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प्रश्न
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
a turning point
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उत्तर
Gandhiji’s encounter with an ill-clad poor woman in Madurai was a turning point in his political life.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He watched the working seamen.
Underline the verb form in the following sentence and state its Tense and Aspect.
They are waiting for the right winds.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Tenali Raman proved to be wittier than Pundit Shahane. (Rewrite using ‘as witty as’)
List the prepositions you find in this poem.
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
in vain
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than’ (Note: The phrase, ‘No sooner’ must always be followed by an auxiliary (helping verb).)
As soon as they can manage, they should change their house.
Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.
- safe
- comfortable
- quick.
Find the antonym for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo locked the narrator inside the cabin.
The trains to Chennai always _________ on time.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
in wild haste.
They have been here ______ a long time.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Try to hear ______
- Another word for quiet ______.
You go to school, _____.
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
Clean the ashes out of the ______place.
Complete the following using their group names.
She bought a new ______ of shoes for her birthday.
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
happening gently and slowly______.
We celebrate Independence day _______ 15th August, every year.
Form new words with appropriate suffixes.
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She ________ the bill. (pay)
Write the past form of the verbs.
swim - ______.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey.
Complete the passage by filling the blanks with the passive forms of the verbs.
The water should be boiled in a vessel. Then tea leaves and milk ______to the water. The vessel ______ with a lid. The tea ______ and ______ into the cups. Sugar ______and ______ well.The tea ______ hot.
Read the following story and do the exercises that follow.
Last night somebody broke into our neighbor’s house. He stole everything he found. The neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Umar, saw him while he was running away but they couldn’t catch him. This morning an inspector arrived to make an inquiry.
The Inspector posed certain questions to Mr. Umar.
| The Inspector | The thief broke into the house at around 10 p.m. What were you doing then? |
| Mr. Umar | I was watching a movie with my wife. Then I went to the kitchen to prepare tea. |
| The Inspector | How many minutes did you spend in the kitchen? |
| Mr. Umar | I think 10 or 15 minutes… I’m not sure…. |
| The Inspector | Did you prepare tea? |
| Mr. Umar | Yes |
| The Inspector | OK. Thanks. |
The Inspector also asked Mrs. Umar some questions:
| The Inspector | What were you doing at around 10 pm yesterday? |
| Mrs. Umar | I was watching a movie while drinking my coffee. |
| The Inspector | Coffee? But your husband prepared tea. |
| Mrs. Umar | Tea? No… We didn’t drink tea last night. |
| The Inspector | OK. What was he doing in the kitchen? |
| Mrs. Umar | He was thirsty. He wanted to drink water. |
| The Inspector | Hmmm. What happened then? |
| Mrs. Umar | A friend of his called him and he went out to help him. |
| The Inspector | So, you were alone at home, weren’t you? |
| Mrs. Umar | Yes, I was. I called him immediately but he didn’t answer. |
The inspector was suspicious about Mr.Umar, so he asked him to come to the station for further questioning.
| The Inspector | You weren’t at home when the thief broke into your neighbour’s house. Where were you? |
| Mr. Umar | I went out to help a friend of mine |
| The Inspector | Who is that friend? |
| Mr. Umar | Ehhhh… he is just a friend. |
| The Inspector | Hmmm. Who is that friend? |
| Mr. Umar | I told you already. He is just a friend. |
| The Inspector |
If you cannot prove that you were with a friend, we can arrest you. At the end of the questioning session, Mr.Umar told the inspector the truth. “Last night, somebody called me, but he wasn’t my friend. I had borrowed some money from him and he had given me time till last night to return it. But I did not do so. So, he called me and asked me to meet him outside the house. That’s why I went out. I did not tell my wife as I did not want her to know about it. When I went out, I saw a stranger entering my neighbour’s house but I did not stop as I was in a hurry to meet the moneylender. |
Answer the questions after reading the story.
- Did Mrs. Umar see the thief?
- What was Mrs. Umar doing when the thief broke into the house?
- Was Mr. Umar watching movie with his wife when the thief broke in the house?
- What was Mr. Umar doing in the kitchen?
Frame suitable questions for the following statements.
- Mr. Umar was at home when the event occurred
- Yes, Mr. Umar saw the thief entering the neighbour’s house.
- Mrs. Umar was watching the movie while her husband was drinking water.
- The thief broke into the house while they were watching a movie.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Her parents ______ in Coimbatore for two weeks from today (be).
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The rescue team would not have saved the victims unless they had received the call in time.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
The anticipation of this imagined separation only increases their fondness for the calf.
Write a dialogue between Ram and Shyam on the given theme (minimum three meaningful exchanges).
‘Importance of education'
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Penting
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.
I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.
Write a compound word using the pictures.
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