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प्रश्न
The leader appealed ______ the public to maintain law and order.
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उत्तर
The leader appealed to the public to maintain law and order.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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A |
B |
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
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.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
Make the following Negative using the negative words given.
They looked healthier than the other plants. (not as healthy as)
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Pundit Shahane has come here. He wishes to challenge all the Pundits in our Kingdom. (Combine the two sentences using ‘so’. Now combine the same sentence using ‘because.’)
List 5 adjectives from the story.
Find five adjectives that end with '-ful'.
Then write the antonym of each.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“What! Are you drawing it all out again?” he asked in surprise.
“Yes, the whole thing,” I said.
Make meaningful sentences from the following table.
| • She was tired | and | • she finished her homework. |
| • She wanted to buy a car | • she had no money. | |
| • He was angry | • he did not fight. | |
| • He did not know the answer | • he did not copy his friend’s answer. | |
| • They did not have money | • they lived happily. | |
| • He did not read the book | • he knew the story. |
Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using and.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
If you give up ____________ (study) now, our mission will be scrubbed.
Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
| pain-killer | stopped | cruelty | remedies | teaspoon | school |
| summersets | Peter | pretended | dejected | health | crack |
Tom Sawyer felt _________ as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to _______. His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his ________ condition. So, she began to try various ________ on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and __________ to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend
the ______ on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, _____. The ________ had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few ____________ and sail through the open window. She found the ___________ with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realized that what was _________ to the cat should be the same to the boy too and __________ giving medicines to him.
Change the following into passive voice.
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
Kokila gave a pen to ______ child in the classroom on her birthday.
Underline the verb and identify the tense forms.
I am working hard day and night ______.
Pick out the contractions from the lesson and expand them.
| Contractions | Expansions |
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
After her evening prayers, my grandmother went to the temple.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
Walk carefully lest you will fall down. (into Complex)
Choose the correct synonym for the Italic word.
Ajay started to paint happily.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Christmas falls ____ 25th December.
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Come here.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Man
Look at the picture and answer the following.
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| Name of the object | |
| In your mother tongue | |
| Use in a sentence | |
Use the suitable verb.
My father ______ the news.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I watch television in the afternoon. (My mother)
Fill in the blank.
A is ______ B.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
I tried to climb up the tree, but______ not.
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
I______ to play hockey when I was a student. (past habit)
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
He ______ play the match. (willingness)
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
My friend will meet me ______ his brother tomorrow.
Now the teacher will read the following words. Listen carefully to the stress in each word. Write against each word whether it is a noun or a verb and mark the stress.
| 'contract | con'tract |
| conduct | con'duct |
| 'object | ob'ject |
| 'subject | sub'ject |
| 'present | pre'sent |
| 'desert | de’sert |
| 'project | pro'ject |
| 'refuse | re'fuse |
| 'address | ad'dress |
