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Make a list of adjectives in three different forms of comparison. Use different texts to find these.

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Make a list of adjectives in three different forms of comparison. Use different texts to find these.

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  Positive Degree Comparative Degree Superlative Degree
i. brave braver bravest
ii. good better best
iii. less lesser least
iv. difficult more difficult most difficult
v. little less least
vi popular more popular most popular
vii. many more most
viii. crazy crazier craziest
ix. famous more famous most famous
x. lovely lovelier loveliest
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पाठ 1.2: On To The Summit : We Reach The Top - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ २४]

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पाठ 1.2 On To The Summit : We Reach The Top
Brainstorming | Q 3. | पृष्ठ २४

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Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).

When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of ________and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)


Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.

 Rani : We need some bread and butter for breakfast.
Ravi : All right. I ___________ (go) to the bakery and get some.
(Before he goes out, Ravi talks to their father.)
Ravi : I ___________ (get) some bread and butter. Do you want any thing from the bakery?
Father : Yes, I want some salt biscuits.
Ravi : Fine, I ___________ (get) you a packet.


Look at these sentences.

  • Animals cannot survive for long without water.
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He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.


When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.

Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

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    It has been done by us.

We made a pact.


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Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

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    It has been done by us.

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a bolt from the ______ (a sudden shock, surprise).


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  • advice ______
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All children __________ something new every day.


Change the following into passive voice.

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Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.

It is ___________ to cut sandalwood trees.(legai)


Combine the pair of a sentence using the appropriate connector.

Sita saw a snake. At once she ran away.


Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

My book is new.


Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.

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Use the blended word in your own sentence.

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Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.

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Find me in the poem.

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Complete the following using their group name.

A ______ of wolves went hunting in the forest.


Use the clues to complete the compound word.

basket + ______ = ______

Write the collective nouns.

A _____ of birds.

A ____ of grapes.

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2. bored calm
3. glee interested
4. panic slow
5. hasty sunny

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She was waiting for bus.


Rewrite the sentence using the given word.

I have read this story.

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Use the suitable verb.

I ______ the book.


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Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.

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Complete the sentence with the simple past form of the given verb.

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Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:

Oxygen is the ______ element present in the earth’s crust.


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4. STD  
5. ISD  
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9. NSS  
10 PTA  
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22 NRI  
23 IIT  
24 ITI  
25 USB  

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