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प्रश्न
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
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Rewrite the following sentences in the way instructed
(i) The paddy is ripe enough to harvest
(Remove ‘enough’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(ii) How beautiful the sight was!
(Rewritte as an assertive sentence)
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
My new house is ______________ the one I used to live in. (big)
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
return
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
catch someone ______ handed (catch someone in the act of doing something wrong).
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
get a hold of
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
During our training we have got used to ___________ (be) weightless and ___________ (live) under difficult conditions.
When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
It is better not to disturb her, she ____________ (work).
Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.
| brothers and sisters | bitterness | joint family | share their fun | rich and the poor folk |
| shatter their family | charm of life | separate ways | the joy of earth | stick-together families |
The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.
Add a suitable prefix or suffix and make new words.
| -ship | -hood | un- | after- | -ion |
| -less | - ful | -ment | im- | -ous |
| child ___ | wonder___ |
| ____noon | count___ |
| relation___ | __patient |
| ___happy | excite____ |
| danger___ | perfect___ |
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
fashion ______.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
national ______.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(play Ten pin bowling)
They_____ to write the exercises neatly.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
The ship with its crew ___ sailing good.
“I was with him last week.” Jimmy told that ______ with him the previous week.
______ please bring some water for me?
Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.
We spent the whole day planting saplings.
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Paul______plays cricket with his friends.
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
My birthday falls ____ September.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
ravi wants book pen and pencil
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
I saw him in the ___________ (laboratory).
Write down clipped word for the given picture.
____________
(photograph)
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Tharini acts as an interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is wellversed and fluent in multiple languages. Tharini is a ______.
Match the following idioms related to difficult situations with their meanings.
| A | B | ||
| 1 | alarm bells ringing | a | abandoning one who is in difficulty |
| 2 | back to the wall | b | try any method to overcome a crisis |
| 3 | grasp/clutch at straws | c | sign of something going wrong |
| 4 | saved by the bell | d | in serious difficulty |
| 5 | hang out to dry | e | help at the last moment rescuing one from a difficult situation |
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
Adit has been promoted. Ranjan has been promoted. (as well as)
Expand the following outline into complete story and supply a suitable title for each.
Mr. X, a rich businessman – runs a company - always very busy with office work – one day his son – 10 years old – approaches dad and asks – how much he earns in one hour – father gets furious – boy persuades – father says Rs. 500 – immediately son asks for Rs. 300 – father shouts – wasting money on toys - son leaves to his room crying – father feels bad – thinks might need some stationery – enters boy’s room and gives money – boy becomes happy – takes some crumpled notes – under his pillow – counts everything together – total Rs.500 – gives it to dad – wants to buy – one hour of his time – father realizes his mistake – feels sorry and guilty – hugs son – closes
Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
bright - ______ - ______
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Nuisance
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
