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Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb: I ______never______(see) such a beautiful sunrise before I came here. - English

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

I ______never______(see) such a beautiful sunrise before I came here.

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I had never seen such a beautiful sunrise before I came here.

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  या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
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. i. | पृष्ठ १६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.

We _____________ go for swimming lessons last year.


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’).

Its legs hung limply.


Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.

The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.

What does social democracy mean?

Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.

Fraternity means a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians.


Explain the metaphor in the following line : 

Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.


In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.

John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.


Complete the passage by filling in appropriate prepositions from the list- (with, out, to, in, from, during, of, for, by). Some prepositions may be used more than once.

In Tamil Nadu, a very interesting form of recitation named Villupattu developed (a) ____________ the 15th century. Villupattu means bow-song because a bow-shaped musical instrument (b) ___________ strong high tension string is used (c) __________ placing it (d) _______________ an earthen pitcher. It is believed that this narrative form was an invention (e) __________ Arasa Pulavar. The troupe gives its performance mostly (f) ___________ temple festivals. There are seven to eight persons in a troupe who form a kind (g) ___________ chorus that supports the main singer-narrator. When the chief narrator sings, the chorus takes (h) ____________ the refrain (i) _______________ the song and repeats it in unison. The whole party sits (j) _____________ the ground and performs (k) __________ a lot (l) ____________ gesticulation and facial expression to suit the narrative they have taken. The ballad style songs are composed (m) __________ the rural dialect which appeals (n) ___________ the audience who sometimes join the troupe (o) ____________ suitable notes or words.


_______ we are impressed with their performance.


Complete the story using the past tense of the verbs.

The Hare and the Tortoise

One day a Hare and a Tortoise decided to have a race. The Tortoise _______ (know) that the Hare _________ (can) run faster than him. But the Tortoise _______ (be) more intelligent than the Hare. 'Yes, I'll race you,'_________ (say) the Tortoise. The Tortoise ______ (have) a clever plan. He ______ (find) his brothers and sisters and he ______ (tell) them to wait in different places along the path of the race. So they all ______ (hide) behind the trees along the path. The race ______ (begin)! The Tortoise ______ (run) as fast as possible. But the Hare ______ (be) faster, of course. 'This will be a very easy race', ______ (think) the Hare. So the Hare _________ (decide) to rest, and he quickly ____ (fall) asleep at the side of the road. Suddenly, the Hare  ______ (wake up) and he ______ (see) a Tortoise ahead of him! 'How did he get ahead of me?' the Hare asked himself. In fact, it ______ (be) not his friend the Tortoise: it ______ (be) the Tortoise's sister. But to a Hare, all tortoises look the same. The Hare ______ (run) past the Tortoise easily. Soon, he ______ (cannot) see the Tortoise, so he ______ (sit) down to rest. Then the Hare ______ (get up) and continued the race. But as the Hare _______ (turn) around the last corner before the finish line, his friend the Tortoise crossed the line and ______ (win) the race!


There isn’t ____ (some/ any) water in the glass.


Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.

Nalini leads a happy life.


Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.

Gullivers Travels ___ an excellent story.


Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.

Roshan dreams of becoming an architect.


Find the antonym for the following word.

Delight × 


Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

A ______ of grapes.


The turtles come ashore only during the ______.


Colour the abstract noun.

tiger fear fish law
pen joy friend rules
picture freedom kindness computer

Match each word with its antonyms.

1. shady misery
2. bored calm
3. glee interested
4. panic slow
5. hasty sunny

Match the words in Column A with their pairs in Column B to form compound words and write them in Column C.

A B C
mantel lashes  
eye wheel  
water gate  
bee knob  
toll piece  
door proof  
spinning hive  

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

If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.


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.


Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

in toto


Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.

eligible - illegible


Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

Poonam ______ not catch the bus yesterday.


Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

You ______lead a horse to water, but you ______make it drink.


Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.

You______ not waste time on it. (necessity)


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

We enjoyed the trip very much.


Fill in the blank with the word given in option.

The old lady found ______in the company of the children in the neighbourhood.


Write the compound word using the pictures.

+
______

Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.

At one stroke


Write compound word using the picture. 

+
      ____________

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