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Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning. The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.

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Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.

The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.

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The peacock is the most colourful bird found in India.

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अध्याय 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Degrees of Comparison [पृष्ठ १५९]

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अध्याय 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
Grammar- Degrees of Comparison | Q 2 3. | पृष्ठ १५९

संबंधित प्रश्न

Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.

1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit

2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill

Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.


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. 


Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.

make up one’s mind 


Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).

I have not read that scripture. (Rewrite using ‘unaware.’)


From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.

safe


Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

a ______ herring (something that diverts attention from the main issue).


Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.

We astronauts must keep on ______ (prepare) for our space launch.


Fill in the blanks with the help of the picture clues.


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.


Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.

  • Something used to water plants ______
  • A thing you put on your foot ______

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?


The milk ____ (spill) over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans.


Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.

If he __________ harder, he __________ his goals.


Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.

Clean the ashes out of the ______place.


Match the picture with the collective noun.

1. A flock of goats
2. A bouquet of flowers
3. An army of soldiers
4. A shoal of fish
5. A choir of singers

Answer the following.

Name of the object In your mother tongue Use in a sentence
     

Write the past form of the verb.

sing- ______


Write the word given in the bracket in correct tense.

We ______(move) back to city yesterday.


Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.

long
round
thin
yellow
tall

  1. The giraffe is ______.
  2. Its neck is ______.
  3. Its eyes are ______.
  4. Its skin is ______.
  5. Its tail is ______.

Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:

frivolous


Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.

We ______(hear) a lot of noise because the new buildings ______(transmit) sound vacant.


Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.

These should not be thought of as luxury but as necessity.


Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

faux pas


Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

But for your help, I could not have completed the assignment.


Pick out the compound sentences in the following passage.

The food we eat has to be digested and then thrown out of the body. The air we breathe in has to be thrown out, to help us survive. But we hold negative emotions like insecurity, anger, and jealousy within ourselves for years. If these negative emotions are not eliminated, the mind grows corrupt and diseased. Let us do away with hatred and lead a healthy life filled with peace and joy


Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.

______ fertilizer used these days spoils the soil.


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.

(I) He was too gentle to have committed the crime.

(II) He was so ______


Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.

Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest

fast - faster - ______


Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.

She started jumping for joy ______ she heard the news.


Write compound word using the picture.

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