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प्रश्न
Do as directed.
Varsha reached the railway station. She was waiting for them there. (combine into a compound sentence)
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उत्तर
Varsha reached the railway station and she was waiting for them there.
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Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
He is the _______________ boy in class. (forgetful)
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
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Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.
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Look at the words in the box. Fill the wheel with their antonyms.
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Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
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Look at the picture and answer the following.
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
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In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
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Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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