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प्रश्न
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
Colonel Hunt gave me three flags.
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उत्तर
Three flags were given to me by Colonel Hunt.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) India and Maharashtra can progress only when there is oneness of interest.
(Rewrite it using ‘unless’)
You must have noticed that when we report someone’s exact words, we have to make some changes in the sentence structure. In the following sentences fill in the blanks to list the changes that have occurred in the above pairs of sentences. One has been done for you.
1. To report a question, we use the reporting verb asked (as in Sentence Set 1).
2. To report a declaration, we use the reporting verb __________.
3. The adverb of place here changes to ___________.
4. When the verb in direct speech is in the present tense, the verb in reported speech is in the ______________ tense (as in Sentence Set 3).
5. If the verb in direct speech is in the present continuous tense, the verb in reported speech changes to ______________tense. For example, ____________ changes to was getting.
6. When the sentence in direct speech contains a word denoting respect, we add the adverb _______________in the reporting clause (as in Sentence Set 1).
7. The pronouns I, me, our and mine, which are used in the first person in direct speech, change to third person pronouns such as____________, ___________, ___________ or __________in reported speech.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
He ran fast but he did not win the race.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Complete the following table.
| No. | Figure of Speech | Line of the poem | Explanation |
| 1. | ________________ | ________________ | The sky is imagined to art like a human being. |
| 2. | ________________ | with gleaming gold | ________________ |
| 3. | Oxymoron | ________________ | ________________ |
| 4. | ________________ | The country wears a perfect smile. Anaesthesia, Amnesia, Hypnosis | ________________ |
| 5. | Paradox | ________________ | ________________ |
Find any two Alliterative lines.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Ramanujan was brought to England.
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.
value
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.
mark
Study the following sets of words :
- Set A – pleased, happy, joyful, ecstatic
- Set B – letter, word, sentence, paragraph
The words in these sets are arranged in ascending order, each word showing a higher degree than the previous one.
Now rearrange the following groups of words in ascending order.
- adult
- aged
- infant
- youth
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - dusted the living room.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
______ blood (royal blood, aristocratic origin).
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘Here’s a pretty kettle of fish !’ said Tengumai.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to have a difference of opinion
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
We____________ preserve our natural resources. (duty)
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
The magistrate ordered that he might pay the fine.
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
You are making a cake now.
Choose the correct option.
We use ______ when something is compulsory, obligatory, and important.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
You ___________ (listen) to the music.
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
The workers ______ higher wages for a long time.
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,...
Pick out the words in alliteration.
The child was happy with his ______ of chocolates.
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)
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of the students have passed the exam.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Ben saw Daisy playing across the road.
The head office is ______ Nungambakkam. It is ______ College Road. As you go ______ the station, the office is ______ the right side.
Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately on the table.
| David, Madurai, parrot, happiness, book, thought, green, tiger, Trichy, computer, Narayanan, fan, sister, Kalam, woman, pencil, Bharathi, problem, brother, Mumbai, swan, elephant, Vijay, solution, success, school, convent. |
| Person | Place | Animals | Thing | Ideas/ feelings |
Look at the picture and complete the following.
Nila told Miruthula ______. Miruthula said that the idly ______. Nila ______ was delicious too. She also said that they had added Kashmiri chilli. Miruthula said ______very much.
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_____ |
Answer the questions below. Write your answers in the second column of the table.
- 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 |
______like to play hide and seek.
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
The island was a green paradise.
Find me in the poem.
I can border your garden
Find me in the poem.
You can play with me
Pick the abstract noun.
He takes pride in his job.
See and write what they were doing.
While the boy was playing, the girl _____.
Look at the picture and answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Fill in the blank
I want popcorn ______ not pizza.
Write the correct preposition.
The doll is ____ the box.
It ___________ before I touched it. (break)
Fill in the blank
He _______ all the money within an hour. (spend)
Change the sentence into past perfect tense and future perfect tense.
We have built a house in our village.
Change the sentence into past perfect tense and future perfect tense.
They have cooked their meal.
Write the expanded forms of the following abbreviations we commonly come across in our daily life.
| 1. | IELTS | |
| 2. | GST | |
| 3. | TNPSC | |
| 4. | STD | |
| 5. | ISD | |
| 6. | MBA | |
| 7. | MHRD | |
| 8. | GPS | |
| 9. | NSS | |
| 10 | PTA | |
| 11. | NGO | |
| 12. | ICU | |
| 13. | IIM | |
| 14. | MRI | |
| 15. | ECG | |
| 16. | NCC | |
| 17. | LED | |
| 18. | CPU | |
| 19 | CBSE | |
| 20 | GDP | |
| 21 | LCD | |
| 22 | NRI | |
| 23 | IIT | |
| 24 | ITI | |
| 25 | USB |
The stranger ______for a few minutes before he ______ my house. (paused/passed)
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
They experiment with various ways to improve air quality.
Describe Miss Meadows’ mood before and after receiving the telegram. How did it affect her class?
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
a-la-carte
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
illicit - elicit
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in brackets.
(tell) me exactly what (happen) last night!
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?
UTHIRA is an event conducted by the NSS unit of ABC Hr Sec School. Imagine you are a volunteer and help a parent fill in the following registration form. (Invent necessary details)
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
quiet – quite – quit
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
surgery + instruments -
Here are some compound words chosen from the text.
| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
| half-way | never-ending | partly-full | ice- axe |
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
We have ______ the first prize twice in 2 years.
The experience of nursing an injured bird left me ______ grateful for knowing the importance of being kind and compassionate to all creatures.
Use the proper punctuation mark.
Sure, if they were the same age
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
They wondered ______ had happened to him.
We must carry ______ despite the challenges we come across.
