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प्रश्न
‘I hear the bright bee hum.’ The poet has used the word ‘hum’ that indicates the sound made by the bee. This is an example of Onomatopoeia. The poet has used different figures of speech like alliteration, inversion, and hyperbole in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines accordingly.
Inversion
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उत्तर
"Here is a brighter garden,
Where not a frost has been;"
Explanation:
Inversion - The order of the words has been changed for a poetic effect. The correct order should be “Where (there) has been no frost”.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. _________
Classify the words in (a) and (b) into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ words.
- great, beautiful, arrogant, impatient, quiet, worthless, proud, happy, thoughtless, hasty
- shouted at, wasted, answered, offered, smiled, refused, toiled, grew, dyed, rewarded, destroyed.
Find what the young one of the following animal is called:
donkey -
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.
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before they are actually written down.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
catch someone ______ handed (catch someone in the act of doing something wrong).
Explain the metaphor in the following line:
Sometimes there are clouds...
Add the proper prefix like up-, un-, dis-, in- to the following to form the opposite.
happy
Change the following into Passive voice.
Why have you left your brother at home?
Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect words with correct prepositional phrase.
participates in sports. She gets on with everyone in case of __________________.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Scientists admit to __________ (be) intensely curious about life on other planets.
The Himalayas ______ India from the cold winds.
Complete the sentence using the correct form of the verb in bracket.
As soon as my father arrives, we ___________ (go) to watch the film.
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. |
Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.
Come and see! See what the Germans are doing!
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
He received your messages last night ______.
Read the situation given and frame two suitable sentence in the appropriate form of the tense.
| Mention any of your two dreams in the correct tense form. | 1. ______ |
| 2. ______ |
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
Complete the sentence given below choosing the right connector given in the option.
I forgot _________ I had to meet the Principal.
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
India became an independent country in the year 1947.
Unscramble the sound – describing words from the text. One has been done for you.
E.g. igeglg – giggle
| 1. | noam | |
| 2. | murebl | |
| 3. | lowh | |
| 4. | mobo | |
| 5. | cohe | |
| 6. | nogra |
______ on the flute, Krishna returned it.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
zoological park -
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
smog -
Sea turtles live their______ life in the sea .
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Come here.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Being compared to Sachin is an absolute privilege.
Kevin will come tonight, _______?
I'm clever, ________?
So you bought a car, ________.
Find me in the poem.
You can lay down on me
Form new words with appropriate suffixes.
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Use the suitable verb.
Banu ______ the lesson.
Write the opposites for the following pictures.
| fix | young | near |
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old | |
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break | |
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far |
Fill in the blanks.
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| Students are going ______ school. | There are ______ chocolates. | The tree is ______ big. |
Fill in the blank.
A is ______ B.
Can you try to fill the blank.
This is ______ owl.
Fill in the blank.
I bought ______ pair of shoes.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We should never misuse or ______natural resources.
Practise your modal verbs. Look at these signs and write down the rules, regulations or advice they convey using the modal verbs given below.
can - could - may - might – must - ought to – shall - should - will - would
Nobody can say ______there will be an improvement in the______
(whether/weather)
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Tharini acts as an interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is wellversed and fluent in multiple languages. Tharini is a ______.
Write the process of wrapping a Christmas gift in a paragraph in passive form, with the help of the pictures given below.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
tight corners
Words belonging to different semantic fields.
Now, read the following statements taken from Arignar Anna’s address:
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
She is ______an understanding person ______everybody likes to be with her.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
I would ______starve ______ beg.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
The tyres of the car got ______when the vehicle rolled over the rusted nails scattered on the road.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
I had my evening meals in a restaurant near my office.
Given below are the phrasal verbs with their meanings. Use the given phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.
| turn on | to open |
| took over | take lead |
| set of | start a journey |
| put of | postpone |
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
My village cannot achieve 100 % literacy rate, unless the elders of the village cooperate with the education department.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
My friend waited for the ______ (meet).
Write the compound words from the pictures.
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The mother gave ______ to the persistent demands of her child.
Within two minutes, write as many phrases or sentences as you can using ‘a little’.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Figars
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
friendship
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
You should have return it sooner.
This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.
On entering the door I remembered the doll I had broken.
