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प्रश्न
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
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उत्तर
- end - English
- weight - height
- go - to
- tall - shall
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
near - ________.
Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.
1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit
2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill
Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.
Say WHY. . . . .
................the sky has a magical quality.
Say whether the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.
Having invaded India, they captured our land.
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Inversion
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 idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ herring (something that diverts attention from the main issue).
Choose the correct option.
We use ______when something is suggested or recommended.
A good student always ________ hard.
Match words from the different columns to make reasonable predictions. Then write them down in the space below. One has been done as an example.
Write the sentences.
- In 50 years the ice cap will have melted.
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
In the following passage, some words are missing. Choose the correct words from the given options to complete the passage.
Raghav (a) ______ in a middle-class family. He is a (b) ______ boy of 8. His mother (c) ______ as a software engineer in an MNC. (d) ______ is his favourite hobby. He (e) ______ the first prize in school level competition for drawing last week. He (f) ______ drawing at the age of 3. His mother (g) ______ he (h) ______ a great painter in future.
| (a) | (i) will be born | (ii) is born | (iii) born | (iv) has born |
| (b) | (i) school-going | (ii) going to school | (iii) school coming | (iv) school gone |
| (c) | (i) working | (ii)works | (iii) has worked | (iv) will work |
| (d) | (i) drawn | (ii) had drawn | (iii) drawing | (iv) having drawn |
| (e) | (i) win | (ii) was winning | (iii) wins | (iv) won |
| (f) | (i) was starting | (ii) starting | (iii) started | (iv) is starting |
| (g) | (i) hoped | (ii)hoping | (iii) hopes | (iv) has hoped |
| (h) | (i) will become | (ii) becomes | (iii) would become | (iv)will be becoming |
Complete the following table with two more compound words.
| Noun + Noun |
kitchen garden, 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Verb |
mouthwash 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Verb + Noun |
watchman 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Preposition + Noun |
overcoat 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Gerund + Noun |
bleaching powder 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Gerund |
housekeeping 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Adjective + Preposition + Noun |
good for nothing 1. ______ 2. ______ |
| Noun + Preposition + Noun |
mother-in-law 1. ______ 2. ______ |
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
Sita saw a snake. At once she ran away.
He discussed the problem ______ his parents.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We will be ______in Chennai in approximately ten minutes.
“I have not done it today.” I explained that I had not done it ______
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Jancy returned home because she was tired.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Priya asked when are we going on a vacation ____
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
a _________ of fish.
Write what they were doing at 5 o’clock yesterday.
I _________ cricket with my friends.
My mother _________ TV.
We _________ mango.
My friends _________ their bicycles.
Mohan _________ a letter.
The bell _________ loudly.
Look at the picture and answer the following.
| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
He _______ a house in America.
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______ boy.
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
They ______(eat) their breakfast.
Underline the prepositional phrase.
With reference to your advertisement in a local newspaper, I am applying for the post of a salesman.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Nobody would have known the truth if you had not disclosed it.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
You should add a little salt to the buttermilk
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
emotion + song -
Identify the two Main clause and conjunction in each of the following sentence.
Understand the concept well, otherwise you cannot solve the problem.
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
angry - ______ - ______
