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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:
via media
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उत्तर
Via media: A middle way/compromise between extremes
He acts as a via media between theists and atheists.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
make up one’s mind
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.
crosscurrents
What are interjections? explain with some examples.
What is Complement and explain its two types?
Note the words that are highlighted.
Marouckla ran to the top of the mountain where the big fire was burning.
The highlighted words are all nouns. Find 5 other nouns from the story.
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(watch a horror film)
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Having finished the work, the manager decided to return home.
Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.
Travelling with her family, Tara enjoyed every minute of it.
Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.
Shenbah missed her purse.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
Electronic + commerce -
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
The box was heavy ______ he could not lift it.
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
a _________ of fish.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Loaf
Write the words with same meaning for the following pictures.
| fast | afraid | train |
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fear |
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practice |
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speed |
Match the correct rhyming words.
| nature | herd |
| bird | race |
| face | creature |
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
leema is a good singer
Write the past form of the verb.
sing- ______
She _________ a job in America by next year. (get)
Write the word given in the bracket in correct tense.
Rani ______ (meet) Rita tomorrow.
The world of sports has given us many idiomatic expressions like ‘blow-by-blow.’ Read the description of each of the idioms given below. Then match these idioms with their meaning given in the box.
| Idioms | Meaning |
| i) throw in the towel: Wet towels are kept near a boxing ring to wipe the sweat of boxers between rounds. When a boxer was getting badly beaten, his manager would throw a towel in the ring to end the fight. | a. state of near collapse or defeat |
| ii) in our corner: In a boxing match, the corners are the two opposite angles of a boxing ring where the boxers rest between rounds. | b. unfair or unsporting behaviour |
| iii) on the ropes: Boxing rings are typically enclosed by four ropes. As a boxer when your opponent has forced you against the ropes with his/her attack, you are in trouble. | c. prepare for a conflict |
| iv) below the belt: Hits below the beltline are generally considered illegal in boxing. | d. on your side in an argument or dispute |
| v) square off: facing each other at the beginning of a match | e. to give up |
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The Chairman of this concern seems to derive pleasure from inflicting pain on others. He humiliates and hurts his subordinates for no reason. He is a real ______.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
There is an urgent need to provide clean, reliable and affordable energy to their growing populations.
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
You ______ follow the traffic rules. (regulation)
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
muscle + pain -
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
The tree was cut down ruthlessly. (Begin: They…)
He turned ______ for the programme earlier than usual.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Circals
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
And this life lasted for ten year.
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
We immediately set forth fixing the roof.
