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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
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : What shall we have for dinner?
Ravi : I can’t decide.
Rani : Make up your mind.
Ravi : All right, then. We __________ (have) fried rice and dry beans.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
She saw her son in a big hall.
Use the suffix ‘-ly’ to make another word from the following:
subsequent
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep.
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
Epics are long poems that relate to the needs of a great national hero or a great national war.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Amutha and Praba _____ (play) tennis
Change the singular nouns to plurals by either adding's, ‘ies’, ‘es’, ‘ves.
| Sr.No. | Singular | Plural |
| 1. | leaf | leaves |
| 2. | lorry | lorries |
| 3. | bat | bats |
| 4. | clock | clocks |
| 5. | table | tables |
| 6. | lamp | lamps |
| 7. | doll | dolls |
| 8. | biscuit | biscuits |
| 9. | knife | knives |
| 10. | loaf | loaves |
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Taking the children to the museum is Seema’s responsibility.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
My bike is costly.
Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.
| Section - A | Section – B |
| Phrasal verbs | Meanings |
| 1. set out | to go somewhere for a short break or holiday |
| 2. pick up | to begin a journey |
| 3. get away | to enter a bus, a train or a plane |
| 4. see off | to leave a bus, a train or a plane |
| 5. get into | to go to the station to say good bye to someone |
| 6. get off | to get someone from a place |
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We are next in line to ______on this run way.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
That was a very smooth______.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Buy me a present ____ my birthday.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I respect him ______ he is very strict.
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Came/Anand/to/school/early.
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
My birthday falls ____ September.
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Rafiq was eating breakfast.
He ate two chocolates _______ he got cough.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
The car skidded to a halt when I applied the ______,
Read the following passage and correct the error you come across.
Games and sports helps in recreation. Soccer, cricket, lawn tennis or wrestling is eagerly watched by millions of fans all over a world. It helps one got a temporary relief from the tensions of a day. The dedication displayed by all player in the field indicates the mental and spiritual development of the player.
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
Our team (is, are) the best.
Fill in the blanks in the following dialogue.
| Gopal | What’s wrong, Muthu? You look terrible! |
| Muthu | Well, you ______(look) terrible today, too, if you ______(have) a day like mine yesterday. My car slid into a tree, because the roads were slippery |
| Gopal | Oh! I was driving on the slippery roads yesterday, and I didn’t have such trouble. What happened? |
| Muthu | Well, I think if I ______(not, drive) so fast, I ______(not, slide) into the tree. |
| Gopal | Slippery roads and speed don’t mix. If drivers ______(speed) on wet roads, they’re likely to spin their car in circles. |
| Muthu | I know. But I had one more problem. I didn’t have my driver’s license with me. If I ______(have) it, I ______(not, have to) pay an extra fine in the court next week. |
| Gopal | Why were you driving without your license? |
| Muthu | Well, I lost my wallet some days ago. It slipped out of my pocket, while I was riding the bus to work. |
| Gopal | Oh, Muthu! If you ______(not, take ) that bus, you ______(not, lose) your wallet. If you ______(not, lose) your wallet, you ______(have) your driver’s license with you when you hit the tree. If you ______(have) your driver’s license with you, you ______(not, have to pay) a big fine when you go to court next week. And of course, if you ______(not, drive) too fast, you ______(not, run into) a tree, and you ______(not, be) in this mess now. If I ______(be) you, I ______(take) it easy for a while and just ______(stay) at home where you would be safe. |
| Muthu | Enough about me! How about you? |
| Gopal | Well, things are really looking up for me. I’m planning to take off for Goa as soon as I finish my finals. I’m sick of all this old, rainy weather we’ve been having. |
| Muthu | I wish I ______(go) with you. How are you planning to reach there? |
| Gopal | If I ______(have) enough money, I ______(fly). Otherwise, I ______(take) the bus. I wish ______(drive) my own car because it ______(be) nice to drive there, but it’s such a long trip. I’ve been looking for a friend to go with me and share the driving. |
| Muthu | I have a super idea! Why don’t I go with you? I can share the driving. I’m a great driver! |
| Gopal | Oh, Muthu! I can’t believe it. |
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I wish you ______ tell me the truth.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
Afsar will meet me ______Friday morning.
Write the compound words from the pictures.
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Write the compound word from the pictures.
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Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
large - ______ - ______
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
Madame Forestier were stunned.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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