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प्रश्न
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with objects
- as black as coal
- ______
- ______
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उत्तर
- as black as coal
- as soft as butter
- as light as cotton
- As white as snow
- As hard as nails
- As solid as a rock
- As clear as crystal
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He began to cry.
What are conjunctions? explain with some example?
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
He ______ (cry).
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
We worked ______ in the city for ten years before we moved to the village.
Change the following into passive voice.
They are decorating the wall.
Pick out the idioms and phrases from the box and write them in the blanks equivalent to their meanings. One is done for you.
| find one’s voice | lend an ear | sharp as a tack | over the moon | on the ball |
| bring it on | come across | get along | hang on | work out |
| Sr.No. | IDIOMS | Sr.No. | PHRASES |
| 1. | Competent - on the ball | 1. | to meet or find by chance - ______ |
| 2. | Become more confident in expressing oneself - ______ | 2. | to exercise - ______ |
| 3. | Extremely happy - ______ | 3. | To accept a challenge with confidence - ______ |
| 4. | Mentally agile - ______ | 4. | To have a friendly relationship - ______ |
| 5. | Listen - ______ | 5. | To keep something - ______ |
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
The monuments are to be preserved because of their historical __________. (significant)
A______ is someone who investigates a crime.
All was dark again. Night ______ (fall).
The car was travelling ______ a great speed.
The head office is ______ Nungambakkam. It is ______ College Road. As you go ______ the station, the office is ______ the right side.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed before 'light’?
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
The plane almost missed the ______because it was such a bad storm.
______ mind going to the back bench?
Recite the poem ‘The Swimmer’.
complete the sentence.
They ______ friends.
Can you try to fill the blank.
This is ______ Ink bottle.
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
frivolous rebukes
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
NEET CLASSES TO BEGIN ON SEP. 20TH The Centre co-ordinator informed the candidates ______ Sept. 20th.
We use a variety of idioms in our daily life to describe various situations. Describe the narrator’s situation in your own words, making use of some of the new idioms you have just learnt.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
via media
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are requested to make a cup of tea for the guest
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The landlady will charge me for the damage, shan’t she?
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Maamanaar was unmatched.
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) Sushil's attitude towards work has always puzzled me.
(II) I have ______
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
That living word awakened my soul.
