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Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction. I would rather eat fruit than a lot of unhealthy junk food. (Begin: I prefer….) - English Elective - NCERT

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Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.

I would rather eat fruit than a lot of unhealthy junk food. (Begin: I prefer….)

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I prefer eating fruit to unhealthy junk food.

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2023-2024 (March) Board Sample Paper

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.

enormous - ________.


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.

You —————————— reach the island by land or air; you —————————— go by boat.


Comment on the literary device, used in the following line:

Titania: Come wait upon him: lead him to my bower.


List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the present participle. Example: put- putting


Find at least two examples of consonance from poems that you study in this book.


Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence. 

in his mind’s eye


Identify the preposition in the given sentence and underline them.

The burglar found the keys under the pot in the balcony.


Give your opinion and compare the items in each picture using -er more, less, or an irregular form. Use the words. You may form your sentences in more than one way.

  1. eco-friendly
  2. economical
  3. safer.

______ fire, break the glass to escape.


Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.

prepare for


The Himalayas ______ India from the cold winds.


Write a negative sentence.

I am having a bath.


Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.

Veeran cleaned ______ had been cleaning the room since morning.


What is Amala going to do? Given below is Amala’s schedule for next week. Read it and answer the questions using the future continuous tense.

Amala’s Schedule

Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Morning Doctor’s appointment Meet friends Return library books Attend NCC camp Go to park Clean house Visit grandmother
Afternoon Buy groceries for the week Go to computer class Go to nursery garden Learn music Do gardening Prepare sweets Go to the zoo with nephew
Evening Watch TV Do gardening Dinner with friends Do ironing Play with friends Movie with parents Relax at home
  1. What will Amala do on Sunday morning?
  2. What is Amala planning to do on Saturday afternoon?
  3. Where is Amala going on Wednesday morning?
  4. Who is Amala meeting on Tuesday morning?
  5. What will she buy on Monday afternoon?

Change the following into passive voice.

You must not drop litter in the streets.


Complete the sentence in present tense form.

We ______ (gather) here for a meeting and the chair person is yet to arrive.


Write the noun form of the following word.

zealous ______.


Identify the phrase in the following sentence and classify them as Adjective, Adverb, or Noun phrase.

Kohli hopes to win the trophy.


Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.

Divya hid the sweets behind her back.


Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.

While Sudha was climbing the stairs, she tripped and fell down.


Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.

The captain and the co-pilot sit in the______.


Look at the words in the box. Make new words by adding ‘ly’ whereever possible. It will not be possible with all the words.

Suffix: A letter or letters added at the end of a word to make a different or a new form of the word. Eg. lone+ly= lonely

lone
blossom
fertile
vigorous
place
constant
complete
strong
unlike
great
cross
immediate
broad

Read these sentence from the story carefully. Do they give command or request or make statement? Write 'C' for command and 'R' for request and 'S' for statement.

Please do not cut trees.


Find out the clipped word for the following.

Electronic + commerce -


Now, try splitting each of these words into syllables.

Wonderful  
Behind  
Bananas  
Excitement  
Snatch  
Windows  
Thud  
Everyone  

You have cleaned your bike, ________?


He could have bought a new car, ______?


Punctuate the following sentence.

when is your birthday.


Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.

Our team played well ______ won the game.


Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.

Suguna______helps her mother at home.


Read the situation given. Write the response of the subject in a sentence. Tick the correct box to identify the kind of sentences.

D- Declarative; In- Interrogative; E- Exclamatory; Im- Imperative

    D In E Im
 

Example: (Vendor) while weighing the fruits

How many kilos do you want?

     
1.

(Children) while eating ice-cream

       
2. (Teacher) while noticing students talking in the classroom        
3. (Waiter) while attending a new customer        
4. (Student) while introducing oneself        
5. (Tourist) while visiting the Taj Mahal        
6. (TTR) while checking the tickets of passengers        
7. (Critic) while writing a review of a book        
8. (Receptionist) while attending to a guest in the hotel        

Use the suitable verb.

The boy______ the story.


Circle the consonant letters.

p r l o j s a k i y d q


Match the rhyming word.

1. deeds wealth
2. health care
3. bare needs

Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.

I threw a rock in the lake.


Add a prefix to each word so it matche the new definition

prefix word
un, re, dis, pre lucky, check, view, approve

A chance to view before______.


Describe the picture with adjectives.

The apple is ______.

It tastes ______.

It is ______ in shape.


Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

Yusuf understood the problem because he ______(experience) the situation earlier.


In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.

Unless one is upright there is no use in being a charming fellow. Sometimes it is better to be honest than attractive. These are the great truths of modern life which Shyam never realised. He never said an ill-natured word in his life. He was always polite and spoke softly to everybody


Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with suitable prepositions and read the paragraph aloud for better understanding of the use of prepositions.

Mr. Beek of New Jersey has invented a floating life-preserver, which gives complete protection (1) ______people who have been shipwrecked. The upper section is large enough (2)______the wearer to be able to move his head and arms (3) ______, and a month's supply (4 )______food and drinking water can also be stored (5) ______it. The cover can be closed in rough weather, and the wearer can see (6) ______the window in the front, and breathe (7) ______a curved pipe. The life preserver is made (8) ______water proof cloth attached (9) ______circular metal tubes, which protect the wearer (10) ______ sharp rocks and hungry fish.


Identify the change in these pair of active and passive construction.

The pilot flew the airplane to Bengaluru. The airplane was flown to Bengaluru by the pilot.


Change the voice of the following sentence.

Mohan has completed the course.


Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.

These should not be thought of as luxury but as necessity.


Words belonging to different semantic fields.

Now, read the following statements taken from Arignar Anna’s address:


You are busy getting ready for school. You receive a What's App message from your best friend, saying that he/she is very upset over the fight you had yesterday and doesn’t want to talk to you anymore. This distresses you as she sounds very firm. However, today is a big day at school with two tests lined up. What will be your state of mind? How will you handle this situation?


Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.

At the moment I (think) about what course to pursue next year but I ( not make) a final decision yet.


Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.

Rajini Prem’s family ______ in Chengalpet now. (be).


Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.

The patient is critical. He ______ be taken to the hospital. (compulsion)


Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.

It is time to stop the work.


Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.

You have not returned my books yet.


Here are some compound words chosen from the text.

ice-fall knife-edge wind-proof sleeping-bags
half-way never-ending partly-full ice- axe

Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

Maamanaar was unmatched.


Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.

He was dissatisfied. He quit his job.


Change capital letters to Small letters at the beginning of a sentence if necessary.

According to (1)______National Weather Report, cyclones are winds circulating (2)______counter clockwise in(3) ______Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in (4)______southern Hemisphere. Cyclones are usually accompanied by(5) ______stormy weather. Tornadoes and hurricanes are types of cyclones. (6) ______hurricane is (7) ______cyclone that forms over(8) ______tropical oceans and seas.(9) ______hurricane rotates in(10) ______shape of(11) ______oval or a circle.(12) ______Hurricane Andrew, which hit (13)______coasts of Louisiana and Southern Florida in August 1992, caused (14)______extreme devastation. It was one of (15)______most devasting hurricanes ever to hit(16)______U.S.. Fourteen people died of(17) ______Andrew’s effect.


Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.

The pen is mightier than the sword.


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) ______

Make smaller words using the letters in the given word. (At least 5 words)

enjoyable


Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.

I learnt a great many new words that day.


Write a compound word using the pictures.

+
______

In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.

The teacher handed down the report cards.


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