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In the following passage, circle 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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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.

Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody

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Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [पृष्ठ १५]

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पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q e. i) | पृष्ठ १५

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!

Noun

Adjective

elephant

circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured,

round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold

face

building

water


Write the noun forms of the following word adding −ance or −ence to it.

persist ______________


In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.

Sue thought that she had fallen asleep.


Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.

She told me that she was a doctor.

Clause (1) ____________

Clause (2) ____________

Conjunction:


Read the following words and name the degree of comparison shown.

good – better – best 


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.


Write the adjective that is used to describe the following.

evening


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:

‘Here’s a pretty kettle of fish !’ said Tengumai.


Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

There were many people around the house.


Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.

Our first complete silence in months!


Complete the sentence in past tense form.

The children ______ (play) in the ground when the teacher arrived.


In the following passage, some words are missing. Choose the correct words from the given options to complete the passage.

Raghav (a) ______ in a middle-class family. He is a (b) ______ boy of 8. His mother (c) ______ as a software engineer in an MNC. (d) ______ is his favourite hobby. He (e) ______ the first prize in school level competition for drawing last week. He (f) ______ drawing at the age of 3. His mother (g) ______ he (h) ______ a great painter in future.

(a) (i) will be born (ii) is born (iii) born (iv) has born
(b) (i) school-going (ii) going to school (iii) school coming (iv) school gone
(c) (i) working (ii)works (iii) has worked (iv) will work
(d) (i) drawn (ii) had drawn (iii) drawing (iv) having drawn
(e) (i) win (ii) was winning (iii) wins (iv) won
(f) (i) was starting (ii) starting (iii) started (iv) is starting
(g) (i) hoped (ii)hoping (iii) hopes (iv) has hoped
(h) (i) will become (ii) becomes (iii) would become (iv)will be becoming

______ the scissors I returned it to her.


______ please bring some water for me?


Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.

Come here.


Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.

The toy______ boat danced on the pond.


Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.

She was waiting for bus.


He _________ just lost his wallet.


We ________ to the park. (go)


Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required. 

Richard Burton was a gifted theatre artist. He donned several roles with ease and is especially famous for the Shakespearean parts he played on stage. Mr. Burton is a born ______.


Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.

Automation and shared mobility will play a key role in this transformation.


Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.

It changes the way people commute in cities.


Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.

Evangelene ______ her job a couple of years ago. (quit)


Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

...tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in the country.


Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.

I tried hard ______both ends meet.


Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.

I wouldn’t throw it away.


Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.

Mithology


Form groups of 6-8. Think of similes using different objects, for example,

  1. Dry as land
  2. Wet as a puddle.

Now try to put together the similes to make a poem with rhyming lines.


Write the compound word from the pictures.

______

Write the compound word from the pictures.

 

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