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Read the following passage and correct the error you come across.

Rajan slowly settle down in his retired life. His pension plus what his wife bring from the household work she does helped them to meet their requirements. Life is easy until one Sunday. His granddaughter Madhu come crying. The clay doll in her hand had broken into two. Rajan pacify her and promise to mend it. This small repair work become the founding stone of a very prosperous venture into making clay dolls which earn him great respect.

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Rajan slowly settled down in his retired life. His pension plus what his wife brought from the household work she did helped them to meet their requirements. Life was easy until one Sunday. His granddaughter Madhu came crying. The clay doll in her hand had broken into two. Rajan pacified her and promised to mend it. This small repair work became the founding stone of a very prosperous venture into making clay dolls which earned him great respect.

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पाठ 1.1: The Portrait of a Lady - Grammar- Tenses [पृष्ठ १७]

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पाठ 1.1 The Portrait of a Lady
Grammar- Tenses | Q j. 1. | पृष्ठ १७

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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.’


Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.

The Happy Prince looked very sad, and the little Swallow was sorry for him. ‘It is very cold here,’ he said ‘but I will stay with you for one night. Tomorrow I will take the jewel.’
‘Thank you, little bird,’ said the prince.


Join the sentence using appropriate Co-ordinators. (but, or, so, and)

There was a lack of technology. Major surgery could not develop for centuries.


Form groups and hold debates on the following topic. Make bulleted lists of points in favour (pros) and those against (cons) the given statement. Let the whole class vote on who won the debate.

A man should use animals for his own needs. 


Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

out of the ______ (suddenly, unexpectedly).


Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.

The children were asked to come without their parents.


Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.

Latha_______ (wait) for her daughter.


Change the following into passive voice.

People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.

______ have come to know the truth.


Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.

We must aim at fulfilling Dr. APJ Abdul kalam’s dream to make India the most developed country by 2020.


Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.

Ilavazhagi won world championship in 2008.


Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Families often argue ____ Christmas time.


Find any five words related to sea from the text (Sections I & II). Write them below. Then use the words to frame sentences of your own.

eg: beach – We like to play in the sandy beach.

______ - ______

______- ______

______- ______

______- ______

______- ______


Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.

The tendril moved towards grandfather.


Give the correct verb form for following sentence.

It ______ to school.


Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.

He _______ a house in America.


Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.

I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)


Choose the correct word.

They went _____ the park.


Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.

______ I use your mobile phone? It’s an emergency.


Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.

The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.

This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.


Change the voice of the following sentence.

A house is being constructed by them.


Here is a recipe to make a chocolate cake in a pressure cooker. Rewrite the instructions in the passive voice. The first one has been done for you.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup castor sugar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/8 tsp salt

Method

  1. First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
  3. Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
  4. Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
  5. Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid, but without the pressure, for 3-4 minutes on high heat. Then place the cake tin in the empty cooker (Do not add water in the cooker).
  6. Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.

Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.

I (never) think of a career in medicine before I spoke to my Biology teacher but now I think (seriously) it.


Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:

The old man struggled to walk without support.


Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

There he was sitting in splendour on his chair.


Now, Blend the following word.

parachute + troop


Write the compound word from the picture.

 

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The judge turned ______ the defendant's appeal for a postponement.


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 ______

Listen carefully and classify the following into ‘one’ and ‘many’.

day, contrasts, teacher, lives, months, years, afternoon, porch, signs, face, fingers, leaves, blossoms, anger, bitterness, weeks, struggle, ship, darkness

one many
   

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