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प्रश्न
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
raise – rise– rice
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उत्तर
The philanthropist raised funds for the benefit of relations of those warriors who laid down their lives in Pulwama.
“The rise and fall of the Roman Empire” is an interesting book.
Many poor people do not use the ration rice but exchange it for other items.
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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
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Hairpin bend
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
We spent the night at Camp Eight.
Make a table of verb forms for your own reference. Try to arrange the verbs in alphabetical order. Keep adding new verbs to your table from time to time. When you write, check your work to see whether you have used the correct verb form.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
safe
Use the words given below in your own sentences so as to get different meanings. One is done for you.
| cricket | Cricket is a popular sport. |
| Cricket is active at night. | |
| bank | |
| will | |
| bark | |
| watch | |
| bat | |
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
We have been taught how __________ (endure) hardships during our training and now we can’t afford __________ (waste) money. We’re on our way!
Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.
| S. No. |
Column A | Column B |
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | |
| 1. | fond of | |
| 2. | hidden away | |
| 3. | lock up | |
| 4. | laughed at | |
| 5. | look at | |
| 6. | bring up | |
| 7. | gave up | |
| 8. | went through | |
| 9. | went through | |
| 10. | figure out |
When she was eighteen, she ______ run fast.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
The store was out of chocolate chips; ______________ they would need to make a different type of cookies.
He said that he wanted to become ________ engineer.
Read the given sentence carefully and fill in with an appropriate phrasal verb. Choose them from the help option.
Doing ______ every day in the morning keeps one healthy.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
We ______ not ______ to the market, in case it rains. (go).
Read the story and rewrite it using the simple past tense.
Juno the elephant is lonely and tries to make friends with the other animals in the forest. But, the other animals refuse to play with Juno because of his size. One day, all the animals are running away from Dera the tiger who is eating everyone he finds. Juno goes and gives Dera a swift kick. Dera immediately runs away. Juno is now everyone's friend.
The turtles come ashore only during the ______.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Listen carefully and take notes.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Wow___What a wonderful event ____
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
Her birthday is _____ 6th April.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence
I ______ a doctor.
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
The satellite _________ on the moon before they gave the command. (land)
Match the rhyming word.
| 1. | green | can |
| 2. | society | care |
| 3. | man | clean |
| 4. | welfare | duty |
Fill in the blanks using a, an and the.
______camel is the ship of ______ desert.
Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate compound words from those given in the box:
Reeta hurried along the road, dressed in her ______new dress towards the bus stop. Before ______, she had to reach the house of her ______. But the first ______of her travel was slow due to traffic jam. Her ______would be regarded with joy. She was ______ herself to reach the place. When she finally stepped into the ______, she was received with a big hug by her kind aunt. She was in time to join the ______at the village, for a ______.
| singsong | overstraining | spotless |
| gentlefolk | grandmother | courtyard |
| sunset | half-hour | homecoming |
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Ravi picked the banana peel and ______it in the dustbin.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
We are not completely sure but Kishore ______ come back tomorrow.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
have cold feet
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The Boss had full confidence on his Manager for successful completion of the project.
Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
You will be rewarded by the wise, if you ______(stand) for truth.
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
sawmill
Write the pairs of rhyming words.
