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Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______

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Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets

Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______(serve) as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 ______(cause) many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 ______(become) a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 ______ (transform) people. They 5 ______(develop) an addiction to it.

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Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 have been serving as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 have caused many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 has become a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 has transformed people. They 5 have developed an addiction to it.

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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 i. | पृष्ठ १७

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).

The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his _______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)


Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.

You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.

The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin

Ans:____________________________________________

Idiom:__________________________________________


Find two lines that contain Inversion.

  1. ____________
  2. ____________

Complete the following chart of personal pronouns using words from the brackets-
(him, our, we, he, her, their, it, me, your).

Person   Pronouns    
First I, ______ my, ______ ______, us mine, ours

Second

you ______ you yours
Third ______ she, it, they his, ______ its, ______ ______ her, them, ______ his, hers, its, theirs
  • Which of the above pronouns do you use when you talk about yourself ?
  • Suppose you are telling someone about the good/bad things they have done.
  • What pronoun are you likely to use ?
  • Suppose you are complaining about one or more persons/things to your teacher/ mother. What pronouns will you use?

Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

once in a ______ moon (very rarely).


Use the following idiom/expression in sentences of your own.

to have a difference of opinion


Make meaningful sentences from the following table.

• She was tired and • she finished her homework.
• She wanted to buy a car • she had no money.
• He was angry • he did not fight.
• He did not know the answer • he did not copy his friend’s answer.
• They did not have money • they lived happily.
• He did not read the book • he knew the story.

Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using and.


Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.

How long __________?


Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.

understand __________.


There isn’t ____ (some/ any) water in the glass.


Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.

She failed and it disappointed her.


Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.

(watch a horror film)


______ the scissors I returned it to her.


“I have been watching a film.” He said that ______ a film.


Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Christmas falls ____ 25th December.


Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.

zoological park -


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.

Grandfather’s dream had come true.


They were watching TV when they _________ (hear) a loud bang at the door.


Match the rhyming words.

health charm
hook wealth
harm look

Fill in the blank.

6 is ______ 5.


Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)

Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.


Do you know what happened to the Titanic, the largest ship to sail then? She hit an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. Now choose the right word and complete the paragraph. Read the paragraph aloud.

The wreck (1) ______(up/of) the RMS Titanic lies (2) ______( in/at)a depth of (3) ______(about/ above) 12,500 feet about 370 miles south east (4) ______(of/off) the coast of Newfoundland. It lies (5) ______(in/on) two main pieces about a third (6) ______(of/off) a mile apart. The bow is still largely recognizable (7) ______(with/ within) many preserved interiors, despite the damage it sustained hitting the sea floor. A debris field (8) ______(of/for) the wreck contains thousands (9) ______(on/ of) items spilled (10) ______(from/of) the ship as it sank. She sank (11) ______(in/at) the year 1912.


Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.

You ______ be joking


Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.

I______ to play hockey when I was a student. (past habit)


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

...that they only drink it in order to be warmed and stimulated.


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)


Look at the following complex sentence. Circle(bold) the Main clause and underline the Subordinate clause.

Please tell me what the time is.


Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.

If I were you, I ______(accept) this offer.


Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.

Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest

fast - faster - ______


This narrative is written in the first person - using ‘I’. Rewrite the following sentence using ‘Helen Keller/Young Helen’ appropriately in place of ‘I’ and making other necessary changes in the sentence.

I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.


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