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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
The tiger is the _____________ animal in the zoo (dangerous).
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उत्तर
The tiger is the most dangerous animal in the zoo.
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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 zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his _______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below, are Finite or Non-finite.
We lack the confidence to see ourselves as developed nations.
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.
I want to live in a developed India.
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
Write the adjective that is used to describe the following.
evening
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
rich (city)
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
At the back rose the high peak of Mount Ida, from which flowed many rivers and streams.
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - I have watered the garden.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
catch someone ______ handed (catch someone in the act of doing something wrong).
Note the words that are highlighted.
Marouckla ran to the top of the mountain where the big fire was burning.
The highlighted words are all nouns. Find 5 other nouns from the story.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
earned
Use the following word to construct a meaningful sentence on your own.
starvation -
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
Malini had bought a colourful hat for her daughter.
Global warming is ______________ the green house emission.
Match the words in column A with their Antonym in column B.
| S.No. | A | B |
| 1. | concentrate | incomplete |
| 2. | inevitable | distract |
| 3. | occasional | wise |
| 4. | complete | continual |
| 5. | insane | preventable |
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Their mission appeared __________ (be) in jeopardy.
You ____________ wear a coat, it’s quite warm.
Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
| pain-killer | stopped | cruelty | remedies | teaspoon | school |
| summersets | Peter | pretended | dejected | health | crack |
Tom Sawyer felt _________ as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to _______. His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his ________ condition. So, she began to try various ________ on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and __________ to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend
the ______ on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, _____. The ________ had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few ____________ and sail through the open window. She found the ___________ with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realized that what was _________ to the cat should be the same to the boy too and __________ giving medicines to him.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
You ___________ (listen) to the music.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
_________ she ________ (watch) TV?
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
earn one’s name.
Match the words with correct Synonym and Antonym from the table.
| S.No | Word | Synonym | Antonym |
| 1 | wide | privilege | freedom |
| 2 | noble | valiant | public |
| 3 | oppress | valuable | coward |
| 4 | honour | personal | ignoble |
| 5 | worthy | gentle | dishonour |
| 6 | private | broad | narrow |
| 7 | brave | subdue | unworthy |
There isn’t ____ (some/ any) water in the glass.
Fruits ____ good for health.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Mathematics ___ a branch of study.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
The students were intelligent. They could answer the questions correctly.
Read the news report given below and underline the passive form of verbs.
The police had announced that the State Bank of India was robbed yesterday. Two men entered the bank at 4.30 pm with guns in their hands. Customers and bank clerks were asked to lie down on the floor and one of the bank clerks was made to fill robbers’ bags with money. After that the two men left the bank quickly. The police officer said that more than one lakh of rupees was stolen from the bank but nobody was injured. He also added that the robbers would be found soon.
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
a ______ of tea.
Work in pairs.
A rhyme is a repetition of the same sound in two or more words. Usually they come at the end of lines in poems and songs. Eg. tower – power; king – sing
Discuss with your partner and pick out the rhyming words in the poem.
Read the sentences given below. Does the action happen every day or is it happening at this moment?
| 1. Deepa waters the plants every morning. | |
| 2. A triangle has three sides. | |
| 3. Sandhya is writing a letter. | |
| 4. The children are playing in the garden. | |
| 5. I go to school regularly. |
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
Birds ______ in the sky.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
You can use a pen ______ a pencil for writing.
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
The lift is moving______.
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
They ______ (come).
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
She was waiting for bus.
Choose the correct plural form.
Write the past continuous forms for the given verb.
I ______ while he was singing. (dance)
Choose the correct verb.
You ______ late to school.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)
complete the sentence.
I ______ the leader of my class.
complete the sentence.
The bus ______ brand new.
Fill in the blank
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
They had cooked the vegetables.
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
Everybody ______ (adore) you.
Use the picture and the word to write the adjective.
| long |
| round |
| thin |
| yellow |
| tall |
- The giraffe is ______.
- Its neck is ______.
- Its eyes are ______.
- Its skin is ______.
- Its tail is ______.
Read the extract from Kayal’s diary entry regarding her Nepal Trek, and fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
DAY 1 We ______(leave) Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We ______(spend) a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never ______(be) on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.
DAY 2 It ______(rain) when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We ______(reach) Pokhara after a hairraising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus ______(be) so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.
DAY 3 We _______________ (begin) our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we ______(pitch) tents for our camps in the dense forests.
DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide ______(block) our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides, is ‘yak attack’. Yaks ______(be) not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.
DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They ______(play) in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never ______(rain) and there are no trees. It ______ (be) windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.
DAY 6 Yesterday we ______(go) up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there ______(leave) us breathless. We ______(feel) that we couldn’t go any further. We ______(drink) a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.
DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to ______ (fly) instead of walking.
DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we _____(fly) between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we ______(spend) our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.
The ______dancer turned ______after the final performance. (weary/wiry)
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
par excellence
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
stand by
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Sh! Someone______ to our conversation! (listen)
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
The President gave the commander an award.
Now, Blend the following word.
parachute + troop
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
My friend waited for the ______ (meet).
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
I tried hard ______both ends meet.
Choose the verb and complete the sentence.
Vithya and Fathima have ______ briyani for the party.
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Apprentice
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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