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प्रश्न
The fresh college graduate jumped ______ the first offer of a job.
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उत्तर
The fresh college graduate jumped at the first offer of a job.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
maintain ____________
Complete the sentence below by using an appropriate phrase from the ones given below.
I saw thick black clouds in the sky. And ___________ ___________ it soon started raining heavily.
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.
'Worms play a very important role in maintaining ecological balance. They are friends of farmers.'
Form groups and discuss the significance of worms in the above two roles.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
He knew nothing of the modern rigour.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Tenali Raman was a poet scholar and jester in Vijaynagar in Krishnadevarayas court. (Punctuate)
Words that have the same spelling, but differ in meaning when used in different contexts are called homographs. For example,
- A temple fair attracts a lot of crowds.
Her performance in the test was fair. - A rose is the king of flowers.
The sun rose with a golden glow.
Think of 5 homographs and list them below. Then write 2 sentences of your own, to bring out the difference in meanings.
| Homograph | Sentences |
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The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
simple device
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than ’.
As soon as the Bill is passed, it will become an Act.
Change the parts of speech of the given words in the chart.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| exhaustion | |||
| widen | |||
| mad | |||
| perfectly |
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
______ your mother ____ (work) today?
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
I ___________ all the plays of Shakespeare.
Report the following sentence.
“Tomorrow I have to take a test in English”, said Sudha.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is an excellent opportunity.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
After lunch, the children were allowed to play.
Fill in the blanks
| Positive | Comparative | superlative |
| tall | ||
| smarter | ||
| largest | ||
| big | ||
| later/latter |
If you __________ me, I would tell you.
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
She bought a new ________ (refrigerator).
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We should never misuse or ______natural resources.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
The cat ______(chase) the bird before it flew out of the yard.
The stranger ______for a few minutes before he ______ my house. (paused/passed)
Do as directed.
Dinesh and Prabhu wanted to meet Varsha at the bus stop. They went to the bus stop. (combine into a compound sentence)
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Evangelene ______ her job a couple of years ago. (quit)
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am fine. Thank you.
Victor ______
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Let’s organize a trip to Goa, can we?
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
Rajesh went to the airport ______his friend.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Penting
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Feetures
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Place: You may sit wherever you like.
You may sit ____________.
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
At one stroke
