sounds before / after it.
Examples of words having:
One syllable: a, I, see, at, on, man, with, thread.
Two syllables: mother, seated, giraffe, parrot, active, happy.
Three syllables: happiness, wonderful, animal, surprising, adventure, ignorance
More than three syllables: consequently, encouragement, responsibility, identifying, encyclopedia.
Write the names of any 5 of your classmates and list how many syllables each name has.
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.
value
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 |
|
piece of furniture | → | bottom of the river, sea, etc. |
| Second |
|
____________ | → | ____________ |
| Third |
|
____________ | → | ____________ |
Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.
| rapidly | ______ |
| merrily | ______ |
| gratefully | ______ |
| cheerily | ______ |
| manfully | ______ |
| fearlessly | ______ |
| gloriously | ______ |
| victoriously | ______ |
Read the highlighted words.
- All three of them were honest, kind, and hardworking.
- You are such an honest person.
The highlighted words are adjectives.
Now find at least five other adjectives from the lesson.
Read the following dialogues and supply appropriate modals.
| Student: | Can we leave our bags in the class during the break? |
| Teacher: | Yes, you ____________ but arrange them neatly. |
| Passenger: | My child is 6 years old. Do I have to buy him a ticket? |
| Conductor: | Yes, you ____________. It costs half of the price of an adult ticket. |
| Vani: | Can we go for coffee after the meeting? |
| Yoga: | No, I____________. I have to go home. |
| Salesman: | When ___________ I receive my order? |
| Customer: | I ___________ assure you sir, the order ___________ be delivered tomorrow |
| Neela: | Do you think I should write about my education background in the resume? |
| Preethi: | Yes, you ___________ . You ___________ get a better job. |
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Her father ________ (not/cook) dinner.
Complete the story using the past tense of the verbs.
The Hare and the Tortoise
One day a Hare and a Tortoise decided to have a race. The Tortoise _______ (know) that the Hare _________ (can) run faster than him. But the Tortoise _______ (be) more intelligent than the Hare. 'Yes, I'll race you,'_________ (say) the Tortoise. The Tortoise ______ (have) a clever plan. He ______ (find) his brothers and sisters and he ______ (tell) them to wait in different places along the path of the race. So they all ______ (hide) behind the trees along the path. The race ______ (begin)! The Tortoise ______ (run) as fast as possible. But the Hare ______ (be) faster, of course. 'This will be a very easy race', ______ (think) the Hare. So the Hare _________ (decide) to rest, and he quickly ____ (fall) asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the Hare ______ (wake up) and he ______ (see) a Tortoise ahead of him! 'How did he get ahead of me?' the Hare asked himself. In fact, it ______ (be) not his friend the Tortoise: it ______ (be) the Tortoise's sister. But to a Hare, all tortoises look the same. The Hare ______ (run) past the Tortoise easily. Soon, he ______ (cannot) see the Tortoise, so he ______ (sit) down to rest. Then the Hare ______ (get up) and continued the race. But as the Hare _______ (turn) around the last corner before the finish line, his friend the Tortoise crossed the line and ______ (win) the race!
Change the following into passive voice.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
Underline the verb and identify the tense forms.
I am working hard day and night ______.
They_____ to write the exercises neatly.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Children ______ ice-creams.
Kevin will come tonight, _______?
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Terry Sam and Jeremy went to the movies together ____
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Man
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
You ______ an engineer.
Choose the correct verb.
You ______ late to school.
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is this a small tree?
No, it is _____.
Fill in the blank.
A is ______ B.
Fill in the blank
They _______ everyone to the marriage by next week. (invite)
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
Muthu will have returned from Srilanka by next month.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Not the flat, shallow type….
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Who taught her Computer Science?
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
Rajesh went to the airport ______his friend.
Write the compound word from the picture.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Nuisance
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
“No, I am Mathilde loisel.”
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
