Advertisements
Advertisements
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.
We made a pact.
Advertisements
उत्तर
A pact was made by us.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.
We _____________ go for swimming lessons last year.
Match the words in Column A with what they imply in Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) pilgrim | (a) threat to life |
| (2) journey | (b) trap |
| (3) evening or close of day | (c) life |
| (4) chasm, deep and wide | (d) death |
| (5) building a bridge | (e) old age |
| (6) pitfall | (f) a dutiful man |
| (7) close of day | (g) solving the problem/getting rid of the threat to life |
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
They looked healthier than the other plants. (not as healthy as)
Write the Rhyming word and Scheme of the 3rd stanza.
The pilgrim raised his old gray head,
“My friend in the path I’ve come,” he said, “There followeth after me today
A fair haired youth, who must pass this way. The chasm which held no fears for me
To the fair haired youth, may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim.
My friend, I am building this bridge for him.”
Classify the words in (a) and (b) into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ words.
- great, beautiful, arrogant, impatient, quiet, worthless, proud, happy, thoughtless, hasty
- shouted at, wasted, answered, offered, smiled, refused, toiled, grew, dyed, rewarded, destroyed.
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.
spyglass
List all the adverbs that end with ‘-ly’ from the passage.
What is Transitive and intransitive verbs and give some example.
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 - cleaned my bicycle.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
eldest
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
The tiger jumped into the river.
Complete the following.
Example: patient - patience.
differ - ______
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Make me a cup of tea, shall you?
In the following sentence the verb have two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
The boss showed the new computer to Kaviya.
Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.
- safe
- comfortable
- quick.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
We astronauts must keep on ______ (prepare) for our space launch.
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
Stay at
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
The cat ______ was waiting for the mice to come out of its hole.
I ____________ (go) to Thanjavur by this time tomorrow.
My mother throws a______ of grains for the parrots every day.
Complete the sentences in the paragraph using the appropriate form of words given in brackets.
My sister wanted to go to Mumbai last week. She made a __________ (decide) to buy a ticket at once. As __________ (reserve) could be done online, she gave __________ (prefer) to book a ticket that way. First, she collected __________ (inform) about the __________ (arrive) and __________ (depart) of trains and airplanes.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of your friends can guide you.
Look at the picture and write eight sentences using prepositions.
Where is the rabbit?
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
- ______
Work in pairs and say the sentence to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentence.
This is a banyan tree.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
The town in which I live is very large.
Find me in the poem.
I can carry you
Punctuate the following sentence.
when is your birthday.
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
Birds migrate ____ spring and autumn.
Use the suitable verb.
The robot ______ some words.
Write the correct suffix.
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Choose the correct word.
They went _____ the park.
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Every morning, I brush my teeth and stare ________ at the mirror.
We ________ to the park. (go)
They ________ him before the party. (meet)
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
The exam __________ when I reached the exam hall. (start)
Fill in the blank.
You ________ the match by this time tomorrow. (win)
Answer the following.
 |
||
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
Sakthi______ (earn) a lot of money.
Fill in the blank.
______Vaigai
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
A young man was driving the car.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
Nirmala ______(be) to the concert several times.
Read the following extract and fill in the spaces with the right form of verbs and complete the passage. The first one is done for you.
The poet stops to hear the maiden singing while she 1 ______(cut) and 2 ______(bind) the grain. The song of the lady 3 ______(fascinate) the poet, who 4 ______(stand) there to listen to the song. The girl ______(sing) a sad song.
Fill in the blanks in the following sentence, using preposition if necessary.
The new machines are quite different ______the old ones. They are able to work ______a much faster pace, a substantially reduced risk ______the environment.
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
Rekha and her sisters (watch, watches) television everyday.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
These shared AVs will run at higher utilization rates.
- We usually ______ tickets for movies in advance.
- Thirukkural is my favourite ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in camera
Look at the list of idioms given below. Find their meanings from a dictionary. Read the sentences that follow and replace the words in italics with the appropriate idioms, making suitable changes wherever necessary.
- right up one’s alley -
- drive one up the wall –
- hit the road –
- take (one) for a ride –
- in panic mode –
- The old man got irritated at the loud noise outside.
- We were driving, when it started raining heavily. After stopping for an hour, we began the journey again.
- Ramesh gave false excuses for not attending the meeting and deceived me.
- At the interview when questions were fired at me rapidly, I forgot everything and grew irritated
- I love thrillers and this book appeals to me strongly.
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
draw up
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
My mother was tired yesterday because she ______well the night before (not sleep).
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...that they only drink it in order to be warmed and stimulated.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Adit has been promoted. Ranjan has been promoted. (as well as)
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
How did you do the experiment?
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The new health care scheme announced by the Government will bring relief to the children suffering with acute tuberculosis.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy.
Now the teacher will read the following words. Listen carefully to the stress in each word. Write against each word whether it is a noun or a verb and mark the stress.
| 'contract | con'tract |
| conduct | con'duct |
| 'object | ob'ject |
| 'subject | sub'ject |
| 'present | pre'sent |
| 'desert | de’sert |
| 'project | pro'ject |
| 'refuse | re'fuse |
| 'address | ad'dress |
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
The librarian orders books for the school library every year. (Begin: Books…)
Write a compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
