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Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.

Can I read the book?

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Can I read the book?

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अध्याय 1.4: Be SMART...! - Language Study [पृष्ठ २८]

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बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
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बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 9 Maharashtra State Board
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संबंधित प्रश्न

Look at the sentences given below. Find out which one is correct. If the sentence is wrong give reasons.


In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.

Sue thought that she had fallen asleep.


You have won a prize to visit a wildlife sanctuary or National Park in Africa or Australia. Choose a location, read about it. Imagine that you are visiting it and write a letter to your friend about it.


Find the pronunciation of the following words from a good dictionary.
strait, eruption, tremendous, dormant, extinct, tsunami, crater, plume.


Find four pairs of rhyming words from the poem.


From each line in the poem, pick out the word that is a homograph. Write its meaning in the context of the phrase used in the poem. Then write the other meaning implied in the question.

Stanza Word One meaning   Other meaning
First
  1. bed
  2. ____
  3. ____
  4. ____
piece of furniture bottom of the river, sea, etc.
Second
  1. ____
  2. ____
  3. ____
  4. ____
____________ ____________
Third
  1. ____
  2. ____
  3. ____
  4. ____
____________ ____________

What are conjunctions? explain with some example?


Make meaningful sentences from the following table.

• She was tired because • she finished her homework.
• She wanted to buy a car  • she had no money.
• He was angry • he did not fight.
• He did not know the answer • he did not copy his friend’s answer.
• They did not have money • they lived happily.
• He did not read the book • he knew the story.

Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using because.


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 following sentence to the other voice.

His behaviour vexes me.


Change the following into Passive voice.

No one is borrowing the novels from the library


Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.

Travelling to far away planets involves ____________ (risk) our lives for the thrill of discovery.


When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.


Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.

brothers and sisters bitterness joint family share their fun rich and the poor folk
shatter their family charm of life separate ways the joy of earth stick-together families

The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.


Complete the sentence in present tense form.

Arun a ______ eagerly ______ (wait) to meet her friend since morning.


Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.

If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).


Supply suitable linkers.

“__________ I was alive and had a human heart, ” answered the statue, “I did not know what tears were, __________ I lived in the palace __________ sorrow was not allowed to enter. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince __________ Happy Indeed I was. So I lived and __________ I died.


Supply suitable linker.

In most large cities __________ towns of our country, there are special schools for girls. __________ , there are many co-educational schools __________ girls __________ boys study together. Most parents allow their daughters to attend these schools, __________ there are some parents __________ are against such schools for girls __________ the age of 14 or15.


Write the noun form of the following word.

zealous ______.


Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.

The train halts at every junction.


Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.

Come back as soon as possible.


There ___ ten dogs in my street.


Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.

Gullivers Travels ___ an excellent story.


Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

a ______ of singers.


Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.

If you need anything just press the______.


Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.

able,ful, ly, sub, ion, un, tri, re, im, mis

 

_____call comfort_____
_____category _____understand
_____proper success_____
equal_____ _____colour
construct_____ new_____

Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.

Shekar is intelligent but careless.


Don’t worry, we will be _______ (reach) the airport in time.


We often watch TV in the afternoon, _______?


Peter played handball yesterday, _______?


Complete the following using their group names.

A ______ of bees had settled on a mango tree.


Punctuate the following sentence.

Hindus muslims sikhs christians live together in India.


Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

The car was moving too______.


Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

She ______ (swim).


Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

You ______ (take) leave.


Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.

Sujatha is reading______ interesting story in the library.


Choose the correct plural form.

Bench


She _________ never forgotten her bag.


Some tips to change singular to plural

Add es for the naming words ending with ch, sh, s, ss and x.


Divide the words that have same pattern as the rabbit.


Fill in the blank.

D is______ C.


Answer the following.

Name of the object In your mother tongue Use in a sentence
     

Fill the blank with the clipped word.

He broke his __________. (spectacles)


Fill in the blank with a pronoun.

Every morning, I brush my teeth and stare at _____in the mirror.


The ostrich took care of its _________.


Fill in the blank.

I am ______ university student.


Fill in the blank.

She returned after______ hour.


Say what they are doing now?

Leema ______.


Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.

12 INJURED AS BUSES COLLIDE About ______at the Dindigul bus terminus here today.


Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Rekha and her sisters (watch, watches) television everyday.


Foreign words and phrases

You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.

  1. viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination 
  2. sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
  3. resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
  4. rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
  5. bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine

Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.

I bought a pen yesterday.

Madhu ______


Underline the prepositional phrase.

We are proud of our children.


Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.

______ rain, take an umbrella.


Change the following sentence into Active Voice.

Nobody has been seen in the library this week.


Change the following sentence into Active Voice.

You are advised to help the poor and needy.


Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following

The evil doers cannot cross the path of truth, can’t they?


Fill in the blank with the word given in option.

The tyres of the car got ______when the vehicle rolled over the rusted nails scattered on the road.


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.


Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

The old man struggled to walk without support.


Underline the gerund in the following sentence.

Jessie enjoys bothering others.


Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.

She walked out. She was smiling


Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.

I threw the pen. It was broken.


Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.

Only ______ people can afford to buy a flat in Chennai.


Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.

Abdul as well as Karim deserve praise.


Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)

enjoyable


Write compound word using the pictures.

+
___________

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

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