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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:
magnum opus
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उत्तर
magnum opus: the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist
‘The Jungle Book’ is considered to be a magnum opus of Rudyard Kipling’s.
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Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
Someone stole my bicycle. ________
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’).
The fawn wobbled after him
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
She ________________ accept this decision; she __________________question it.
Say WHY. . . . .
______ we should believe that we are strong and courageous.
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
‘Who are you?’ asked the bird. ‘I am the Happy Prince.’
‘Then why are you crying? I am wet with your tears.’
Identify the following from the list given in the box below:
4 nouns, 4 verbs, 4 adjectives, 4 adverbs, 4 pronouns.
| bird, wonderful, friends, gather, humans, we, I, healthy, grasslands, help, directly, protect, arrive, together, away, happy, slowly, afraid, you, us. |
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.
return
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before they are actually written down.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Would you like __________ (accompany) us on our journey if you could?
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
Stay at
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Who _________ he __________ (help)?
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the verb in bracket.
We hope you ___________ (have) a great time in Ooty.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Arun a ______ eagerly ______ (wait) to meet her friend since morning.
Fill in the gaps with personal pronouns.
Kumaravel lives in Thiruvannamalai. ______ is a doctor. All the people like ______ because of ______ helping nature. ______ hospital is located at Car street and most of ______ patients are poor so ______ does not charge much money. ______ daughter goes to school. ______ studies in 5th Standard. ______ teachers love ______ very much. ______ friends are also very good. ______ always encourage ______. ______ have given ______ good advice. ______ mother is also a teacher. ______ always encourages ______ to keep studying. I also like her as ______ often comes to ______ house. One day ______ told my mother that ______ wants to learn cooking. ______ mother taught ______ cooking. Now, ______ cooks well.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
Muthu likes computer games, but he doesn’t play computer games very often.
Write two sentences for each pattern.
| SV | ||
| SVO | ||
| SVC | ||
| SVA | ||
| SVOC | ||
| SVIODO | ||
| ASV | ||
| SVAA |
I missed the bus ______ I took a taxi.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
where is my cat
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
jain ate an apple
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
The exam __________ when I reached the exam hall. (start)
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
She will have made the cake by 8 ‘o'clock.
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
My uncle presented me a watch.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
quiet – quite – quit
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
My grandfather is well-known in the village for his nobel deeds.
Now, Blend the following word.
parachute + troop
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
One of the machines______ defective.
I would not even know how to set ______ mending a watch.
Complete the slogan, by filling in the blank with the correct option.
Your plastic contribution ______ causing ocean pollution.
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
