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Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:Hairpin bend - English Core

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Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Hairpin bend

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 Hairpin bend: Hairpin bend/turn is named after its physical resemblance to a hairpin. Such a turn can be found on mountain roads.

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पाठ 8.1: Silk Road - Working with words [पृष्ठ ८३]

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पाठ 8.1 Silk Road
Working with words | Q 2.4 | पृष्ठ ८३

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Complete the sentence below by using an appropriate phrase from the ones given below.

I saw thick black clouds in the sky. And ___________ ___________ it soon started raining heavily.


Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.

make up one’s mind 


Find the antonym of the following from the passage.

Cowardly × ______


Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.

to have a beneficial effect


Find from the lesson, the antonyms of the following.

afterward × ______
spending × ______
careful × ______
withdraw × ______
confidently × ______
cheerful × ______

Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.

My father ____________ play badminton in the evenings when he was at college. (past habit)


The cricket ball was hidden ______ the leaves.


Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.

What are you __________? (do)
I __________ (listen) to music.


Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.

You no shoot, we no shoot.


Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.

I ______ my sister's house next April if I go to Uttarkhand. (visit).


Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.

If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).


Frame sentences of your own using any five newly formed words.


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)


Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.

The quality of dal ___ not good.


Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.

Since he is a king, he can order everybody.


Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

a ______ of birds.


Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.

Sudharshan will succeed ______ he works hard.


Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.

But no one ever comes here!


Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.

The tendril moved towards grandfather.


He could have bought a new car, ______?


State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.

Whatever you do, do well.


Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.

The toy______ boat danced on the pond.


Punctuate the following sentence.

I like playing with my friends sandy sunny sameer.


List out the words under each group and divide them.

sunset market feature moonlight purple creature

 

     
     

Give the correct verb form for following sentence.

You ______ to school.


Give the correct verb form for following sentence.

He ______ to school.


Give the correct verb form using come.

  1. I ______ by bus
  2. They ______ by bus.
  3. He ______ by bus.
  4. She ______ by bus.

Fill in the blank

I want popcorn ______ not pizza.


Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.

Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______


Fill in the blank.

5 is ______ 4.


Meena studied in ______ standard. 


Complete the sentence with correct reflexive pronoun.

I like _____.


Write

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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:

We should never misuse or ______natural resources.


Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

Catherine did not have any cash because she ______(lose) her purse.


Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

My father ______(be) to Mumbai once before.


Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets

Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______(serve) as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 ______(cause) many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 ______(become) a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 ______ (transform) people. They 5 ______(develop) an addiction to it.


Explain the ______‘Cut your ______according to your cloth.’ (coat/quote)


Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.

Being a Monday, the shops _________ not be crowded today.


Underline the correct verb in these sentence.

Everybody (enjoy, enjoys) a good song.


Auction House Puzzler

You have come across many terms associated with an auction, in the lesson. Now solve the crossword puzzle with words from the lesson. Make use of the clues given.

Across

  1. conducts auction 
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Down

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  2. school of painting
  3. auction house 
  4. painting

Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.

I am fine. Thank you.

Victor ______


Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.

You should add a little salt to the buttermilk


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.


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______.


Here are some compound words chosen from the text.

ice-fall knife-edge wind-proof sleeping-bags
half-way never-ending partly-full ice- axe

Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.

The portraits would not have been so natural unless the artist had given his best.


Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

Deva forgot ______the letter.


Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

______ concession, you have to apply well in advance.


Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.

Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ravi.


Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)

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color  
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theater  
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Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.

I would rather eat fruit than a lot of unhealthy junk food. (Begin: I prefer….)


In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.

(I) As soon as I solved one problem, the teacher gave me another.

(II) No sooner ______


Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.

Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest

slow - slower - ______


Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)

refreshing


Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:

connoisseurs


Write the opposites (antonyms) of the following.

  1. cheap × ______
  2. discouraged × ______
  3. inadequacy × ______
  4. accept × ______
  5. simple × ______
  6. irrational × ______
  7. understand × ______
  8. clear × ______

Write compound word using the pictures.

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________________

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

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