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प्रश्न
Spot the error. One is done for you.
I was not afraid to die that day.
Correct Sentence: I was not afraid to die that day.
I has to bring my ice axe down with me.
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उत्तर
I had to bring my ice axe down with me.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.
Under a bridge, two little boys were lying close together to keep warm.
‘We are so hungry!’ they said. ‘You cannot lie there!’ shouted a guard.
Change the voice in the following sentence.
He knew nothing of the modern rigour.
Use a dictionary and find the difference in the following term related to 'Drama'.
A Play
Identify the following from the list given in the box below:
4 nouns, 4 verbs, 4 adjectives, 4 adverbs, 4 pronouns.
| bird, wonderful, friends, gather, humans, we, I, healthy, grasslands, help, directly, protect, arrive, together, away, happy, slowly, afraid, you, us. |
Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:
Titania: Be kind and courteous to this gentleman….
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
beautiful (woman)
Start a collection of synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Collect at least 50 each. Keep adding to your selection.
Make sentences of your own to show the difference in usage of the following Homophones.
- practice ______
- practise ______
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“How will you have it?” he said.
“In the fifties,” I said.
Find and list the rhyming words from the poem.
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
in store for...
Nagarajan and Dhanalakshmi want to buy a new house. They have come to see a house for sale. Complete the conversation below by adding a, an, or the.
| Nagarajan: | Well, here we are, No.8, Kaveri Street. I think this is house we saw online. What do you think of ____________ location? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | It is in ____________ nice neighbourhood. And it’s close to the railway station. |
| Nagarajan: | And ____________ bus stop is not too far away. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | How many rooms are there? |
| Nagarajan: | There are three rooms, ____________ kitchen and ____________ balcony. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | There is a ____________ lawn behind ____________ house, right? |
| Nagarajan: | That’s right ____________ lawn is actually quite large. Did you see any photos of ____________ living room, online? What does it look like? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | ____________ living room looks great. It looks bright and airy. It has ____________ nice view of ____________ hills. But ____________ kitchen looks ____________ Little small. |
| Nagarajan: | And, I remember you said there isn’t ____________ store room, right? |
| Dhanalakshmi: | No, but there is ____________ attic, where we can store things. |
| Nagarajan: | I hope this house is ____________ better option. |
| Dhanalakshmi: | Lets wait for____________ real estate agent. She said, she would be here at three o’clock. |
| Nagarajan: | Look there she is! |
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
The children ___________ in the park.
Identify the character, speaker, or both of the following line.
You no shoot, we no shoot.
Who am I? (Use a pair of …)
We wear this on our feet ______
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
No sooner did I enter the house _________ it started drizzling.
Lithisha was praised ______ her father.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
While Sudha was climbing the stairs, she tripped and fell down.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
After her evening prayers, my grandmother went to the temple.
Tick the correct sentences.
| 1. | I had desired to eat a cake. | I had desired to have eaten cake. | ||
| 2. | My son is fond of music. | My son is fond to music. | ||
| 3. | Sreena avoids eating fruits. | Sreena avoids to eat fruits. | ||
| 4. | Bravery is not to pick a quarrel. | Bravery is not picking a quarrel. | ||
| 5. | It is easier to say than do. | It is easier said than done. |
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Christmas falls ____ 25th December.
Look at the words in the boxes. Match the words to make as many new words as possible. One is done for you. Eg. out house.
| out | root |
| river | wall |
| water | garden |
| flower | garden |
| sun | hill |
| aerial | bed |
| busy | sill |
| window | house |
| foot | shine |
| compound | fall |
Look at the words in the box. Make new words by adding ‘ly’ whereever possible. It will not be possible with all the words.
Suffix: A letter or letters added at the end of a word to make a different or a new form of the word. Eg. lone+ly= lonely
| lone |
| blossom |
| fertile |
| vigorous |
| place |
| constant |
| complete |
| strong |
| unlike |
| great |
| cross |
| immediate |
| broad |
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.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Usha Rani had to struggle all through her life.
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
Find me brushes. (New, Five, Yellow)
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
I don’t drive _____ night.
Divide the following words.
- garden
- reason
- turkey
- peanut
- skyblue
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Rafiq was eating breakfast.
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
Prasanth was reading newspaper.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
We ______to school.
Choose the correct verb form to the following sentence.
It _________ the bus stop.
Choose the correct verb.
You ______ late to school.
She ______ (write) a letter.
Some tips to change singular to plural
Change the y into ies, if any one of a, e, i, o, u does not come before y
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
he likes shirt pants and shorts
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______
Match the clipped words.
| 1. | Photo | mathematics |
| 2. | Math | centum |
| 3. | Cent | photograph |
The main idea of the passage is______.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Finally, the manager learnt a ______the hard way.
Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks using ‘a, an’, or ‘the’.
It is said that 1 ______computer is 2 ______ electronic extension of the human brain. Therefore, in principle, 3 ______ computer can do all those activities which 4 ______human brain can do. Today computers are found to be 5 ______ most useful devices as knowledge providers. Another important field of application of computers is 6 ______ development of robots. 7 ______ internet has brought 8 ______ drastic change in communication systems.
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
We are not completely sure but Kishore ______ come back tomorrow.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Richard Burton was a gifted theatre artist. He donned several roles with ease and is especially famous for the Shakespearean parts he played on stage. Mr. Burton is a born ______.
Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.
The bananas were eaten by the monkey. The monkeys ate the bananas.
Look at the list of idioms given below. Find their meanings from a dictionary. Read the sentences that follow and replace the words in italics with the appropriate idioms, making suitable changes wherever necessary.
- right up one’s alley -
- drive one up the wall –
- hit the road –
- take (one) for a ride –
- in panic mode –
- The old man got irritated at the loud noise outside.
- We were driving, when it started raining heavily. After stopping for an hour, we began the journey again.
- Ramesh gave false excuses for not attending the meeting and deceived me.
- At the interview when questions were fired at me rapidly, I forgot everything and grew irritated
- I love thrillers and this book appeals to me strongly.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
…which are not to be despised.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
Our teacher always acts ______ her students.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
You will not reach your goal, unless you chase your dream.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The boys went to the forest ______birds.
Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)
| A | B |
| odor | odour |
| program | |
| parlor | |
| apologize | |
| color | |
| check | |
| theater | |
| gray | |
| behavior | |
| humor | |
| labor |
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
To make a promise and then not to keep it ______ dishonesty.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Each leaf and each flower ______ stripped off the tree.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Use the proper punctuation mark.
Sure, if they were the same age
Read the following example, and then complete the sentence using your own idea.
Manner: I love my country like a true Indian should.
I love my country ____________.
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
I'll tell you ______ it is time to leave.
Write compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
The teacher handed down the report cards.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
