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प्रश्न
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ravi.
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उत्तर
Ravi is taller than few boys
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संबंधित प्रश्न
(1) Do as directed :
Master: “Well Shailesh, I hear you are taking part in the speaking competition.”
Pupil: “Yes; and I came to ask you to give me some hints on the art of public speaking.” [Change into indirect speech]
(2) The people regarded him ………….. imposter and called him …………. Villain[Insert correct articles]
(3) go then said the ant and dance winter away [Punctuat]
When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.
Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.
- We have done it.
It has been done by us.
I offered the silent prayer in my heart.
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.
Read the sentences.
- Yatin is strong.
- Amit is stronger than Yatin.
- Pravin is the strongest of all.
In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.
In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)
In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)
Complete the table of degrees of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| (1) great | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) famous | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) ____________ | easier | ____________ |
| (4) ____________ | worse | ____________ |
| (5) ____________ | ____________ | poorest |
| (6) ____________ | ____________ | laziest |
| (7) little | ____________ | ____________ |
| (8) ____________ | worthier | ____________ |
| (9) popular | ____________ | ____________ |
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He began to cry.
List all the phrases from the poem in which two or more words are joined with ‘and’.
What is Transitive and intransitive verbs and give some example.
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“Good morning,” I said and stepped into the safe.
“Come out,” said the manager coldly.
By the time Sundar got up ________.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Ezhil _______ a cake when they came when they came.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Kannan ______ have been looking for a job for a long time.
There is______ coffee left in the pot. Do you want?
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
I saw Mr. Balu this morning and gave Mr. Balu my homework.
Fill in the blanks with correct travel words.
| schedule | reach | book | railway | pack | board |
To make travel convenient, we must ______tickets well in advance. Then we have to ______our things and ______our trip. We have to reach the ______station in time and ______the train in order to ______ our destination.
Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| fight or flight | escaping as rapidly as possible |
| put to flight | among the best of a particular group |
| take flight | to defend oneself or to run away |
| flight of fancy | to cause someone to flee |
| have a nice flight | to flee or run away |
| in full flight | an imaginative but unrealistic idea |
| top-flight | enjoy your flight |
Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.
- Minutes and hours ______
- A thing on a list______
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Families often argue ____ Christmas time.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
luncheon -
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
We saw an elephant, while we ______(go) on a trip to Ooty
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
Baskaran hurt his hand while he _______ (cut) mangoes.
Join the sentence of Column A with B using the words given in the box.
| A | B |
| 1. The clouds moved away | he helped Velu in time. |
| 2. Velu thanked his friend | the sun came out. |
| 3. It rained heavily | you will get choked. |
| 4. Eat slowly | the match continued. |
| and but or because |
Use the clues to complete the compound word.
| wheel + ______ | = ______ |  |
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
She ______ a driver.
They came early but there was ______work to do.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
There was a skirmish ______my brother and sister.
Choose the appropriate linker from within the bracket and complete the sentence.
______ (Though/Whereas) he committed a mistake, he apologised ______(and/since ) promised that he would not repeat it.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Let’s clean the shelves this weekend.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
During my student life I used to give ______ trouble to my teachers.
Read the following dialogue and complete the report in the space provided.
| Priya | Where are you going? |
| Vijay | I am going to the railway station. |
| Priya | Why are you going there? |
| Vijay | I want to receive my uncle who is coming from Bangalore. |
| Priya asked Vijay | (a) ______ |
| Vijay replied | (b) ______ |
| Priya further inquired | (c) ______ |
| Vijay stated that | (d) ______ |
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
We immediately set forth fixing the roof.
