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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:
Atul is not as bright as Milind in studies.
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उत्तर
The form of the adjective (bright) was positive in the first sentence because there is no difference between the qualities of the two nouns that are being compared.
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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.
I was carrying the Indian flag.
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Direct Speech: Amar said, "I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket."
Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the next day.
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When he opened it, he found sheets of paper.
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calmly × ______
softly × ______
carefully × ______
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You will get your teeth cleaned at least once a year.
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You are making a cake now.
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| Dhanalakshmi: | It is in ____________ nice neighbourhood. And it’s close to the railway station. |
| Nagarajan: | And ____________ bus stop is not too far away. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | How many rooms are there? |
| Nagarajan: | There are three rooms, ____________ kitchen and ____________ balcony. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | There is a ____________ lawn behind ____________ house, right? |
| Nagarajan: | That’s right ____________ lawn is actually quite large. Did you see any photos of ____________ living room, online? What does it look like? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | ____________ living room looks great. It looks bright and airy. It has ____________ nice view of ____________ hills. But ____________ kitchen looks ____________ Little small. |
| Nagarajan: | And, I remember you said there isn’t ____________ store room, right? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | No, but there is ____________ attic, where we can store things. |
| Nagarajan: | I hope this house is ____________ better option. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | Lets wait for____________ real estate agent. She said, she would be here at three o’clock. |
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| Trying is easy. | |
| Having tried everything, he gave up. | |
| All I can do is try. | |
| If she tried, she would succeed. |
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| 1. | Becky Thatcher, Tom’s friend had ______ coming to school. |
| 2. | So, Tom became ______. |
| 3. | Aunt Polly ______ about Tom. |
| 4. | She tried ______. |
| 5. | Tom pretended to like _____ and asked for it very often. |
| 6. | One day Tom gave the pain-killer to ______. |
| 7. | The incidents that followed made his aunt ______. |
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Stanley will inform you later.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
We ______ (gather) here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
The office goers ______ (wait) for the train.
Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.
The train halts at every junction.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ have come to know the truth.
Run ______ the street and get me the ribbon.
Find the antonym for the following word.
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| could | may | ought to | might | dare | used to | need |
Pooja hired a bicycle.
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Kind
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
Clean the ashes out of the ______place.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
You need to do your homework right after dinner ___
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
She ______ (swim).
Put the word in the correct order to make a sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
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Divide the following words.
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Boy ______the cake.
I missed the bus ______ I took a taxi.
Fill in the blank.
5 is ______ 4.
Match the clipped words.
| 1. | Photo | mathematics |
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| 3. | Cent | photograph |
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The boy will have grown up like a man in few years.
What we say?
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He______TV with his friends.
Say what they are doing now?
He ______.
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Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Tagore/award/Nobel prize/
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
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______ I go to school today?
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Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
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| set off | to stay at a place for a short period of time when travelling to another destination |
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