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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:
per capita
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उत्तर
Per capita- used to refer to the amount for each person
The sharp fall in per capita income was one of the signs of the financial crisis.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I offered the silent prayer in my heart.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ list (a list of defaulters).
List the prepositions you find in this poem.
From the passage, find adverbs that end with '-ly'. Find the adjective in each of the adverb.
Complete the mind map based on the inputs from the extract.
| 1. | Becky Thatcher, Tom’s friend had ______ coming to school. |
| 2. | So, Tom became ______. |
| 3. | Aunt Polly ______ about Tom. |
| 4. | She tried ______. |
| 5. | Tom pretended to like _____ and asked for it very often. |
| 6. | One day Tom gave the pain-killer to ______. |
| 7. | The incidents that followed made his aunt ______. |
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
quick as a flash.
Now refer to a dictionary and find idioms on the following animals, birds, and insects. Learn their meanings and share what you have learnt with your class. Try to frame illustrative sentences with those idioms. Find opportunities to use them in your everyday conversations.
| lion, mouse, parrot, fox, hawk, snake, monkey, dog, snail, bee. |
It was ________ unforgettable experience.
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
Nalini leads a happy life.
Fill in the blanks with correct travel words.
| schedule | reach | book | railway | pack | board |
To make travel convenient, we must ______tickets well in advance. Then we have to ______our things and ______our trip. We have to reach the ______station in time and ______the train in order to ______ our destination.
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
The girl gave her friend a ______smile.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
We must eat to live, but we should not live to eat.
Pick the abstract noun.
He takes pride in his job.
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
We ______ (eat) fruits.
Write the plural form.
 |
tooth - _________ |
 |
knife - _________ |
Use the suitable verb.
I ______ the book.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
They visit their friends in the evenings. (Kavitha)
Complete the sentence with correct reflexive pronoun.
I like _____.
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
May I come in sir?
______ girls who attended the class informed the others about the test.
Explain the ______‘Cut your ______according to your cloth.’ (coat/quote)
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
skeleton + system -
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The new health care scheme announced by the Government will bring relief to the children suffering with acute tuberculosis.
Match the following with their right field, choosing appropriately from the box given.
| snow-board | Machinery |
| snow-mobile | Sports |
| snow-chains | Transportation |
| snow-storm | Geography |
| snow-bird | Weather |
| snow-belt | Travel |
Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
Rex would have played with me, if he ______(has) time.
Identify the correct combination of the following compound words.
Haircut, headmaster, waterfall, swimming pool, drawback, public speaking, output, software, show case, world-famous.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Jessie enjoys bothering others.
Here, we see that the ‘-ing’ form of the verb ‘fight’ is used as a subject in ‘The fighting went on’. It does the work of a noun. When the ‘-ing’ form of a verb is used as a noun, it is known as a gerund or verbal noun. Read the following examples of gerunds:
- Gardening is an art.
- Cooking is a science.
- I enjoy reading poems.
- I like reading more than writing.
Rewrite the above sentences using other appropriate gerunds in place of the ones given here.
