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प्रश्न
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
frivolous rebukes
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उत्तर
My mom bathed my younger brother with frivolous rebukes.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Add -ly to the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blank.
1) perfect
2) near
3) kind
4) pleasant
5) eager
He fell over the step and __________ broke his arm.
Arrange the words below in pairs that rhyme.
Example:
young − lung
money − sunny
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young |
sad |
money |
chop |
lung |
last |
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wax |
could |
bad |
sound |
axe |
wood |
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way |
stop |
sunny |
fast |
round |
day |
Look at these sentences.
- Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
- Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.
Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.
1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
________________________
2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
________________________
3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
________________________
4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
________________________
5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
________________________
Sing and recite one of the famous folk songs given below.
There is a mountain for away.
And on the mountain stands a tree.
And on the tree, there is a branch.
And on the branch, there is a nest.
And in the nest, there is an egg.
And in the egg, there is a bird
One day the bird will fly.
One day we will be free.
Discuss with your teacher and classmates regarding the changes seen in the underlined words. Find the reasons behind the changes.
- a mountain – the mountain
- a tree – the tree
- a branch – the branch
- a nest – the nest
- an egg – the egg
- a bird – the bird.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Hardy was bored by that manuscript.
Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than ’
As soon as the bell will ring, the School Assembly will start
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
The militants were being taken to prison by the police.
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
His behaviour vexes me.
He didn’t turn up ____________ his busy schedule.
Change the following into passive voice.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
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.
Complete the sentence in past tense form.
The children ______ (play) in the ground when the teacher arrived.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
Keerthi ______ his work by next week. (do).
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Having finished the work, the manager decided to return home.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Another word for under ______
- A part of your arm ______
Read the list of words. Write down all the words related to those words. Create a “map” using a graphic organizer and discuss it in groups. One is done for you.
| library | building | garden | student |
| teacher | advertisement | animal | art |
Match the two halves of the sentences and read them.
| 1. | Sea turtles | threaten the survival of sea turtles. |
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2. |
Hatchlings | uses its front flippers to swim. |
| 3. | A turtle | come ashore to lay eggs. |
| 4. | Many factors | cut open the leathery egg shell. |
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.
There was a forest on the island.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
They _______ (write) the poem.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Purvaja ate______ salad of raw vegetables for dinner.
Choose the correct plural form.
Dog
Join the word and write the new word.
entertain + ment - _____.
Some tips to change singular to plural
Simply add s, if any one of a, e, i, o, u comes before y.
I was late ______ there was a heavy traffic.
Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.
I am so happy.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The doctor advised the patient ______his medicines without fail.
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
“No, I am Mathilde loisel.”
Note the difference between drive and ride. Use the two words correctly in your own sentences.
