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प्रश्न
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accept – except – expect
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उत्तर
Don’t accept bribes.
Except for Raghu, all had paid the fees for NEET coaching.
Those who don’t expect much gain a lot in life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
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Past
Earlier past
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He stroked its sides.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
foolish custom
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Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Could the train be on time?
Change the following into Passive voice.
No one is borrowing the novels from the library
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His attitude shocked me./I _______________ by his attitude.
Report the following sentence.
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Complete the sentence in past tense form.
The children ______ (play) in the ground when the teacher arrived.
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
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They checked the packet twice. Then they sealed it.
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- 1971 – Harish is born in Maduari.
- 1976 – Harish and his family move to Chennai.
- 1993 – Harish finishes college and starts working for Indian Oil.
- 1996 – Harish is promoted as a manager at Indian Oil.
- 1997 – Harish meets Amina.
- 2000 – Harish and Amina get married.
- 2001 – They have a child
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
Complete the following using their group names.
A ______ of fish swam past our boat.
Choose the correct pictures.
behind
Write the past form of the verb.

sleep- ______
Add a prefix to each word so it matche the new definition
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| un, re, dis, pre | lucky, check, view, approve |
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What we say?

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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
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That (perch) in the soul -
And (sing) the tune without the words -
And never (stop) at all -
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I realised what ______.
