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प्रश्न
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Shaggy monsters
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उत्तर
Shaggy monster:The fearful physical appearance of the Tibetan Mastiffs
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Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.
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Fill in the blank in the following dialogue choosing a suitable phrase from those given below.
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| exhaustion | |||
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The parents must be informed ___________ any indiscipline conduct of their wards.
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| (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 |
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Rearrange the words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
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Transform the following sentence as instructed.
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Arrange the words in alphabetical order, find the meaning of the words from the dictionary and fill in the blanks.
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- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
- ______ - ______
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Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
luncheon -
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
smog -
Choose the correct conjunction from the option.
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Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
The tray has______ vegetables.
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You can use a pen ______ a pencil for writing.
Connect the compound words and create a new word.
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Pick the abstract noun.
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Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
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complete the sentence.
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Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
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Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
Niru _________ joined her family in 2 years.
Say what they are doing now?
He ______.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets and read the completed passage aloud.
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| honour | ||
| respect | ||
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| fertile | ||
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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Write compound words using the picture.
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I would not even know how to set ______ mending a watch.
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Hold fast to something
