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प्रश्न
Pick out examples of Inversion from the poem.
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उत्तर
- “Between Nose and Eyes, a strange contest arose, -”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “A strange contest arose between Nose and Eyes”. - “Again would your lordship a moment suppose,”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “Again, would your lordship suppose (for) a moment”. - “That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose,”
Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “That the spectacles were plainly made for the Nose”
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Rewrite the following sentences in the way instructed
(i) The paddy is ripe enough to harvest
(Remove ‘enough’ and rewrite the sentence.)
(ii) How beautiful the sight was!
(Rewritte as an assertive sentence)
Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.
fill in the blank using the correct form of the word given.
Ramesh ____________ on his desk in impatience.
The word ‘hobble’ means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition.
Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking.
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haggle |
shuffle |
stride |
ride |
waddle |
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wriggle |
paddle |
swagger |
trudge |
slog |
Pick out five Compound words from the lesson.
Classify the words in (a) and (b) into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ words.
- great, beautiful, arrogant, impatient, quiet, worthless, proud, happy, thoughtless, hasty
- shouted at, wasted, answered, offered, smiled, refused, toiled, grew, dyed, rewarded, destroyed.
- Write at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns each. Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
- Can you think of proper nouns that include two or more words? How are they written? Find at least ten such nouns.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
foolish custom
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“Good morning,” I said and stepped into the safe.
“Come out,” said the manager coldly.
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
We travelled to Mumbai by train.
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Make me a cup of tea, shall you?
My sister is an architect. She __________ skyscrapers.
My mother ______ in a factory.
Kamali ________ English very well, but she doesn’t understand Hindi.
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
The workers ______ higher wages for a long time.
I __________ (play) in the rain all evening.
Hari _____________ (work) hard to pass the entrance examination.
Could you bring me ________ tools I left in the garden?
Report the following sentence.
Gladin said to his mother, “Can you, please, buy me a hot chocolate?”
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in the bracket.
The man behaved ______ in front of the crowd. (normal)
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
The boy had to give a proper __________ for being late. (explain)
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
The monuments are to be preserved because of their historical __________. (significant)
There is unity in diversity ______ the people.
The soldier climbed ______ a horse and rode away.
In column A are some of the idiomatic phrases from the essay. Match them with equivalent single words in column B.
| A | B |
| go far | reveal |
| blow up | submit |
| show up | explode |
| call on | succeed |
| break off | finish |
| knuckle under | require |
Read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
Where had I gone? What had I done?
What had I seen?
I ______ never ______ (see) such beautiful sights before I visited Paris in 2012. I ____________(save) money for five years before I booked my trip to Paris. I was very excited! Before my trip to Paris, I ______ never ______(be) out of India. When I went to Paris, I spent many days touring the city. The city was big. Sometimes I got lost and asked for directions. I asked for directions in French. That was easy because I ______(study) French for two years before I visited Paris. By the time I left Paris, I ____________ (tour) many beautiful places. The Eiffel Tower, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Luxembourg Gardens were just a few of the places I saw. Before I visited Paris, I______ only ______(see) those places on television.
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
Shekar is intelligent but careless.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Child
We celebrate Independence day _______ 15th August, every year.
Write the plural form.
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Cat
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Watch
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Dish
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Cherry
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Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
It _________ the bus stop.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I go to school at 8 o’ clock. (He)
Divide the words that have same pattern as the rabbit.
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
He broke his __________. (spectacles)
Write the word given in the bracket in correct tense.
I ______(see) him accidently.
Can you try to fill the blank.
This is ______ owl.
Fill in the blank.
______ old man
Match the adjective with the appropriate picture.
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brave |
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shady |
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long |
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spicy |
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sweet |
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fast |
Say what they are doing now?
Nalini ______.
______ of my friends wished me on my birthday.
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
train
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______ not believe my eyes. Is Santhosh the one who is standing over there?
- My teachers ______me towards the path of success.
- The tourist ______explained the historical importance of the site.
Describe Miss Meadows’ mood before and after receiving the telegram. How did it affect her class?
Rewrite the following passage in indirect speech.
Pradeep got out of bed with much excitement. “It is going to be a lovely sunny day,” he remarked to his sister Varshini.
“Just let me sleep a bit longer, Pradeep,” Varshini begged, “and since you are feeling so enthusiastic, ” she suggested, “Why don’t you go and help mother in cooking?”
“Sure, I will”, said Pradeep. “Can I help you, mum?”, he said to his mother.
“Yes, of course. There are idlis and vadas on the dining table. Have your breakfast.”
“Thank you, mum; I’ll surely help you by eating them.”
Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(after, with, on, before, of, in, for)
(1)______ the interview, Solomon was confident (2)______ getting the job. He knew that he was qualified (3)______ the job. He was interested (4)______discharging his duty perfectly. The interview panel was impressed (5)______ his attitude and skills. So (6)______ the interview, he was (7)______ cloud nine.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
I am ______(neither/either) an ascetic in theory ______(nor/or) in practice.
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
The boys were stealing mangoes from a grove. At that time, the owner of the grove came in.(while)
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The employees are seldom allowed to meet their boss, aren’t they?
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
scraping – scrapping – scrubbing
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
There he was sitting in splendour on his chair.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Painting is an interesting hobby
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Hurricanes are as dangerous as tornadoes.
i. Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases in the given dialogue to create a meaningful sentence. (1)
Did you know that the lack of hydrological resources affects more than 40% of the world population?
No, I didn't. What are hydrological resources?
(i) WATER RESOURCES, / SURVIVAL / AND PLANT / TO HUMAN, / ANIMAL, / REFER TO / WHICH / ARE VITAL / HYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES
ii. Report the dialogues to complete the paragraph that follows. (2)
| Photographer: | I want to use a drone for photographing your event. |
| Customer: | Really! Do you usually offer this advice? |
| Photographer: | No. I don’t. Your event is in an open and picturesque area and I want to capture the complete scene. |
The photographer told the customer that she wanted to use a drone for photographing his event. The customer exclaimed in surprise and asked (ii) ______. The photographer replied in the negative and shared that (iii) _______as his event was in an open and picturesque area.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
Today Tommy found a new book.
We have seen that clauses are parts of a sentence, and they are classified as main and subordinate or dependent clauses. Dependent clauses can be further classified as follows according to the work they do in a sentence.
How do we decide whether a clause is a noun clause, an adjective clause or an adverb clause? There is a simple rule - we can replace an adverb clause with an adverb, an adjective clause with an adjective and a noun clause with a noun.
Look at the following examples -
- But I don’t know the answer. (Noun)
But I don’t know what they want. (Noun clause) - He told us a funny story. (Adjective)
He told us a story that was funny. (Adjective clause) - They went away. (Adverb)
They went when you were talking to your friend. (Adverb clause)
Now complete the following on your own :
- But I don’t know ____________.
- He told us ____________.
- They went ____________.
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
nasty - ______ - ______
Write compound word using the pictures.
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The leader appealed ______ the public to maintain law and order.
