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प्रश्न
When we compare two nouns, we use comparative adjectives. When we compare more than two nouns, we use superlative adjectives.
For Example. –
a. Milind is taller than John.
b. Zakir is the tallest of the three brothers.
Look at the following sentence and observe the changes in the sentence. Discuss the changes and note your responses:
Anne is the brightest girl in class.
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उत्तर
In the third sentence, the superlative form of the adjective (brightest) is used because there is a comparison between more than two nouns.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!
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Noun |
Adjective |
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elephant |
circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold |
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face |
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building |
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water |
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
Someone stole my bicycle. ________
Say whether the following sentence is in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
My father gave it to the mechanic. ______
(i) Match words under A with their meanings under B.
|
A |
B |
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remote |
difficult to overcome |
|
means |
most prominent |
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dominant |
be overcome/overpowered |
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formidable |
method(s) |
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overwhelmed |
far away from |
(ii) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with appropriate words from under A.
(a) There were ___________ obstacles on the way, but we reached our destination safely.
(b) We have no ___________ of finding out what happened there.
(c) Why he lives in a house ____________from any town or village is more than I can tell.
(d) ___________by gratitude, we bowed to the speaker for his valuable advice.
(e) The old castle stands in a __________position above the sleepy town.
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
happy - ________.
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
When you ___________ (see) Mandal again, you __________ (not/recognise) him. He is growing a beard.
Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
Rani : Why are you turning on the radio?
Ravi : I ________ (listen) to the news.
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
Road users ______________ do what they wish; they _____________ follow the traffic rules.
Look at the sentences given below. Find out which one is correct. If the sentence is wrong give reasons.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
The timetable was not altered.
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Cowardly × ______
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.
Neel - I put the dishes in the dishwasher.
List as many words as you can that will go with the given adjective. (At least 3 each.)
Example: sudden - sudden change, sudden shower, sudden fall
- simple
- odd
- only
- honest
- long
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
lent
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
get a hold of
Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.
It was funny to read words that stood still.
There is a temple right ________ my house.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
Who is that boy ________ on the table? (stand)
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the verb in bracket.
As soon as my father arrives, we ___________ (go) to watch the film.
The plane _______ (leave) at 3 o’clock.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Sheeba ______ (move) to a new house next week.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
By next year, I ______ in Chennai for fifteen years. (live).
There are _____ (many/much) apples in the basket.
Only _____ (some/a few) are green.
But there are______ near it.
Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
Until the sun sets, the old woman cannot step out of her house.
Someone who might have committed a crime is a ______.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
When he saw the train in the platform he rushed.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- A place to grow flowers ______
- Something to be careful of______
______ please open the window?
The turtles come ashore only during the ______.
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.
We spent the whole day planting saplings.
Add 'r' , ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity. Take turns in class to make sentences with the words you have formed.
e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
- use
- buy
- sail
- watch
- operate
- foreign
- bake
- write
- govern
- act
Peter played handball yesterday, _______?
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Terry Sam and Jeremy went to the movies together ____
He walks usually _______ the morning.
She _________ never forgotten her bag.
Use the suitable verb.
Banu ______ the lesson.
Use the suitable verb.
Suresh ______ the poem.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
We play cricket on Sundays. (Aravind)
Choose the correct place of the apple.
Choose the sentences that are in simple future tense.
- They washed the van.
- Kamal will meet you at the shop.
- My dad helps me read.
- It will rain tomorrow.
- He ate many mangoes.
Can you try to fill the blank.
This is ______ owl.
Complete the sentence by using the following options.
The______and queen attended the court.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
First passenger train/inaugurated /India /1853
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
deja vu
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
I ______ never tell a lie. (determination)
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Sundari has been taken to hospital by her husband.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The rhinoceros has a horn made of keratin, haven’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)
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
There he was sitting in splendour on his chair.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy.
Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)
| A | B |
| odor | odour |
| program | |
| parlor | |
| apologize | |
| color | |
| check | |
| theater | |
| gray | |
| behavior | |
| humor | |
| labor |
Report the dialogue between a vendor and his customer by completing the sentence:
| Vendor: | It is nice to see you, Sir! |
| Customer: | Yes, indeed! Unlike last month, I have been away for quite some time this month. |
The vendor greeted his customer respectfully and mentioned that he was pleased to see him.
The customer answered in the affirmative and explained that _______.
From the (The Story of Tea) passage, copy correctly any three sentences that begin with ‘How’.
Fill in the following blank using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must tell ______ I mustn't do it.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
