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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’).
The fawn sucked his fingers.
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
enormous - ________.
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
The tiger is the _____________ animal in the zoo (dangerous).
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
Under a bridge, two little boys were lying close together to keep warm.
‘We are so hungry!’ they said. ‘You cannot lie there!’ shouted a guard.
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
knot
Find five countable nouns from the passage and write their singular and plural forms.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
brave
Read the highlighted words. They are known as prepositions.
- for a walk
- around the farm
- specialities of plants
- in the soil
- with great effort
Use the words given below in your own sentences so as to get different meanings. One is done for you.
| cricket | Cricket is a popular sport. |
| Cricket is active at night. | |
| bank | |
| will | |
| bark | |
| watch | |
| bat | |
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
Were the milk men milking the cow ______?
Read the situation given and frame two suitable sentence in the appropriate form of the tense.
| Make any two requests to your classmates or friends. | 1. ______ |
| 2. ______ |
Tick the correct sentences.
| 1. | I had desired to eat a cake. | I had desired to have eaten cake. | ||
| 2. | My son is fond of music. | My son is fond to music. | ||
| 3. | Sreena avoids eating fruits. | Sreena avoids to eat fruits. | ||
| 4. | Bravery is not to pick a quarrel. | Bravery is not picking a quarrel. | ||
| 5. | It is easier to say than do. | It is easier said than done. |
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
shankar said to his teacher madam i had prepared my project assignment but i forgot to bring it
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
gymnasium -
Use the clues and fill in the crossword puzzle.
| 1. | This word rhymes with seen. |
| 2. | This animal has two horns and a spotted coat. |
| 3. | This is a huge sea animal |
| 4. | Sounds like hair |
| 5. | Shines brightly |
| 6. | Rhymes with load |
If you __________ me, I would tell you.
Fill in the blank with the correct verb form.
If he __________ harder, he __________ his goals.
They are going home from school, ______?
Sinduja is getting ready to sleep. She starts writing her diary. Help her complete it by using the verbs given in brackets.
(start, eat, have, finish, go, reach)
- I got up at 7’O clock.
- . I ______breakfast.
- I______ to office by car.
- I______ to work.
- I______ lunch at______ .
- I ______my task at 7 p.m.
- I______ home at 8 p.m.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Srinath and Sandhya were bored at______ awful concert.
Look at the picture and answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Use the suitable verb.
Banu ______ the lesson.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
he likes shirt pants and shorts
complete the sentence.
Kavi ______ kind to me.
They came early but there was ______work to do.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
Catherine did not have any cash because she ______(lose) her purse.
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.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Many tourists visited Ooty ______ heavy rains
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Expressing gratitude ______ others is common in a vote of thanks.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Gandhiji, ahimsa means infinite love.
