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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb: Catherine did not have any cash because she ______(lose) her purse. - English

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

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

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Catherine did not have any cash because she had lost her purse.

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [पृष्ठ १६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q f. vi. | पृष्ठ १६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).

When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of ________and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)


Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).

You found him.


Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.

Stable - ________.


Give other ‘-ly’ adverbs of similar meaning for the following. Use a thesaurus if needed.

rapidly ______
merrily ______
gratefully ______
cheerily ______
manfully ______
fearlessly ______
gloriously ______
victoriously ______

Engineers ___________ bridges.


Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.

to see one fight


Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.

brothers and sisters bitterness joint family share their fun rich and the poor folk
shatter their family charm of life separate ways the joy of earth stick-together families

The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.


Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.

waiting out income
green sun room
tax alarm dry
traffic wall house
clock jam glasses
hair cleaning cut
put paper  
  1. Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean __________.
  2. Tharani had given the sarees for __________.
  3. The __________ is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
  4. Never wait for an __________ to wake you up.
  5. The children were late to school as there was a __________ near the toll plaza.
  6. The government expects every individual to promptly pay the __________.
  7. People usually wear __________ during summer.
  8. The patients were asked to sit in the__________ until the doctor arrived.
  9. With teamwork we are able to multiply our __________.
  10. The room was looking bright with the colourful __________.

Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.

He ______ is responsible for the downfall of his life.


Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

Muthu likes computer games, but he doesn’t play computer games very often.


Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.

  • The past tense of leap ______
  • Something to serve food on______

“I was with him last week.” Jimmy told that ______ with him the previous week.


Fill in the blanks with correct Meaning and Eponym for the given words.

Eponym Meaning Origin
saxophone    
volcano    
Eiffel Tower    
Boycott    
Mount Everest    

Vimala and Srinath have met after a long time. Read the conversation given below and complete the dialogue. Role play the situation with your own words.

Vimala Hello Srinath, I haven’t seen you for a long time. Where are you rushing off?
Srinath ______hospital.
Vimala Why are you going to hospital? Are you ill?
Srinath No, I ______to see my friend.
Vimala Oh! What happened to him?
Srinath ______.
Vimala Are you______ tomorrow?
Srinath Yes, I am free.
Vimala You are in a hurry, meet you tomorrow. Take care.
Srinath Ok! Bye.

Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

It _____ (go) to Delhi.


Write the past continuous forms for the given verb.

I ______ while he was singing. (dance)


Write some pattern words and divide them.


Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.

Birds migrate ____ spring and autumn.


Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.

Vishal drew______ wonderful picture on the board yesterday.


Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.

Suresh was playing chess.


Colour the common noun green and proper noun blue.


Name the character or speaker.

“My dear, you learnt the most difficult stroke in Judo.”


Answer the following.

Name of the object In your mother tongue Use in a sentence
     

Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.

You ______ (travel) around the world.


Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.

She always ______ (make) excuses for coming late.


Add appropriate question tags and role play the dialogue with your friend.

Jeyanth Hello, Anish! It’s your Physics exam today,______
Anish Yes. They had set a very long paper. Yet, I managed to finish the paper.
Jeyanth True. My maths paper too was very long. I couldn’t finish it.
Anish I too could not complete my paper.
Jeyanth Ok. Actually, my question paper was very easy.
Anish Mine wasn’t easy. I made a silly mistake.
Jeyanth Tell me about your English paper.
Anish The story comprehension was very easy. I am sure to score more than ten marks on fifteen. I wrote it very well. There wouldn’t be any mistake.
Jeyanth For me, my letter-writing was the best. I didn’t make a single mistake.
Anish Ok. I’ve got lots to study for tomorrow’s exam.
Jeyanth Me too. So, see you later. All the best, bye.
Anish Thank you. Wish you the same, bye.

Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

How ______ you open my bag?


Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.

I cannot do anything better for you than this.


Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.

As soon as the teacher enters, she is greeted by her students. (Begin: No sooner….)


This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.

I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.


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