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Thinking About Languagecomplete the Following Sentence. Beginning with a To-verb, Try to Answer the Question in Brackets.A Musician Decided to (What Did the Musician Decide to Do?)

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Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.

A musician decided to (What did the musician decide to do?)

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उत्तर

A musician decided to open a school for children.

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  या प्रश्नात किंवा उत्तरात काही त्रुटी आहे का?
पाठ 2.1: The Sound of Music - Thinking about Language [पृष्ठ २६]

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एनसीईआरटी English Beehive [English] Class 9
पाठ 2.1 The Sound of Music
Thinking about Language | Q 1.5 | पृष्ठ २६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.

The teacher shook her head ______ when Ravi lied to her.


Make adverb from these adjective .

happy ______


Make adverb from these adjective .

merry ______


Make adverb from these adjective .

 easy ______


Complete the following conditional sentence. Use the correct form of the verb.

If I don’t go to Anu’s party tonight, ______


Thinking about language

Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.

We all want (What do we all want to do?)


Study the use of the word big in the following sentence.
He was so big− his hands and his neck, especially his mouth…
Here, big means large in size.
Now, consult a dictionary and find out the meaning of big in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

(i) You are a big girl now.older
(ii) Today you are going to take the biggest decision of your career. ____
(iii) Their project is full of big ideas. ____
(iv) Cricket is a big game in our country. ____
(v) I am a big fan of Lata Mangeskar. ____
(vi) You have to cook a bit more as my friend is a big eater. ____
(vii) What a big heart you’ve got, Father dear. ____


Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.

Father mentioned that he was going on a holiday.


Some verbs of reporting are given in the box. Choose the appropriate verbs and fill in
the blanks in the following sentences.
were complaining ,  shouted  ,  replied
remarked               , ordered    , suggested

(i) “I am not afraid,” ____ the woman.
(ii) “Leave me alone,” my mother ____.
(iii) The children ____ that the roads were crowded and noisy.
(iv) “Perhaps he isn’t a bad sort of a chap after all,” ____the master.
(v) “Let’s go and look at the school ground,” ____ the sports teacher.
(vi) The traffic police ____ all the passers-by to keep off the road.


Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
be substituted for the italicised word in the sentence.

Einstein was constantly at odds with people at the university. (on bad terms, in
disagreement, unhappy)


Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
be substituted for the italicised word in the sentence.

At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good, (permanently,
for his benefit, for a short time)


Report these question using if/whether or why/when/where/how/which/what.
Remember the italicised verb change into the past tense.

She asked me, “When are we going to leave?”


Thinking about Language
Find these words in the lesson. They all have ie or ei in them.

  1. f___ld
  2. ingred ___nts
  3. h ___ght
  4. misch ___vous
  5. fr ___nds
  6. ___ghty-seven
  7. rel ___ved
  8. p ___ce

Thinking about the Language
 Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.

Our college (principle/principal) is very strict.


Rewrite the paragraph below, using the correct form of the verb given in brackets.

Oil from Seeds

Vegetable oils (make) from seeds and fruits of many plants growing all over the world, from tiny sesame seeds to big, juicy coconuts. Oil (produce) from cotton seeds, groundnuts, soya beans and sunflower seeds. Olive oil (use) for cooking, salad dressing etc. Olives (shake) from the trees and (gather) up, usually by hand. The olives (ground) to a thick paste which is spread onto special mats. Then the mats (layer) up on the pressing machine which will gently squeeze them to produce olive oil.


The police station is ______ the right.


There was an accident ______ the crossroads.


Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the correct option.

A cottager and his wife had a hen. The hen laid an egg every day.


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