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प्रश्न
Start a collection of idioms with comparisons. Use the following category.
Idioms with animals
- as cunning as a fox
- ______
- ______
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उत्तर
- as cunning as a fox
- as brave as a lion
- as hairy as a gorilla
- as hungry as a horse
- as wise as an owl
- as gentle as a lamb
- as proud as a peacock
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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.
She ________________ accept this decision; she __________________question it.
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Prepare a list of subordinating conjunctions.
Find at least three sentences in the story which have modal verbs.
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
They have asked me to pay the fine.
Change the following into Passive voice.
Go for a jog early in the morning.
Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect word with correct prepositional phrase.
her simplicity. According to her studies, she also ____________.
Identify the preposition in the given sentence and underline them
Riya borrowed a dress from me and lent it to her friend, Mary.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Mani ______ (work) in this school for five years.
Match the following and write them in Column C
| A | B | C |
| a cupful of | money | |
| a bagful of | sugar | |
| a spoonful of | coffee | |
| a pocketful of | silver |
Write the noun form of the following word.
breathe ______.
I am going to my village ______ Sunday.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He is sick but he attends the rehearsal. (into Simple)
Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.
A ______ of shoes.
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
We use a rain______ on a rainy day.
Recite the poem ‘Beyond the Universe’.
Write the plural form.
| leaf |  |
_______. |
Read the sentence, insert appropriate article in the blank and choose the noun phrase.
Suresh was astonished to see______ huge statue.
Form new words with appropriate suffixes.
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Rewrite the sentence using the given word.
My friends have come to the party.
My friend ______.
Match the following.
| 1. | The cat was hungry | because I had a headache. |
| 2. | The cat was hungry | so it ate a fish. |
| 3. | He was afraid of the dog | because she had to attend function. |
| 4. | She went home early | so he ran away. |
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Every morning, I brush my teeth and stare ________ at the mirror.
What we say?
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 suitable modal verb.
It’s not that urgent. You _______ take your own time
Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.
The bananas were eaten by the monkey. The monkeys ate the bananas.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
A number of books ______ missing.
Write the compound word from the picture.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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Read the examples and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Examples: strange - stranger - strangest
close - ______ - ______
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
Madame Forestier were stunned.
