Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Everyone______ when the earthquake hit the small town. (sleep)
Advertisements
उत्तर
Everyone was sleeping when the earthquake hit the small town.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
knew no bounds
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
There were a few potted plants in the courtyard. (not many)
Find an example of alliteration from the poem.
Other examples of Alliteration are:
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
They have asked me to pay the fine.
The trial was conducted ___________ the procedure of law.
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
Stay at
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Who _________ he __________ (help)?
I’m not going to the party tonight _______________ I didn’t get an invitation.
Complete the sentence given below choosing the right connector given in the option.
I forgot _________ I had to meet the Principal.
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
We came late. We did not miss the train.
There is unity in diversity ______ the people.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
Her speech is nice.
Answer the questions below. Write your answers in the second column of the table.
- How old are you?
- How tall are you?
- What bicycle do you have?
- How many languages do you speak?
- At what time do you usually wake up?
- How far is your home from school?
| You | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Height | ||||||
| Bicycle | ||||||
| Number of Languages | ||||||
| Wake Up Time | ||||||
| Distance to School |
______like to play hide and seek.
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
The toy______ boat danced on the pond.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.

Man
Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.
I am so happy.
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
Sakthi______ (earn) a lot of money.
Read the given passages and rewrite them using the direct speech.
The cyclist warned the driver not to move his car till the police arrived. The driver pleaded that it was not his fault; he was ready to pay a hundred rupees to repair the damaged cycle. The cyclist refused the money and insisted that the police be called.
Here is one long sentence. Split them into smaller sentences.
Like all living things, human beings also need food in order to live as every part of the body must get a steady supply of food so that it can work properly, but first the food eaten has to be broken down through a process called digestion so that it can dissolve in the blood and carried to all parts of the body.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
…which are not to be despised.
Now, Blend the following word.
motor + pedal
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Jessie enjoys bothering others.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Painting is an interesting hobby
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
To make a promise and then not to keep it ______ dishonesty.
i. Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases in the given dialogue to create a meaningful sentence. (1)
Did you know that the lack of hydrological resources affects more than 40% of the world population?
No, I didn't. What are hydrological resources?
(i) WATER RESOURCES, / SURVIVAL / AND PLANT / TO HUMAN, / ANIMAL, / REFER TO / WHICH / ARE VITAL / HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES
ii. Report the dialogues to complete the paragraph that follows. (2)
| Photographer: | I want to use a drone for photographing your event. |
| Customer: | Really! Do you usually offer this advice? |
| Photographer: | No. I don’t. Your event is in an open and picturesque area and I want to capture the complete scene. |
The photographer told the customer that she wanted to use a drone for photographing his event. The customer exclaimed in surprise and asked (ii) ______. The photographer replied in the negative and shared that (iii) _______as his event was in an open and picturesque area.
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Place: You may sit wherever you like.
You may sit ____________.
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.
The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll.
