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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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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’).
You found him.
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:
Atul is not as bright as Milind in studies.
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
You are very naughty. You are _____________ your brother (clever).
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
out of the ______ (suddenly, unexpectedly).
Frame simple sentences - statements, questions, requests, orders, permissions, etc. using the modals listed below.
| can, may, shall, will could, might, should, would l must, ought to, used to, need, dare. |
______________ several warnings, he continued to swim.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Then Marina encouraged him by saying, “It’s no good ______ (quit) the project right at the end.”
Find the synonym for the underlined word.
When Pongo caught the narrator with the oranges, he was very frightened.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
You ___________ (listen) to the music.
Write the noun form of the following word.
enter ______.
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
It is very difficult to work with so many __________. (distract)
When Usha looked out of the window dark clouds ______ (gather) over the mountains.
Match the suitable prefix and suffix to create new words of your own. One has been done for you.
| S.No. | Root word | Prefix/Suffix | New word |
| 1. | form | con | conform |
| 2. | patriot | in | |
| 3. | diverse | ity | |
| 4. | slaved | ism | |
| 5. | animate | ness | |
| 6. | consumer | en | |
| 7. | naked | ism |
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
electrocute -
Work in pairs and say the sentence to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.
Is this a banyan tree?
We ______ not found the dog yet.
Circle the consonant letters.
p r l o j s a k i y d q
Fill in the blank.
You ________ the match by this time tomorrow. (win)
Write.
______ chair
Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)
Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
We were not able to stay overnight as we______not______(reserve) the tickets in advance.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
I claim to be a person of faith and prayer, aren’t I?
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
fine - ______ - finest
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
investigations
Fill in the following blanks using proper words from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must show me ______ to mix the solutions.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II in the case.
(I) Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
(II) None ___________.
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
The teacher handed down the report cards.
Write compound word using the picture.
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| ____________ | ||
