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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
Uses of 'pass':
- To move towards and then beyond something: The principal passed through the corridor.
- To be given from one person to another: The defender passed the ball to the midfielder.
- To be beyond something: This passes my understanding.
- To overtake: The truck passed me at a dangerous turn on the road.
- To spend time: They passed several hours in the garden.
- To accept or approve: The government has passed a resolution.
- To announce: The judge passed a harsh judgment on the criminal.
- To end or go away: His troubles soon passed.
- To be successful: I passed my driving test.
- To die or expire: My uncle passed away last year.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Find from the poem, three examples of Pun :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Find the antonym for the following word.
confine ×
Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.
| Section - A | Section – B |
| Phrasal verbs | Meanings |
| 1. set out | to go somewhere for a short break or holiday |
| 2. pick up | to begin a journey |
| 3. get away | to enter a bus, a train or a plane |
| 4. see off | to leave a bus, a train or a plane |
| 5. get into | to go to the station to say good bye to someone |
| 6. get off | to get someone from a place |
Read the Time Line of Harish. Write sentences using the present perfect tense.
- 1971 – Harish is born in Maduari.
- 1976 – Harish and his family move to Chennai.
- 1993 – Harish finishes college and starts working for Indian Oil.
- 1996 – Harish is promoted as a manager at Indian Oil.
- 1997 – Harish meets Amina.
- 2000 – Harish and Amina get married.
- 2001 – They have a child
1. ______
2. ______
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
Add 'r' , ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity. Take turns in class to make sentences with the words you have formed.
e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
- use
- buy
- sail
- watch
- operate
- foreign
- bake
- write
- govern
- act
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
frivolous rebukes
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
My father gave me some pictures to look ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
magnum opus
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
I could not complete my paper in the examination ______ I was slow in answering the questions.
List all the adjectives in the poem. Use the comparative forms of at least 8 of them to write new comparisons. Two of them have been given as examples.
| 1. | Faster than the wind | Slower than a tortoise |
| 2. | (Big) ______ | (Small) ______ |
| 3. | (Fierce) ______ | (Gentle) ______ |
| 4. | ______ | ______ |
| 5. | ______ | ______ |
