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प्रश्न
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
faux pas
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उत्तर
Faux pas – an embarrassing or tactless act, blunder
I did not disclose his faux pas till he joined a college.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
It had been thrown there. __________
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I was carrying the Indian flag.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
out of the ______ (suddenly, unexpectedly).
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
plentiful supply
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
Change the meaning of the sentence by changing the preposition.
The children were asked to come without their parents.
______________ several warnings, he continued to swim.
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
Amutha and Praba _____ (play) tennis
I found ________ one rupee coin in the playground while playing.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
enjoy ______.
Complete the sentence given below choosing the right connector given in the option.
They faced many hardships _________ they are always cheerful.
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Travelling with her family, Tara enjoyed every minute of it.
Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.
People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.
- Paper ______(produce) from wood.
- The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
- Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
- This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
- Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.
Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.
Shekar is intelligent but careless.
Pooja hired a bicycle.
Find me in the poem.
I can alert you
Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.
Things will calm down, you just keep______.
See and write what they were doing.
While my mother was cooking, my father ______.
Common Nouns
Fill the blank with the clipped word.
We visited the ____________. (zoological park)
complete the sentence.
The bus ______ brand new.
Form meaningful sentence using the given word to bring out at least two different meaning.
tear
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.
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Ingredients
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Method
- First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
- Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
- Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
- 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).
- Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.
Here are some more idioms taken from the lesson. Find out their meaning and use them in sentence of your own.
in a nice pickle
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Nothing much ______when I got to the meeting (happen).
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ravi.
One should not give ______ hope despite the hurdles.
Use the proper punctuation mark.
How could a man be a teacher
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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Write the compound word from the pictures.
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