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प्रश्न
Thinking about the Language
Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.
The fog had an adverse (affect/effect) on the traffic.
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उत्तर
The fog had an adverse effect on the traffic.
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use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
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Make adverb from these adjective .
sleepy ______
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Tick the right answer.
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Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.
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Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.
Ben told her to wake him up.
Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
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Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an
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Now here are some more words. Complete them with ei or ie. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
- bel___ ve
- rec ___ve
- w ___rd
- l ___sure
- s ___ze
- w ___ght
- r ___gn
- f ___gn
- gr ___f
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Adverbs
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(a) Rana does her homework ___.
(b) It rains ___in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work ___.
(d) The dog serves his master ___.
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(a) We should ___get down from a moving train. (never, sometimes, often)
(b) I was ___in need of support after my poor performance. (badly, occasionally,
sometimes).
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her ___. (suddenly, seriously,
immediately)
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He jumped up. He ran away.
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He is as wise as Solomon.
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