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प्रश्न
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
have cold feet
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उत्तर
have cold feet- be frightened
The hotel staff had cold feet when Dubai police enquired him about Sridevi’s death.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.
endure _____________
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
Sue thought that she had fallen asleep.
Read the expression ‘permutation of possibility’. The consonant sound ‘P’ at beginning of the successive words creates a sonorous effect. This is an example of Alliteration. Find out more examples of Alliteration from the poem.
Find any two Alliterative lines.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Ramanujan was brought to England.
Find the pronunciation of the following words from a good dictionary.
strait, eruption, tremendous, dormant, extinct, tsunami, crater, plume.
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’
Match the following Active voice sentences with Passive voice.
| S.No. | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| 1. | I will never forget this experience | A novel has been written by her. |
| 2. | Mother made a cake yesterday. | The deer was being chased by the tiger. |
| 3. | Have you finished the report? | A cake was made by mother yesterday. |
| 4. | The tiger was chasing the deer. | Has the report been finished by you? |
| 5. | She has written a novel. | This experience will never be forgotten by me. |
Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.
Sita saw a snake. At once she ran away.
A______ is someone who suffers the effect of a crime.
A______ is someone who investigates a crime.
When will you return ______ home?
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Her shift finished ____ 7 p.m.
Punctuate the following sentence.
my friend priya speaks german and she is teaching me some words.
Match the rhyming words.
| health | charm |
| hook | wealth |
| harm | look |
Write the correct clipped word on the line.
I saw some wild animals in the _______ (zoological park).
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
12 INJURED AS BUSES COLLIDE About ______at the Dindigul bus terminus here today.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
a-la-carte
Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones or confusables.
| wallet | ______ | hoard | ______ |
| fairy | ______ | desert | ______ |
| medal | ______ | night | ______ |
| wait | ______ | sweet | ______ |
| yoke | ______ | plain | ______ |
| grown | ______ | might | ______ |
| earn | ______ | quite | ______ |
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
The culprit was caught. Immediately, he was taken to the police station. (as soon as)
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Suraj owns ______a typewriter ______ a computer.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accident – incident – incidence
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
E-mail is the fastest means of communication.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Dicided
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.
I love my country ____________.
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
He would borrowed the rest.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
I was like that ship before my education began.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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