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प्रश्न
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
As soon as the teacher enters, she is greeted by her students. (Begin: No sooner….)
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उत्तर
No sooner did the teacher enter that she was greeted by her students.
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Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
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Stop/and tell me/beating about/what you want/the bush
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
The Happy Prince looked very sad, and the little Swallow was sorry for him. ‘It is very cold here,’ he said ‘but I will stay with you for one night. Tomorrow I will take the jewel.’
‘Thank you, little bird,’ said the prince.
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Johnsy was sleeping when the two went upstairs.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
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1950s Boy - brought home the groceries.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
plentiful supply
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
savage controversy
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
His family was screaming and offering him food. (to adjective)
Match the words in column A with their Antonym in column B.
| S.No. | A | B |
| 1. | concentrate | incomplete |
| 2. | inevitable | distract |
| 3. | occasional | wise |
| 4. | complete | continual |
| 5. | insane | preventable |
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Clem looked at Pongo furiously.
My sister is an architect. She __________ skyscrapers.
The trains to Chennai always _________ on time.
Write the –ing form of the verbs.
| 1. | Come ______. |
| 2. | Take ______. |
| 3. | Fly ______. |
| 4. | Swim ______. |
| 5. | Study ______. |
| 6. | Read ______. |
Read the given passage carefully and fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs from the help box.
| burn off | keep up | build-up | tire out |
| warms up | put on | work out | stretch out |
Riya is a young dancer who feels contented and satisfied with herself. Let's hear from her.
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| 2. ______ |
The child was happy with his ______ of chocolates.
She asked me for ______ magazines, but I could not find ______
Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.
| waiting | out | income |
| green | sun | room |
| tax | alarm | dry |
| traffic | wall | house |
| clock | jam | glasses |
| hair | cleaning | cut |
| put | paper |
- Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean __________.
- Tharani had given the sarees for __________.
- The __________ is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
- Never wait for an __________ to wake you up.
- The children were late to school as there was a __________ near the toll plaza.
- The government expects every individual to promptly pay the __________.
- People usually wear __________ during summer.
- The patients were asked to sit in the__________ until the doctor arrived.
- With teamwork we are able to multiply our __________.
- The room was looking bright with the colourful __________.
Pick out the contractions from the lesson and expand them.
| Contractions | Expansions |
He discussed the problem ______ his parents.
______ the scissors I returned it to her.
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- How old are you?
- How tall are you?
- What bicycle do you have?
- How many languages do you speak?
- At what time do you usually wake up?
- How far is your home from school?
| You | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Height | ||||||
| Bicycle | ||||||
| Number of Languages | ||||||
| Wake Up Time | ||||||
| Distance to School |
I promised the children a trip to the zoo.
The female turtles lay eggs and go back to the ______.
The milk ____ (spill) over as she went to see the crowd passing by with loud slogans.
Punctuate the following sentence.
we went through the smoky mountains, near shimla on our way to leh.
Punctuate the following sentence.
long ago in a town in Switzerland there lived a famous man called william.
Fill in the blanks.
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| Students are going ______ school. | There are ______ chocolates. | The tree is ______ big. |
Fill in the blanks with to, too and two.
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Punctuate the following sentence.
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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
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Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
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Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Indian Airlines/set up/1953
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
Afsar will meet me ______Friday morning.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ rain, take an umbrella.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
I would ______starve ______ beg.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
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Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Not a word was spoken by the convict in self–defense.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The landlady will charge me for the damage, shan’t she?
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
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| get off | to go away from home for a vacation |
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Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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