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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
‘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
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.
crosscurrents
List all the verbs related to the verb ‘say’ or ‘tell’ from the story. Note where they occur. Rewrite at least 3 of the speeches near which they occur using indirect speech.
Change the following into Passive voice.
Go for a jog early in the morning.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Scientists admit to __________ (be) intensely curious about life on other planets.
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
attend to
It always ________ here in the afternoon.
What are they doing? Use the verbs below and write sentences.
eat cry play read sing watch
Write a question for the answer.
_________________?
No, they aren’t singing.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
accurate __________.
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
There was only a ___________ of people in the theatre.(hand)
There are _____ (many/much) apples in the basket.
Only _____ (some/a few) are green.
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
One always felt like drawing close to him
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
We saw an elephant, while we ______(go) on a trip to Ooty
Complete the following using their group names.
A ______ of fish swam past our boat.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
The box was heavy ______ he could not lift it.
Uma’s family is going on a holiday. Write what they will be doing there.
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Uma _________ |
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Her brother ______ |
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Look at the pictures given below. Arrange the jumbled words into a sentence. Write the sequence of the sentences according to the pictures in the blanks given. Pick the adjectives from the sentences and write them below the picture.
- order/a yummy, round and big cake/her parents.
- her/a wonderful doll/present/Madhu’s friends/with
- which falls on Sunday/for her birthday celebration/ Madhu/her close friends/invites
- welcome/she and her parents/with a broad smile/their/ guests
- enjoyed the day/felt/happy and/Madhu and her parents
- the house with colourful balloons/her parents/ decorate/and attractive cartoon
- pink/Madhu/frock/wears/on her/birthday/a long.
Join the word and write the new word.
Dance + er - _____
Give the correct verb form for following sentence
I ______ a doctor.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)
Fill in the blank
Do you want tea ______ coffee?
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
I had gone to my grandma’s home.
What we say?
Fill in the blank.
______Vaigai
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am very busy.
Raja_____
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were ______to the top.
Write the compound word using the pictures.
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Write a compound word using the pictures.
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