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प्रश्न
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
In spite of his poverty and setbacks, he was able to launch his dream carrier.
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उत्तर
In spite of his poverty and setbacks, he was able to launch his dream career.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
We heard with _________that the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Look at those dark clouds.
Ravi : I think it ___________ (rain).
Look at these sentences.
- Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
- Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.
Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.
1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
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2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
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3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
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4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
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5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
________________________
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.
You ____________ believe everything you hear; you ____________ use your own judgement.
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
They liked his written stories.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Trinity supported unorthodox talent.
Find from the poem, three examples of Personification :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Study the following sets of words :
- Set A – pleased, happy, joyful, ecstatic
- Set B – letter, word, sentence, paragraph
The words in these sets are arranged in ascending order, each word showing a higher degree than the previous one.
Now rearrange the following groups of words in ascending order.
- cold
- freezing
- cool
- chill
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
great (hero)
Find one example of the following punctuation mark from the story and copy the sentence in which they are used - semi-colon.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“What! Are you drawing it all out again?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, the whole thing,” I said.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
lent
Look at the action words in bold. Identify whether they are either finite or non-finite verb.
| They want to try a new approach. | |
| Trying is easy. | |
| Having tried everything, he gave up. | |
| All I can do is try. | |
| If she tried, she would succeed. |
Add a suitable prefix or suffix and make new words.
| -ship | -hood | un- | after- | -ion |
| -less | - ful | -ment | im- | -ous |
| child ___ | wonder___ |
| ____noon | count___ |
| relation___ | __patient |
| ___happy | excite____ |
| danger___ | perfect___ |
John added a ______ of sugar to the lemon juice.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
understand __________.
I am going to my village ______ Sunday.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
I saw a tiger it was wounded.
Match the two halves of the sentences and read them.
| 1. | Sea turtles | threaten the survival of sea turtles. |
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2. |
Hatchlings | uses its front flippers to swim. |
| 3. | A turtle | come ashore to lay eggs. |
| 4. | Many factors | cut open the leathery egg shell. |
Join the word and write the new word.
entertain + ment - _____.
Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.
It ______ (snow) last winter.
Read the following passage adapted from ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and fill in the blanks with appropriate modals and read the paragraph aloud.
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1)______ read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2)______begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms and discovered I (3)______be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4)______have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5)______live for years. The only disease I (6)______conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7)______(not feel) my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
Jayashree would travel to France, ______.
Do as directed.
While she waited at the train station, Varsha realized that the train was late. (change into a simple sentence)
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
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Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Erthen
Write the compound words from the pictures.
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Write the compound word from the pictures.
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