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प्रश्न
Sing and recite one of the famous folk songs given below.
There is a mountain for away.
And on the mountain stands a tree.
And on the tree, there is a branch.
And on the branch, there is a nest.
And in the nest, there is an egg.
And in the egg, there is a bird
One day the bird will fly.
One day we will be free.
Discuss with your teacher and classmates regarding the changes seen in the underlined words. Find the reasons behind the changes.
- a mountain – the mountain
- a tree – the tree
- a branch – the branch
- a nest – the nest
- an egg – the egg
- a bird – the bird.
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उत्तर
In the above poem, each of these words is preceded, once by a definite article and later by an indefinite article. Each of the nouns given above is referred to as an uncountable arbitrary thing that turns into a specific countable noun in the next line. For example, the poet talks about a non-specific mountain from far away in the first line but when a tree is introduced in the second line it refers to that particular mountain. In any sentence, the noun in question determines the use of articles.
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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:
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
Dense - ________.
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
Stable - ________.
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:
The dining room is brighter than the kitchen.
‘She went to one of the kitchen drawers’.
Look at the sentence carefully. The underlined word tells us that she went (some time ago) to a particular place (at one of the kitchen drawers). Now discuss with your partner and tell the class what you did ‘yesterday’ and what your friend did ‘yesterday’. Complete the table. One is done for you.
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- Write at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns each. Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
- Can you think of proper nouns that include two or more words? How are they written? Find at least ten such nouns.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
give someone a ______ look (a look of anger, dislike, etc.)
Find out and write down some proverbs/axioms/quotations that convey a message similar to ‘Self-help is the best help.’
Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.
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| 1. | fond of | |
| 2. | hidden away | |
| 3. | lock up | |
| 4. | laughed at | |
| 5. | look at | |
| 6. | bring up | |
| 7. | gave up | |
| 8. | went through | |
| 9. | went through | |
| 10. | figure out |
Write a negative sentence.
I’m looking for my bag.
Convert the following active sentence into a passive sentence by supplying an appropriate passive verb form.
They didn’t invite me, but I went anyway. / I ________________ but I went anyway.
______ Earth revolves around the sun.
I found ________ one rupee coin in the playground while playing.
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,...
Pick out the words in alliteration.
There is______ coffee left in the pot. Do you want?
Supply suitable linker.
Many writers make incorrect sentences __________ they try to put sentences together. They may make grammatical errors __________ leave out important punctuation marks. Making such mistakes is quite common __________ preparing the first draft . __________ he must carefully edit his final draft.
Write the noun form of the following word.
Accept ______.
Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.
I have never seen such a picture.
When Usha looked out of the window dark clouds ______ (gather) over the mountains.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is an excellent opportunity.
When will you return ______ home?
Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately on the table.
| David, Madurai, parrot, happiness, book, thought, green, tiger, Trichy, computer, Narayanan, fan, sister, Kalam, woman, pencil, Bharathi, problem, brother, Mumbai, swan, elephant, Vijay, solution, success, school, convent. |
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Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
It might be a ______ride because we are flying through a storm.
“I may lend you some money.” Balu promised ______some money.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
You can use a pen ______ a pencil for writing.
Change the sentence from future continuous to past continuous.
Lucy will be getting ready.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
You ______ an engineer.
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
You _________ a beautiful painting.
Write the correct preposition.
The doll is ______ the boxes.
Fill in the blank.
Watermelon is ______ pineapple.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
They had cooked the vegetables.
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
Everybody ______ (adore) you.
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.
Write the past form of the verbs.
run - ______
______ the water overflowed from the tank.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
The voyagers did not ______ to drop anchor at the unknown island.
Fill in the blanks in the following sentence, using preposition if necessary.
The students discussed the problem ______themselves. However, they did not arrive ______any conclusion. They went ______their class teacher and discussed ______her. She gave a solution ______it and they were happy.
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
Measles (is, are) very serious.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in camera
Here is one long sentence. Split them into smaller sentences.
Like all living things, human beings also need food in order to live as every part of the body must get a steady supply of food so that it can work properly, but first the food eaten has to be broken down through a process called digestion so that it can dissolve in the blood and carried to all parts of the body.
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
draw up
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Her parents ______ in Coimbatore for two weeks from today (be).
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Expressing gratitude ______ others is common in a vote of thanks.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
A library is a public place. We see a number of books kept there for reading. (where)
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
There is a pharmacy near that bus stand.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Many victims of the pipeline explosion in an oil refinery were left permanently______.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
In spite of his poverty and setbacks, he was able to launch his dream carrier.
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Just as we thought our chuckles had subsided.
Now, Blend the following word.
motor + pedal
The most noticeable difference between American and British English is in the vocabulary usage. There are hundreds of everyday words that are different.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
The librarian orders books for the school library every year. (Begin: Books…)
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Cranky
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with animals
- as cunning as a fox
- ______
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Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
That living word awakened my soul.
Write compound words using the pictures.
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In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
He ran around problems while trying to fix the computer.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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