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प्रश्न
Now, write the clipped and unclipped forms of the given words and complete the table.
| UNCLIPPED | CLIPPED |
| chimpanzee | |
| photo | |
| mike | |
| cafeteria | |
| gas | |
| helicopter | |
| telephone | |
| varsity | |
| memo | |
| influenza | |
| hippo | |
| bridegroom | |
| fan | |
| demonstration | |
| pram | |
| refrigerator |
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उत्तर
| UNCLIPPED | CLIPPED |
| chimpanzee | chimp |
| photograph | photo |
| microphone | mike |
| cafeteria | cafe |
| gasoline | gas |
| helicopter | copter |
| telephone | phone |
| university | varsity |
| memorandum | memo |
| influenza | flu |
| hippopotamus | hippo |
| bridegroom | groom |
| ceiling fan or fanatic | fan |
| demonstration | demonstration |
| Perambulator | pram |
| refrigerator | fridge |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.
Read the sentences.
- Yatin is strong.
- Amit is stronger than Yatin.
- Pravin is the strongest of all.
In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.
In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)
In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)
Complete the table of degrees of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| (1) great | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) famous | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) ____________ | easier | ____________ |
| (4) ____________ | worse | ____________ |
| (5) ____________ | ____________ | poorest |
| (6) ____________ | ____________ | laziest |
| (7) little | ____________ | ____________ |
| (8) ____________ | worthier | ____________ |
| (9) popular | ____________ | ____________ |
Find an example of alliteration from the poem.
Other examples of Alliteration are:
Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Who _________ he __________ (help)?
Fill in the gaps with personal pronouns.
Kumaravel lives in Thiruvannamalai. ______ is a doctor. All the people like ______ because of ______ helping nature. ______ hospital is located at Car street and most of ______ patients are poor so ______ does not charge much money. ______ daughter goes to school. ______ studies in 5th Standard. ______ teachers love ______ very much. ______ friends are also very good. ______ always encourage ______. ______ have given ______ good advice. ______ mother is also a teacher. ______ always encourages ______ to keep studying. I also like her as ______ often comes to ______ house. One day ______ told my mother that ______ wants to learn cooking. ______ mother taught ______ cooking. Now, ______ cooks well.
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ is an excellent opportunity.
Lithisha was praised ______ her father.
Put students in pairs and tell them to interview their partner. To do this they must make questions, e.g. What’s the worst storm you’ve ever seen? They can also ask follow-up questions to find out more information. Do feedback on this as a whole class. Other thematic questionnaires of this kind could be:
Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.
People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.
- Paper ______(produce) from wood.
- The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
- Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
- This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
- Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I returned home _______ the bus had started.
Use the clues and fill in the crossword puzzle.
| 1. | This word rhymes with seen. |
| 2. | This animal has two horns and a spotted coat. |
| 3. | This is a huge sea animal |
| 4. | Sounds like hair |
| 5. | Shines brightly |
| 6. | Rhymes with load |
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Who’s going to see them?
When the burglars broke into the house, everybody _________ (have) sound sleep.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Mouse
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Beautifully/the house/have/they/decorated.
Write the plural word.
Berry
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
leema is a good singer
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
he likes shirt pants and shorts
It ___________ before I touched it. (break)
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
The satellite _________ on the moon before they gave the command. (land)
Complete the following with appropriate conditional clause.
Vicky would have passed, ______.
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
You are advised to help the poor and needy.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
You can solve this problem in different ways.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
fast - faster - ______
Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)
investigations
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
radicals
Write a compound word using the pictures.
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