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प्रश्न
Look at the sentences given below. Find out which one is correct. If the sentence is wrong give reasons.
पर्याय
Sunita is the quieter of four sisters.
Sunita is the quietest of the four sisters.
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उत्तर
Sunita is the quietest of the four sisters.
Explanation:
When there is a comparison of more than two nouns, the superlative form (quietest) of the adjective must be used.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
Dense - ________.
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
Road users ______________ do what they wish; they _____________ follow the traffic rules.
Fill in the blank with comparative, superlative, and positive forms of the correct adjective in the bracket.
This is _____________ a road in town. (busy)
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
I wish to go to Egypt.
Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)
Cardiac Surgery was tried in the past. Patients did not survive.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Tenali Raman proved to be wittier than Pundit Shahane. (Rewrite using ‘as witty as’)
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
value
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
attack:
- Noun - __________________.
- Verb - __________________.
Find the antonym of the following from the passage.
Defenceless × ______
What is subject and predicate Explain with an example?
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ list (a list of defaulters).
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
simple device
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“Can I see the manager?” I said, “Certainly,” said the accountant.
Read the highlighted words. They are verbs.
The goalkeeper pounced on Dhyan Chand and hurt him
Now find at least 5 other verbs from the passage.
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
We could grow vegetables in our kitchen garden but we don’t do it now.
Change the following into Passive voice.
Will you help me?
Rewrite the following passage in Passive Voice.
A few days ago, someone stole Ambrose’s motorbike. Ambrose had left it outside his house. He reported the theft to the police. The police told him that they would try to find his motorbike. This morning, they found his motorbike. The police called Ambrose to the police station. The thieves had painted it and then sold it to someone else. The new owner had parked the motorbike outside a mall when the police found it. After an enquiry, the police arrested the thieves.
Mani divided his toys ______ his brothers and sisters.
Given below in Column A are some phrasal verbs taken from the text. Find the meanings by using a dictionary and complete Column B.
| S. No. |
Column A | Column B |
| Phrasal Verb | Meaning | |
| 1. | fond of | |
| 2. | hidden away | |
| 3. | lock up | |
| 4. | laughed at | |
| 5. | look at | |
| 6. | bring up | |
| 7. | gave up | |
| 8. | went through | |
| 9. | went through | |
| 10. | figure out |
Can You do It?
Talking about the abilities of your class members is a great way to review the use of the modal can.
| Can you? |
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Example: Can you play the guitar? Can you ______? |
Kalai didn’t complete his homework because ___________.
Report the following sentence.
Gladin said to his mother, “Can you, please, buy me a hot chocolate?”
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Both the minister _________ the officers visited the affected areas.
Read this text and fill in the blanks with future perfect tense
Iniya moves to Chennai to join an IAS coaching class. Tomorrow by this time, she ______ (join) the class. She ______ (undergo) training till next year. She ______(work)very hard by the time she comes home. Her parents______ (worry) about her health all the time. They______ (write)many letters by the time she comes home. They will be very happy when Iniya becomes an IAS officer
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ books have been written by a great Indian writer.
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Roshan dreams of becoming an architect.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
I saw Mr. Balu this morning and gave Mr. Balu my homework.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
This is my pen.
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
the woman said to the student please help me cross the street
Use the clues to complete the compound word.
| wheel + ______ | = ______ |  |
Match the phrases with their meanings.
Phrase: Phrases are groups of two or more words that work together to perform a single grammatical function in a sentence. Phrases do not contain a subject or a predicate.
| 1. drew level with | ran very quickly in panic |
| 2. whoop with glee | to leave a place quickly |
| 3. jammed on the brakes | as if one’s life depends on it |
| 4. clung for dear life | tried to stop the motion immediately |
| 5. charged up the road | rose to an equal level |
| 6. beat a hasty retreat | shout with enthusiasm and happiness |
Write the past continuous forms for the given verb.
She ________ the homework at 6 ‘o’ clock. (write)
Choose the correct verb.
You ______ late to school.
Fill in the blank
Do you want tea ______ coffee?
Recite any four lines of the poem with correct intonation.
Write the past form of the verbs.
eat- ______.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Finally, the manager learnt a ______the hard way.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
They firmly _______(believe) in the existence of God.
Read the extract from Kayal’s diary entry regarding her Nepal Trek, and fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.
DAY 1 We ______(leave) Anna International Airport in Chennai two days ago catching a direct flight to Kathmandu in Nepal. We ______(spend) a day sightseeing. Kathmandu is full of people, rickshaws and the smell of sandalwood. I’ve never ______(be) on a trip like this before. So I’m really excited.
DAY 2 It ______(rain) when we reached Pokhara, Nepal’s second largest city, and saw the snowy peaks of the Himalayas for the first time. We ______(reach) Pokhara after a hairraising six-hour bus journey along very narrow roads with a lot of hairpin bends. The bus ______(be) so full that one person had to share the driver’s seat.
DAY 3 We _______________ (begin) our trek at last. We are at about 900 metres and the weather is warm and humid. For lunch we had chips and yak cheese sandwiches. I didn’t like them very much. I’m thrilled that we ______(pitch) tents for our camps in the dense forests.
DAY 4 Yesterday a landslide ______(block) our path and we had to use ropes to get over it. This morning we walked along the river Kali Gandaki through dense forests of oak trees and we pitched our camp at Tukuche below the Annapurna mountain range. The main danger in addition to landslides, is ‘yak attack’. Yaks ______(be) not dangerous but you have to be careful if you meet a herd of them because they can push you off the sides of the mountain.
DAY 5 We met a lot of children on our trek through the villages. They ______(play) in the pool of muddy rain water as we left the place. We have already climbed 2,400 metres. Up here, it never ______(rain) and there are no trees. It ______ (be) windy and dusty and I am always thirsty.
DAY 6 Yesterday we ______(go) up to the mountainside of the township of Mukthinath, at 3,600 metres. The thin air with less oxygen there ______(leave) us breathless. We ______(feel) that we couldn’t go any further. We ______(drink) a lot of extra fluids to prevent altitude sickness.
DAY 7 We turned around today and started to descend to Jomosom. As we went down, the oxygen-filled our blood again and we seemed to ______ (fly) instead of walking.
DAY 8 We went back to Pokhara in a small plane yesterday. It was exciting when we _____(fly) between the mountain peaks. We arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon and we ______(spend) our last few hours in shopping. We leave for Chennai tomorrow. We’ve had a trip of a lifetime.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
Edith ______(visit) several doctors before she found out what the problem was with her knee.
Nobody can say ______there will be an improvement in the______
(whether/weather)
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
My brother ______ go abroad to pursue his higher studies next year.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I turn on the fan, please?
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The Chairperson of our company keeps travelling all over the world to attend conferences and we call her a ______.
Who wrote this complaint?
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.
You are busy getting ready for school. You receive a What's App message from your best friend, saying that he/she is very upset over the fight you had yesterday and doesn’t want to talk to you anymore. This distresses you as she sounds very firm. However, today is a big day at school with two tests lined up. What will be your state of mind? How will you handle this situation?
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
liaison
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I tried to climb up the tree, but______ not.
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I am learning English.
Jayan ______
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I bought a pen yesterday.
Madhu ______
Choose the appropriate linker from within the option and complete the sentence.
______ I got up early, I managed to reach school on time.
Expand the following outline into complete story and supply a suitable title for each.
Mr. X, a rich businessman – runs a company - always very busy with office work – one day his son – 10 years old – approaches dad and asks – how much he earns in one hour – father gets furious – boy persuades – father says Rs. 500 – immediately son asks for Rs. 300 – father shouts – wasting money on toys - son leaves to his room crying – father feels bad – thinks might need some stationery – enters boy’s room and gives money – boy becomes happy – takes some crumpled notes – under his pillow – counts everything together – total Rs.500 – gives it to dad – wants to buy – one hour of his time – father realizes his mistake – feels sorry and guilty – hugs son – closes
Go through the lesson and spot the word which mean the same as the following.
- profession (para 1)
- sorrowful (para 2)
- decency (para 5)
- destiny (para 6)
- hijacked (para 8)
- motivation (para 9)
- serious (para 10)
- significant (para 13)
Given below are some Phrasal Verb which are frequently used in connection with travelling. Guess the meaning and match.
| see off | start off / to begin a journey |
| stopover | to go to station or airport to say goodbye to someone |
| set off | to stay at a place for a short period of time when travelling to another destination |
Now, Blend the following word.
foreign + exchange
The mud houses are not ______ the buildings in your city.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Circals
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
The judge said to the prosecutor, “Do you agree with the arguments presented yesterday?”
(Begin: The judge asked…..)
