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प्रश्न
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
I have a headache.
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उत्तर
Why don’t you try beating it with a hammer ?
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the items given below. Some are sentences and have a finite verb. Others are phrases and have a non-finite verb. Write [S] for sentences and [P] for phrases in the boxes provided.
1. Subroto is playing with my brother. .........
2. Playing the piano ........
3. Trees fallen on the road .......
4. Rohan fell down and hurt himself. ........
5. The medals won by our house ..........
6. This year we won the gold medal. .........
7. Hanging on a silver chain ........
8. Sheetal is hanging the decorations in the room. ......
9. It is impossible to ignore the beggars on the roads. ........
10. Ignoring my warnings ........
11. I swim for an hour daily. .......
12. To swim in the pool. .........
Look at the pictures and complete the story below them, using an appropriate form of one of the verbs in the box below.
| look, | watch, | view, | steal, | find, |
| jump, | climb, | run, | search, | live, |
| stay, | land, | peer, | speed |
One night Bhola, while + ____________the sky from his verandah,
heard a strange sound. Just about + _____________in the forest nearby was a
spacecraft. Next day the people of the town were +________ away from
their homes, frightened by the strange creatures who had landed in their
midst. The intruders ran all over the town, +_________ food, money
and all that they could lay their hands on. Scared out of his wits, Bhola hid in
the bushes. +__________ through his binoculars, Bhola* ________one of
the intruders +_______ into a box. On +_______ a small mouse
+_________ out of the box, the intruder* _______off in terror. This gave
Bhola an idea. He spent the next day+________ for mice.
Next morning Bhola* ________ a cage full of mice to the spacecraft
and set them free. On+ ________ the mice, the intruders were
too frightened + ________on Earth any longer, and they
* ______ in their spacecraft immediately.
Now put the verbs you have just filled in above, in column A (verbs marked+) and B (verbs marked*) below.
| COLUMN A (verbs marked +) | COLUMN B (verbs marked*) |
| Non-finites |
Study the verbs given in Column A and Column B. How do they differ from each other?
The verbs in Column A are not controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they are ...............
The verbs in Column B are controlled by the number, person and tense of their subject. Therefore, they are ...............
What are the verbs in Column A called (Write in the box below)?
Fill in the blanks using the correct from of the words given in the box
below.
When the teacher caught the boy _________ in the examination, he stood there _____________and ___________ .____________the loud admonition of the teacher, the headmaster rushed in. The boy started to cry ________ that he would be expelled from the school. ___________ the situation very quickly, the
headmaster asked the boy to follow him to his room.
| fear, cheat, hear, assess, quiver, tremble |
Given below is an extract from the story 'The Iron Man and The Space Being'. Complete the story using suitable non-finite verbs. You may choose words from the box given below.
| worry change peer hit frighten blaze |
One day there came some strange news. Everybody was talking about it.
Round eyes, busy mouths,_________ voices - everybody was talking about it.
One of the stars of the night sky had begun______This star had always been a very tiny star, of no importance at all. It had shone up there for billions and trillions and zillions of years in the Constellation of Orion. In all its time this tiny star had never changed in any way.
Now suddenly, it began to get bigger. Astronomers, _______through their telescopes, noticed it first. They watched it with _______ frowns.
The tiny star was definitely getting bigger. And not just bigger. But bigger and bigger and Bigger. Each night it was BIGGER. Bigger than the Dog-star, the large, coloured twinkler the heel of the Hunter
Orion.
Bigger than Jupiter, the great __________ planet. Everybody could see it clearly, night after night, as it grew and Grew and GREW. They stared up with frightened faces.
Till at last it hung there in the sky over the world, blazing down, the size of the moon, a deep gloomy red. And now there could be only one explanation. The star was getting bigger because it was getting nearer. And nearer and Nearer and, NEARER.
It was rushing towards the world.
Faster than a bullet.
Faster than any rocket.
Faster even than a meteorite.
And if it hit the world at that speed, the whole world would simply be blasted to bits in the twinkling of an eye. It would be like an express train _________ a bowl of goldfish.
No wonder the people stared up with frightened faces. No wonder the astronomers watched it through their telescopes with worried frowns.
Now combine the following pair of sentence using a suitable verb in its
'ing' form.
We tried to enter the pavilion. The police prevented us.
Explain the following sign using to+ verb :
_____________________________________-
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
My car isn't starting.
Give the solution to the problem below using the 'ing' form or the verb.
Make the solution as unusual as possible.
My hand sand feet are frozen!
Work in pair. One of you will ask the question, the other will give the answer with the help of the clue in bracket. Write down in the spaces provided.
- Why did you return home early? (help with the housework)
- _______________________________________________________
Work in pair. One of you will ask the question, the other will give the answer with the help of the clue in bracket. Write down in the spaces provided.
- Why did Kiran sell her car? (buy a van)
- _________________________________________
Match the news items with the headlines. Write the correct headline above each news item.
| 1. Business Firms Involved in Pooja Celebrations | 3. Mr. Das Appointed MD of ODC |
| 2. NPI Taxation Relaxed | 4. Schoolboy Kidnapped |
| a . The UMI board has cleared the appointment of Mr. Das as the new Managing Director of the Overseas Development Council .......... | c. Vinodh, an eight year old boy studying in a local public school, has been missing since yesterday. An eye-witness saw the boy being forcibly taken in a black car and reported the matter to the police. Unfortunately, the car's registration number was not noted down. |
| b. The Advance Ruling Authority, functioning under the Income Tax Law, has relaxed procedure rules governing taxation of non-resident Indians ...... | d. While people are gearing up to celebrate the 'Pooja' with customaiy zest, sponsors have not been slow to take advantage. |
Discuss
How do these words - appointed, relaxed and kidnapped - help in framing the headlines ?
Look at the picture. Describ picture with an appropriate non-finite as shown. Try not to repeat the verb .
- ____________________________
Look at the picture. Describ picture with an appropriate non-finite as shown. Try not to repeat the verb .
- ________________________
Correct the following sentence :
- Her actions make my blood to boil.
Correct the following sentence :
- They are counting on me playing for their team.
Correct the following sentence :
- We were prevented to enter the classroom.
Make a list of four things you remember doing as a young child •
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
Now, make a list of things you must remember to do this coming week •
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
- _________________________________________________________________
Here is the advice that Sagarika Sen has given to Som Shankar. Complete the letter using non-finites:
Dear Som Shankar,
The easy way out would be__________ your servant to say that you are not at home, or that you have left strict instructions that you are not___________ at any cost. If you feel that your friend would be offended by this, then tell him that your parents do not approve of your_______ and_____ when you should be spending your time______ . Explain to him how you are getting_______ (by you parents) because he wants ___ time with you.
But please make it clear that your parents do not disapprove of him. (It's just, at the moment, they would rather want you to spent your time _______).
Once the exams are over, he would be welcome to your house any time. But, for now, he should stay away.
Sagarika Sen
(Source: The Telegraph Weekend, 5/ 10/96)
