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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.
tight corners
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उत्तर
Tight corners – difficult situations.
Those who act on impulse find themselves in tight comers.
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Here is a question of indirect speech. Put it into reported speech.
Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.
fill in the blank using the correct form of the word given.
Rain water ____________ from the umbrella all over the carpet.
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.
Read the sentences.
- Yatin is strong.
- Amit is stronger than Yatin.
- Pravin is the strongest of all.
In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.
In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)
In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)
Complete the table of degrees of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| (1) great | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) famous | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) ____________ | easier | ____________ |
| (4) ____________ | worse | ____________ |
| (5) ____________ | ____________ | poorest |
| (6) ____________ | ____________ | laziest |
| (7) little | ____________ | ____________ |
| (8) ____________ | worthier | ____________ |
| (9) popular | ____________ | ____________ |
Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.
The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.
What does social democracy mean?
Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.
In Politics, we will be recognizing the principle of ‘one man one vote’ and ‘one vote one value’.
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
She refused to share her secret. (would not)
Explain the figure of speech tautology with example.
Pick out two examples of Personification from the poem.
Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)
These procedures can be performed through very small incisions. Our patients experience a number of benefits.
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
Explain the metaphor in the following line :
Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to undo
Change the meaning by changing the adverb.
Speak gently.
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 the bell will ring, the School Assembly will start.
Change the following into Passive voice.
Will you help me?
Choose the correct option.
The passengers rushed to board the bus _________ it arrived.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(visit the Tajmahal)
Put students in pairs and tell them to interview their partner. To do this they must make questions, e.g. What’s the worst storm you’ve ever seen? They can also ask follow-up questions to find out more information. Do feedback on this as a whole class. Other thematic questionnaires of this kind could be:
Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
Her speech is nice.
Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.
| able,ful, ly, sub, ion, un, tri, re, im, mis |
| _____call | comfort_____ |
| _____category | _____understand |
| _____proper | success_____ |
| equal_____ | _____colour |
| construct_____ | new_____ |
Fill in the blanks using on, in, and at.
My child was born _____ 2.30, _____ the afternoon, _____ Friday, _____ 17th of August, _____ 2016.
Write the correct preposition.
The doll is ______ the box.
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).
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
The patient is critical. He ______ be taken to the hospital. (compulsion)
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Maamanaar was unmatched.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
The culprit was sent to jail.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Seker or his brothers ______ done it.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
One day I was playing with the new doll.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
She brought my hat.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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