Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
Advertisements
उत्तर
My friend escaped from the accident by the skin of his teeth.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
There was much ____________in the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)
Match the word connectors with reference to part I, II, III respectively. Make sentences of each of these connectors.
| No | Word | Connector | |
| 1. | government | (a) | person |
| 2. | betterment of | (b) | curbs |
| 3. | pure and ethical | (c) | degradation |
| 4. | community’s | (d) | launch |
| 5. | religions | (e) | dialogue |
| 6. | astonishing | (f) | silence |
| 7. | technological | (a) | motivation |
| 8. | frank | (g) | aspect |
| 9. | social | (h) | life |
| 10. | faith | (i) | centre |
| 11. | inquisitive | (j) | officials |
| 12. | academic | (k) | problems |
| 13. | environmental | (l) | humanity |
| 14. | pin-drop | (m) | service |
| 15. | alternate | (n) | bodies |
| 16. | remarkable | (o) | evils |
| 17. | silent | (p) | advancement |
| 18. | famished | (q) | brilliance |
| 19. | unsuccessful | (s) | accommodation |
| 20. | space-research | (t) | discipline |
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
My new house is ______________ the one I used to live in. (big)
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.
Fraternity means a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
The traveller arrived at the station after the train had left.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Complete the following table.
| No. | Figure of Speech | Line of the poem | Explanation |
| 1. | ________________ | ________________ | The sky is imagined to art like a human being. |
| 2. | ________________ | with gleaming gold | ________________ |
| 3. | Oxymoron | ________________ | ________________ |
| 4. | ________________ | The country wears a perfect smile. Anaesthesia, Amnesia, Hypnosis | ________________ |
| 5. | Paradox | ________________ | ________________ |
Change the voice in the following sentence.
He could not break the ban.
List 5 adjectives from the story.
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
to have a difference of opinion
Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.
under the influence
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
There were many people around the house.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
_________ she ________ (watch) TV?
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We wear this on our feet ______
A ______ is an idea or fact that helps us solve a mystery
Is your mother ______ home?
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Gullivers Travels ___ an excellent story.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
The boy could not attend the special classes due to his mother’s illness. (into Compound)
The wall collapsed.
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
The television was on but nobody______ (watch) it.
Choose the correct plural form.
Bush
I ______ never seen a cobra.
Write the correct suffix.
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Do as directed.
Dinesh and Prabhu left the bus stop. Varsha rang them. (combine into a complex sentence)
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I can’t remember what my teacher (say) yesterday about our homework. I (not listen) properly because Hussain (talk) to me at the same time.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______ be joking
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I don’t like to go out.
Johnson ______
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...but they are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become.
Identify the two Main clause and conjunction in each of the following sentence.
Understand the concept well, otherwise you cannot solve the problem.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) Not only was he a famous actor but also a renowned director.
(II) Besides ______
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
investigations
