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प्रश्न
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
eminent - imminent
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उत्तर
eminent (famous) – imminent (something bad likely to happen very soon)
Every eminent scientist has an unseen past in which he must have struggled to prove his theory or inventions to the world.
Environmentalists are apprehensive of the imminent earthquakes in mega multipurpose projects’ catchment areas as they fall under seismicity-prone areas.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Find proverbs, maxims, and Idioms related to ‘friendship’.
- For example: Birds of a feather flock together.
- .........................................................
- .........................................................
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Say WHY. . . . .
................the sky has a magical quality.
Pick out any two lines from the poem that contain an Apostrophe.
Pick out examples of Inversion from the poem.
Find five adjectives that end with '-ful'.
Then write the antonym of each.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
fight (verb)
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
once in a ______ moon (very rarely).
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
rely on
Write the noun form of the following word.
beautiful ______.
Combine the pair of sentence given below into a single sentence using the noun form of the highlighted word.
He speaks well. It attracts all.
Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.
I have never seen such a picture.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Fifteen minutes ___ allowed to read the question paper.
Change the singular nouns to plurals by either adding's, ‘ies’, ‘es’, ‘ves.
| Sr.No. | Singular | Plural |
| 1. | leaf | leaves |
| 2. | lorry | lorries |
| 3. | bat | bats |
| 4. | clock | clocks |
| 5. | table | tables |
| 6. | lamp | lamps |
| 7. | doll | dolls |
| 8. | biscuit | biscuits |
| 9. | knife | knives |
| 10. | loaf | loaves |
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
a ______ of milk.
Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.
Ajay mastered the techniques of painting.
They are going home from school, ______?
Match each word with its antonyms.
| 1. | shady | misery |
| 2. | bored | calm |
| 3. | glee | interested |
| 4. | panic | slow |
| 5. | hasty | sunny |
We ______ not found the dog yet.
Choose the correct word.
This box is _______ heavy to lift.
Fill in the blank.
1 is ______ 2.
Fill in the blank.
It _____ all the candies. (eat)
Use watch in correct verb form to complete sentence.
I ______ TV.
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
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| UNCLIPPED | CLIPPED |
| chimpanzee | |
| photo | |
| mike | |
| cafeteria | |
| gas | |
| helicopter | |
| telephone | |
| varsity | |
| memo | |
| influenza | |
| hippo | |
| bridegroom | |
| fan | |
| demonstration | |
| pram | |
| refrigerator |
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______ not believe my eyes. Is Santhosh the one who is standing over there?
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
I wouldn’t refuse, ______.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Hima Das ran so fast that she______ win the medal.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Do not tell a lie.
Fill in the following blank using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must tell ______ I mustn't do it.
