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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
You found him.
Say WHY. . . . .
................the sky has a magical quality.
Say WHY. . . . .
______ even an aging hand has beauty.
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
knew no bounds
Make a pair of sentences of your own to point out the different meanings of the following Homograph.
fine
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Johnsy was sleeping when the two went upstairs.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
She told me that she was a doctor.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
armloads
Complete the following story using the verbs in the brackets in their proper form:-
Footprint
One night a man ______ (have) a dream. He ______ (dream) that he was ______ (walk) along the beach with god. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one ______ (belong) to him and the other, to God.
After the last scene ______ (flash), he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He ______ (observe) that many times along the path of his life there ______ (be) only one set of footprints and that it ______ (happen) at the saddest, most ______ (trouble) times of his life.
He ______ (question) God about it. “God, you ______ (say) that once I ______ (decide) to follow you, you ______ (will) walk with me all the way. So I don’t understand, why you ______ (leave) me alone when I ______ (need) you most.”
God replied, “During your times of trials and sufferings, where you ______ (see) only one set of footprints, they ______ (be) mine for it was then that I ______ (carry) you in my arms.”
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
You ___________ (listen) to the music.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
We all ______ (sing) in the choir last week.
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
It is ___________ to cut sandalwood trees.(legai)
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
Swathy had no ___________ of visiting the doctor. (intend)
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Divya hid the sweets behind her back.
He discussed the problem ______ his parents.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed before 'light’?
He is still sleeping, ________.
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
Lucy will be getting ready.
She ______ (write) a letter.
complete the sentence.
They ______ friends.
Fill in the blank.
I bought ______ pair of shoes.
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
Bharathi ______ (write) his home work.
Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets
Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______(serve) as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 ______(cause) many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 ______(become) a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 ______ (transform) people. They 5 ______(develop) an addiction to it.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
final – finale – feline
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Dheeraj is unemployed.
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
The rain approached like a dark curtain. I ______ (1) (see) it marching down the street, heavy and remorseless. It ______ (2) (drum) on the tin roof and swept across the road and over the balcony of my room. I ______ (3) (sit) there without ______ (4) (move), letting the rain soak my sticky shirt and gritty hair.
Outside, the street rapidly ______ (5) (empty). Buses, cars and bullock carts ______ (6) (plough) through the suddenly rushing water. A group of small boys came jumping along a side street, which was like a river in spate. A garland of marigolds, swept off the steps of temple, came ______ (7) (float) down the middle of the road.
The rain ______ (8) (stop) as suddenly as it had begun. The day was ______ (9) (end), and the breeze ______ (10) (remain) cool and moist.
Using your own ideas, frame at least three sentences that show future action or state.
Examples:
- Who’ll (who will) want to follow me.
- When I’m all grown up ...
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
large - ______ - ______
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
The person ______ is making the speech is my friend.
Write a compound word using the pictures.
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