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प्रश्न
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
fine - ______ - finest
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उत्तर
fine - finer - finest
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the lines below.
- 'To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds'.
The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something non - human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called ‘Personification’. - ‘To believe is to know that
Everyday is a new beginning’. - To believe is to know ______ life is a gift
Lines in poetry, such as the above, state a general truth and can be used as sayings or quotes etc. They contain the Figure of Speech called Epigram.
Epigram closely resembles a proverb.
Find from the poem three other examples of Epigram.
- ______________________________
- ______________________________
- ______________________________
Say whether each of the verbs underlined below are Finite or Non-finite.
We stand first in producing milk.
Give the Antonyms and Synonyms of the words below, choosing from those given.
| Synonyms | Antonyms |
| lustre, rise victory, competitor, old-fashioned, joyfully, foreign, pause | partner, dullness, start, sorrowfully, drop, modem, native, defeat |
| Words | Synonyms | Antonyms |
| happily | ____________ | ____________ |
| traditional | ____________ | ____________ |
| halt | ____________ | ____________ |
| triumph | ____________ | ____________ |
| exotic | ____________ | ____________ |
| rival | ____________ | ____________ |
| soar | ____________ | ____________ |
| brilliance | ____________ | ____________ |
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
She told me that she was a doctor.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.
Ramanujan was self-taught : he knew nothing of the modern rigour.
Find an example of alliteration from the poem.
Other examples of Alliteration are:
Read the entry about ‘voice’ in the ‘Language Study’ pages. Note that the speeches of all the boys are in the ‘active’ voice. Turn them into passive constructions.
1950s Boy - I have watered the garden.
Vimal generally goes to his workplace ______ bus.
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
Supply suitable linker.
Many writers make incorrect sentences __________ they try to put sentences together. They may make grammatical errors __________ leave out important punctuation marks. Making such mistakes is quite common __________ preparing the first draft . __________ he must carefully edit his final draft.
Form compound words from the boxes given below and fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow with the appropriate compound words.
| waiting | out | income |
| green | sun | room |
| tax | alarm | dry |
| traffic | wall | house |
| clock | jam | glasses |
| hair | cleaning | cut |
| put | paper |
- Siva visited the hair stylist to have a clean __________.
- Tharani had given the sarees for __________.
- The __________ is a natural process that warms the earth’s surface.
- Never wait for an __________ to wake you up.
- The children were late to school as there was a __________ near the toll plaza.
- The government expects every individual to promptly pay the __________.
- People usually wear __________ during summer.
- The patients were asked to sit in the__________ until the doctor arrived.
- With teamwork we are able to multiply our __________.
- The room was looking bright with the colourful __________.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Honour and glory ____ his reward.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
helicopter + pad -
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
The florist ______ flowers on the street.
Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
Shanmathi has given the book.
We ______
Match the clipped words.
| 1. | Photo | mathematics |
| 2. | Math | centum |
| 3. | Cent | photograph |
Fill in the blank.
______Sun
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Tharini acts as an interpreter at meetings between statesmen from different countries. She is also a much sought-after tour guide, as she is wellversed and fluent in multiple languages. Tharini is a ______.
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Tagore/award/Nobel prize/
- The ______ of the photo is broken.
- We ______questions on all topics.
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
judicial - judicious
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
My uncle ______have reached by now. (possibility)
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
He ______ play the match. (willingness)
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
There is usually a garden ______a bungalow
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Bacteria can never survive in extreme weather conditions.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
muscle + pain -
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Subsidies are given to the poor.
He turned ______ for the programme earlier than usual.
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) Not only was he a famous actor but also a renowned director.
(II) Besides ______
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following categories.
Idioms with colours:
- as black as ______
- as white as ______
- as red as ______
- as blue as ______
- as green as ______
- as pink as ______
- as ______ as ______
- as ______ as ______
- as ______ as ______
