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प्रश्न
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Don’t commit this mistake again.
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उत्तर
Don’t commit this mistake again, will you?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Rickety table
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Come wait upon him: lead him to my bower.
Add a proper prefix to the following word to make a new word.
kind
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.
- cold
- freezing
- cool
- chill
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
the ______ sheep (of the family) a person who brings disgrace (to the family).
Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.
| rapidly | ______ |
| merrily | ______ |
| gratefully | ______ |
| cheerily | ______ |
| manfully | ______ |
| fearlessly | ______ |
| gloriously | ______ |
| victoriously | ______ |
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
Put the cubes in the box.
Write a negative sentence.
I’m reading a fantastic book.
He _________ (attend) the conference.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
enjoy ______.
Put students in pairs and tell them to interview their partner. To do this they must make questions, e.g. What’s the worst storm you’ve ever seen? They can also ask follow-up questions to find out more information. Do feedback on this as a whole class. Other thematic questionnaires of this kind could be:
Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Try to hear ______
- Another word for quiet ______.
“I have not done it today.” I explained that I had not done it ______
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
Kind
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Whatever you do, do well.
Connect the compound words and create a new word.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Choose the correct pictures.
between
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
omitted
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.
- My ______worked out well.
- We should ______our work well in advance.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______lead a horse to water, but you ______make it drink.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am always the winner.
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
When they had to climb through deep new snow the party sometimes had to______.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
Very few people in this town are as generous as Mr. Mohan.
Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.
Train journey is more comfortable than bus journey.
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
friendship
List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.
| 1. | Faster than the wind | Slower than a tortoise |
| 2. | (Big) ______ | (Small) ______ |
| 3. | (Fierce) ______ | (Gentle) ______ |
| 4. | ______ | ______ |
| 5. | ______ | ______ |
Listen carefully and classify the following into ‘one’ and ‘many’.
day, contrasts, teacher, lives, months, years, afternoon, porch, signs, face, fingers, leaves, blossoms, anger, bitterness, weeks, struggle, ship, darkness
| one | many |
