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Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option. ______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time. - English

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Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.

______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.

पर्याय

  • in favour of

  • in case of

  • according to

  • on the whole

  • on account of

  • on behalf of

  • in spite of

  • instead of

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on account of his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.

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पाठ 2.1: A Nice Cup of Tea - Grammar- Prepositions Phrases [पृष्ठ ४६]

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पाठ 2.1 A Nice Cup of Tea
Grammar- Prepositions Phrases | Q 2. f) | पृष्ठ ४६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.

Someone stole my bicycle. ________


Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.

You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.

Bepin Babu/orders to/telling people/under/loved/doctor’s/eat early/that he was

Ans:____________________________________________

Idiom:__________________________________________


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

happy - ________.


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

enormous - ________.


Look at these sentences.

  • Animals cannot survive for long without water.
  • So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.

The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.

He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.


Find the antonym of the following from the passage.

Defenceless × ______


From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.

great (hero)


Use the following phrase in your own sentence.

turn down the offer


Complete the following table with two more compound words.

Noun + Noun

kitchen garden,

1. ______ 2. ______

Noun + Verb

mouthwash

1. ______ 2. ______

Verb + Noun

watchman

1. ______ 2. ______

Preposition + Noun

overcoat

1. ______ 2. ______

Gerund + Noun

bleaching powder

1. ______ 2. ______

Noun + Gerund

housekeeping

1. ______ 2. ______

Adjective + Preposition + Noun

good for nothing

1. ______ 2. ______

Noun + Preposition + Noun

mother-in-law

1. ______ 2. ______


Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.

Sita saw a snake. At once she ran away.


Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.

She knows where I go.


A______ is someone who suffers the effect of a crime.


Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.

This is Varun. His father is an architect.


Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

My book is new.


Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.

sarathy said oh how thrilling it was


Find out the clipped word for the following.

helicopter + pad -


Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.

We saw an elephant, while we ______(go) on a trip to Ooty


A conjunction is a word that joins two words or a sentence.

Do you want apple _________ pear?


I was late ______ there was a heavy traffic.


Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.

I threw a rock in the lake.


Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.

The boy will have grown up like a man in few years.


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

Many people ______ (serve) you.


Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.

Do not tell a lie.


Underline the gerund in the following sentence.

Dancing gives me joy.


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

The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.


Write the compound words from the pictures.

+
______

Write compound word using the picture.

+
____________

Write compound word using the pictures.

+
______

Note the difference between drive and ride. Use the two words correctly in your own sentences.


Listen carefully and write the verbs in the appropriate column.

Main verb  Auxiliary verb  Modal auxiliary
     

Teacher: can, give, following, commanded, get, has, been, spare, does, take, hand, have, fall, forgive, let, drag, return, will, is, try, has, must, be, resist, force, speak, are, were, should, had, thought, lost, would, says, was, are, does, may, cannot, demand, shall, shouldn’t, become, reign


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