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प्रश्न
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
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उत्तर
(abide, abiotic, acyclic, apathy, asymmetry).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
(1) Do as directed :
Master: “Well Shailesh, I hear you are taking part in the speaking competition.”
Pupil: “Yes; and I came to ask you to give me some hints on the art of public speaking.” [Change into indirect speech]
(2) The people regarded him ………….. imposter and called him …………. Villain[Insert correct articles]
(3) go then said the ant and dance winter away [Punctuat]
Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
First soldier: The white soldier gets huge pay, mansions, and servants.
Second soldier: We get a pittance and slow promotions.
Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
The first man said that___________________________________
The second soldier remarked that _______________________
The third soldier asked__________________________________
Find the pronunciation of the following words from a good dictionary.
strait, eruption, tremendous, dormant, extinct, tsunami, crater, plume.
Form pairs. Write a poem with rhyming lines on at least one of the following: the moon, stars, a tree, a flower, a river/lake, rain, the wind, clouds.
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
driftwood
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
What are conjunctions? explain with some example?
Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
______ blood (royal blood, aristocratic origin).
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
roll out the ______ carpet (give a special welcome).
Write your opinion, in your own words:-
Write down two or three proverbs/axioms that suit the message in Bertha’s story.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
Sibi has not practised hard but he ____________ win the race. (possibility)
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the verb in bracket.
We hope you ___________ (have) a great time in Ooty.
Kokila gave a pen to ______ child in the classroom on her birthday.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Either Raghu _________ Bala will have to buy vegetables from the market.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(write any story)
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Neither food nor water ___ found here.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
At the age of six, Varsha started learning music. (into Complex)
Read the poem and write the rhyming words and rhyme scheme for the given stanzas.
| Stanza | Rhyming words | Rhyme Scheme |
| 1 | alone- ______-______ ______ - space |
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| 3 | ______- May mind -______ |
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| 4 |
tree- ______ |
Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.
You want to open your classroom window.
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
Revathy and Rohini are friends.
Find the describing words given in the poem.
| p | a | s | m | a | I | I | s |
| g | I | a | r | g | e | s | t |
| h | u | e | i | j | k | h | r |
| I | f | t | a | I | I | a | a |
| m | e | n | d | s | p | r | i |
| q | s | r | o | t | a | p | g |
| u | u | v | o | x | y | n | h |
| z | a | d | g | h | e | b | t |
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
They have a post-box. (Red, Small, Rectangular)
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Children ______ ice-creams.
Find me in the poem.
You can ride on me
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Mouse
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
They _______ (write) the poem.
Put the word in the correct order to make a sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Was/somebody/there/nearby/standing.
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
I _______ (read) the poem.
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
She bought a new ________ (refrigerator).
She _________ a job in America by next year. (get)
Fill in the blank.
______ Jungle book has won many awards.
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.
Adhi had taken ______ photos during the programme.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
Yusuf understood the problem because he ______(experience) the situation earlier.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
The cat ______(chase) the bird before it flew out of the yard.
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody
When the pole vaulter cleared 28 ______, it was declared a record ______. (feet/feat)
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
par excellence
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
judicial - judicious
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
We can’t attend the party.
Afsar and Ayesha ______
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Many tourists visited Ooty ______ heavy rains
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Why were you scolded by your parents?
Identify the two Main clause and conjunction in each of the following sentence.
It started raining suddenly and people ran for shelter.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
I love eating ice creams.
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
My scissors is missing.
You should ______ your mother for your rude behaviour.
Write the compound words from the pictures.
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| ____________ | |
She is very ill, but the doctors think she will pull ______.
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) Robin said, "It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening."
(II) Robin said ______
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
brave - ______ - bravest
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Circals
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
The leader appealed ______ the public to maintain law and order.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
