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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
Here is a question of indirect speech. Put it into reported speech.
Mill-wheel said, “Will he ride back with me?”
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
‘Who are you?’ asked the bird. ‘I am the Happy Prince.’
‘Then why are you crying? I am wet with your tears.’
The following word can be used as nouns as well as verbs. Make two sentences of your own, using them as a noun in one and a verb in another.
knot
Find from the poem, three examples of Interrogation :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Underline the clauses in the below sentence and also the words that link or connect the clauses.
They may be composed and sung or recited for many years before they are actually written down.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
foreign customs
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
When I was a child, I____________ climb trees easily but now I can’t. (ability in the past)
Change the following into Passive voice.
Please do not walk on the grass.
Use the words given below in your own sentences so as to get different meanings. One is done for you.
| cricket | Cricket is a popular sport. |
| Cricket is active at night. | |
| bank | |
| will | |
| bark | |
| watch | |
| bat | |
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
attend to
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Akila ___________ (not/sing) a song.
Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary of the poem by choosing the words/phrases given below.
| prime phase, the yellow pebbles, motionless, stages of human life, sweeping, child, journey, reckless youth. |
In the poem 'The River', the poet compares the flow of the river with different__________________. The first stanza explains how the sparkling river goes dancing over _______________ and glancing through the flowers and leaves. These acts of the river is compared to a curious and innocent _______ at play. The second stanza compares the river to a _______________ who goes through rough and smooth patches of life. Like a youth, here the river becomes louder, faster and ___________ everything all along the way. In the third stanza, the river becomes like a hard-working man who is at the _____________ of the life. Here the deep and broad river seems ____________ but it keeps moving towards the sea like a matured man who silently marches towards the goal. In the last stanza, the long ___________ of the river reaches the endless sea like a human life attains eternity.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
This detergent is highly concentrated and ____________ you will need to dilute it.
Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.
| brothers and sisters | bitterness | joint family | share their fun | rich and the poor folk |
| shatter their family | charm of life | separate ways | the joy of earth | stick-together families |
The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.
Fill in the blank by adding the appropriate prefix/suffix to the word given in bracket.
The ___________ of the President has been expected for the last half an hour. (arrive)
The paper was published ______ an International journal.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
This is my pen.
Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.
Ajay mastered the techniques of painting.
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- A place to grow flowers ______
- Something to be careful of______
Fill in the blanks by using the correct preposition.
We go to school ____ Mondays, but not on Sunday.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Christmas falls ____ 25th December.
______ please open the window?
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
zoological park -
Look at the words in the box. Fill the wheel with their antonyms.
All the words begin with ‘S’ and are from the text
| hard | fat | weak | big | fast | hide | rough | dull |
Find out the clipped word for the following.
education + satellite -
Complete the Conditional Sentence. Decide whether to use Type I, II, or III.
If they had gone for a walk, they __________ (turn) the lights off.
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
They have a post-box. (Red, Small, Rectangular)
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
s_e_ta_u_ar - eye catching
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Suguna______helps her mother at home.
Use the clues and complete the compound words.
cow + _____ = ______  |
rain + _____ = ______  |
Write what they were doing at 5 o’clock yesterday.
I _________ cricket with my friends.
My mother _________ TV.
We _________ mango.
My friends _________ their bicycles.
Mohan _________ a letter.
The bell _________ loudly.
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Vishal drew______ wonderful picture on the board yesterday.
Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.
Mohamad loses his purse in the crowd.
Choose the correct verb.
It ______ very fast.
I missed the bus ______ I took a taxi.
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
The satellite _________ on the moon before they gave the command. (land)
Choose the correct option that shows the future perfect tense.
We __________(see) the movie last week.
Fill in the blank.
______ old man
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______sun.
Complete the sentence by using the following options.
The______and queen attended the court.
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
moist
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
My brother ______ go abroad to pursue his higher studies next year.
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
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
per capita
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Yusuf ______ to the movies once in a while (go)
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Our team ______ any games last year. (not win)
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Tajudeen ______finish this work by Monday.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am not as smart as you are.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The village head understood the intention of the politician, doesn’t he?
Expand the following outline into complete story and supply a suitable title for each.
Big cotton merchant – owned a factory – many employees – one day a heap of cotton stolen – no clue – merchant’s secretary assured to find out - asked him to host dinner - invite all workers – merchant agreed – middle of feast – secretary suddenly shouted – cotton sticking to hair of thieves – the guilty dusted their heads – tried to clear – caught in the trap – punished.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
surgery + instruments -
Fill the empty boxes with suitable words under each word class.
| NOUN | VERB | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| amusement | |||
| appreciate | |||
| proudly | |||
| hopeful |
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
We have plans ______to London during summer vacation.
Fill the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the concluding line of an issued circular by an Organisation to its Managers.
A copy of the plan is enclosed and _______ may be communicated to all Team Leaders for compliance.
She set ______ a little money each week for the child's education.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) As soon as I solved one problem, the teacher gave me another.
(II) No sooner ______
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Time: I entered the school when the bell was ringing.
I entered the school ____________.
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which ______ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was ______ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in ______ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, ______ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously ______ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man ______ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that ______ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to ______ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn't it beautiful”, he called out to the old man. "Yes", replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I'll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man ______ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves ______ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet.
“There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”
