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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Vani is ______a good singer ______a good dancer.
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उत्तर
Vani is not only a good singer but also a good dancer.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ____________. (tremble)
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’).
He stroked its sides.
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Peace × ______
Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.
Make a sentence in the present perfect tense using the verb.
She ____________ to anybody.
John added a ______ of sugar to the lemon juice.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
understand __________.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- A place to grow flowers ______
- Something to be careful of______
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
moped -
Look at the words in the boxes. Match the words to make as many new words as possible. One is done for you. Eg. out house.
| out | root |
| river | wall |
| water | garden |
| flower | garden |
| sun | hill |
| aerial | bed |
| busy | sill |
| window | house |
| foot | shine |
| compound | fall |
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Being compared to Sachin is an absolute privilege.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
The florist ______ flowers on the street.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Connect the compound words and create a new word.
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Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
They were going to Coimbatore.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence
I ______ a doctor.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We should never misuse or ______natural resources.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
IIM Ahmedabad/establish/1961
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
eminent - imminent
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
illicit - elicit
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
come upon
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Nobody has been seen in the library this week.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Unless we plant more trees, we cannot save our planet.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
fine - ______ - finest
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Hold fast to something
Fill in the following blanks using proper words from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must show me ______ to mix the solutions.
It is not easy to keep ______ with the rapidly changing fashions.
