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प्रश्न
Notice the adjectives in phrases such as ‘infant loves’ and ‘brave clearness. What is the meaning of these adjectives
(i) in isolation
(ii) as part of these phrases.
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उत्तर
(i) The meaning of the adjective in isolation is to be away from everyone or to stay alone.
(ii) The meaning of the adjective as part of these phrases means repetition of words at the starting of a line.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Noun Modifiers
Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
| (i) | An otter fixation | (iv) | The London streets |
| (ii) | The iron railings | (v) | soft velvet fur |
| (iii) | The Tigris marshes | (vi) | A four-footed soccer player |
There are nouns in the text (formation, government) which are formed from the corresponding verbs (form, govern) by suffixing – (at)ion or ment. There may be change in the spelling of some verb – noun pairs ; such as rebel, rebellion; constitute, constitution.
Make a list of such pairs of nouns and verbs in the text
| Noun | Verb |
| Rebellion | Rebel |
| Constitution | Constitute |
Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb:
dream
Use the following word in two different sentences as a noun and as a verb:
‘Watch’.
Complete the following table. Put a cross if a word-class does not exist.
| Sr.No. | Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| 1. | absence | |||
| 2. | alarm | alarm | alarming | alarmingly |
| 3. | attraction | |||
| 4. | enable | |||
| 5. | admire | |||
| 6. | agree | |||
| 7. | applicable | |||
| 8. | avoidably | |||
| 9. | differ |
Fill in the gaps in the table.
| WORD-FORMS |
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| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| 1. success | succeed | successful | successfully |
| 2. ........... | inspire | ........... | ........... |
| 3. ........... | ........... | safe | ........... |
| 4. ........... | harm | ........... | ........... |
| 5. thought | ........... | ........... | ........... |
| 6. ........... | ........... | ........... | brightly |
| 7. courage | ........... | ........... | ........... |
| 8. ........... | ........... | ........... | hastily |
She spoke in an ______ tone. (excited / excitedly)
They gave him whatever made him ______. (happy / happily)
He ran very ______. (slow / slowly)
He would become a ______ sitarist some day. (great / greatly)
Life went out of him ______. (gentle / gently)
Classify the following words in the given table appropriately.
(modest, luncheon, generously, rank, restaurant, appearance, large, expensive, watch, coffee, brought, afford, practical, apartment, moment, brightly, started, thoroughly)
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.
credit
Use the following word as a noun as well as a verb and make meaningful sentences with each set, in your notebook.
stitch
Pick out from the story words that mean the following.
Against each consumer write (N) if it is a Noun (V) for Verb and (Adj) for Adjective.
- reluctance to spend money ___________ ( )
- relating to ___________ ( )
- urge ___________ ( )
- reduce in value ___________ ( )
- wisdom ___________ ( )
- very huge ___________ ( )
- foolishness ___________ ( )
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
I walk to school everyday.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
I go for a walk everyday.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
They gave me a gift everyday.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
You can gift her a story book.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
It was sold as a gift pack.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
They bought a new house on 10th street.
Use the same word as a noun and a verb to make a meaningful sentence.
March
Use the same word as a noun and a verb to make meaningful sentence.
honour
Use the same word as a noun and a verb to make a meaningful sentence.
credit
Use the same word as a noun and a verb to make a meaningful sentence.
Stitch
Complete the table.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| 1. | strong | ||
| 2. passion | |||
| 3. | change | ||
| 4. | organizedly |
Fill in the gaps in the table.
WORD-FORMS
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| 1.success | succeed | successful | successfully |
| 2.____________ | inspire | ____________ | ____________ |
| 3.____________ | ____________ | safe | ____________ |
| 4.____________ | believe | ____________ | ____________ |
| 5.thought | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| 6.____________ | ____________ | ____________ | brightly |
| 7.courage | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| 8.____________ | ____________ | ____________ | hastily |
Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb:
dream
Use the given word in two meaningful sentences as an adjective and a verb each:
Calm
