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प्रश्न
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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उत्तर
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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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the following dialogue choosing a suitable phrase from those given below.
Mary: Almost every Indian film has an episode of love _________________.
David: Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
I __________ (phone) you when I ________ (get) home from school.
Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
You ____________ believe everything you hear; you ____________ use your own judgement.
Go through the statement taken from the text – ‘The social democracy means a way of life which recognises liberty, equality, and fraternity’.
The underlined part of the statement provides us some facts/information about social democracy. The remaining part of the sentence which is not underlined can be converted into a wh-question.
What does social democracy mean?
Now go through the underlined part of the statement/sentence given below and change them into question by using the appropriate Wh-form.
Fraternity means a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
earned
Change the parts of speech of the given words in the chart.
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| exhaustion | |||
| widen | |||
| mad | |||
| perfectly |
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
______ I have another glass of water? (request)
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
stand-in
Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.
- educational
- interesting
- trendy.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
My brother __________ (work) in London now.
Now refer to a dictionary and find idioms on the following animals, birds, and insects. Learn their meanings and share what you have learnt with your class. Try to frame illustrative sentences with those idioms. Find opportunities to use them in your everyday conversations.
| lion, mouse, parrot, fox, hawk, snake, monkey, dog, snail, bee. |
The conference will be held ______ 10 a.m.______ 5 p.m.
- across
- with
- on
- to
- by
- since
- from
- about
- into
- at
- during
Frame sentences of your own using the below idiomatic phrases.
| go far | blow up | show up | call on | break off | knuckle under |
Mahatma Gandhi ______ the father of our nation.
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following
i am tired mohana said to her aunt
Kevin will come tonight, _______?
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
The television was on but nobody______ (watch) it.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Jancy returned home because she was tired.
Match each word with its antonyms.
| 1. | shady | misery |
| 2. | bored | calm |
| 3. | glee | interested |
| 4. | panic | slow |
| 5. | hasty | sunny |
Circle the pictures that denotes person or things in common.
Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.
I am so happy.
Write.
______ ant
Fill in the blanks in the following dialogue.
| Gopal | What’s wrong, Muthu? You look terrible! |
| Muthu | Well, you ______(look) terrible today, too, if you ______(have) a day like mine yesterday. My car slid into a tree, because the roads were slippery |
| Gopal | Oh! I was driving on the slippery roads yesterday, and I didn’t have such trouble. What happened? |
| Muthu | Well, I think if I ______(not, drive) so fast, I ______(not, slide) into the tree. |
| Gopal | Slippery roads and speed don’t mix. If drivers ______(speed) on wet roads, they’re likely to spin their car in circles. |
| Muthu | I know. But I had one more problem. I didn’t have my driver’s license with me. If I ______(have) it, I ______(not, have to) pay an extra fine in the court next week. |
| Gopal | Why were you driving without your license? |
| Muthu | Well, I lost my wallet some days ago. It slipped out of my pocket, while I was riding the bus to work. |
| Gopal | Oh, Muthu! If you ______(not, take ) that bus, you ______(not, lose) your wallet. If you ______(not, lose) your wallet, you ______(have) your driver’s license with you when you hit the tree. If you ______(have) your driver’s license with you, you ______(not, have to pay) a big fine when you go to court next week. And of course, if you ______(not, drive) too fast, you ______(not, run into) a tree, and you ______(not, be) in this mess now. If I ______(be) you, I ______(take) it easy for a while and just ______(stay) at home where you would be safe. |
| Muthu | Enough about me! How about you? |
| Gopal | Well, things are really looking up for me. I’m planning to take off for Goa as soon as I finish my finals. I’m sick of all this old, rainy weather we’ve been having. |
| Muthu | I wish I ______(go) with you. How are you planning to reach there? |
| Gopal | If I ______(have) enough money, I ______(fly). Otherwise, I ______(take) the bus. I wish ______(drive) my own car because it ______(be) nice to drive there, but it’s such a long trip. I’ve been looking for a friend to go with me and share the driving. |
| Muthu | I have a super idea! Why don’t I go with you? I can share the driving. I’m a great driver! |
| Gopal | Oh, Muthu! I can’t believe it. |
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
Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(among, for, at, to, in, )
When Lakshmi was (1) ___ school, she practised music from Monday (2) ___ Friday. She involved herself (3) ___ the school orchestra. She was responsible (4) ___conducting many programmes. She was very popular (5) ___ her schoolmates, as she was kind, friendly and helpful.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Who taught her Computer Science?
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
They say he is a spy.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Jessie enjoys bothering others.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
The peacock is more colourful than any other bird found in India.
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
infusion
