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Underline the infinitive in the following sentence. It was funny to read words that stood still. - English (Second/Third Language)

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Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.

It was funny to read words that stood still.

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It was funny to read words that stood still.

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पाठ 1.4: Be SMART...! - Language Study [पृष्ठ २८]

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Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.

We _____________ go for swimming lessons last year.


Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.

I _______________repair my cycle yesterday.


Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).

He stroked its sides.


Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
Hurry up! Madam _________ (be) annoyed if we _________ (be) late.


You have won a prize to visit a wildlife sanctuary or National Park in Africa or Australia. Choose a location, read about it. Imagine that you are visiting it and write a letter to your friend about it.


Two separate words combine together to make a new word with a different meaning. They form Compound Words. Using a dictionary, find the meaning of the following compound word.

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Complete the following chart of personal pronouns using words from the brackets-
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First I, ______ my, ______ ______, us mine, ours

Second

you ______ you yours
Third ______ she, it, they his, ______ its, ______ ______ her, them, ______ his, hers, its, theirs
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List at least 10 verbs, the last letter of which is doubled in the past participle. Example: write - written


List all the adverbs that end with ‘-ly’ from the passage.


Complete the following story using the verbs in the brackets in their proper form:-

Footprint

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God replied, “During your times of trials and sufferings, where you ______ (see) only one set of footprints, they ______ (be) mine for it was then that I ______ (carry) you in my arms.”


Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.

begun 


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

heart of hearts


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To be or not to be - that is the question.


Use the following word to construct a meaningful sentence on your own.

coward - 


Change the following into Passive voice.

Cross the busy roads carefully


Rewrite the following passage in Passive Voice.

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Cows ______ us milk.


Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.

I ______ (wait) for my mother.


Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.

She ___________ in the garden since morning.


There aren’t ______ (some/any) eggs in the basket.
But there are ____ (much/a few) near it.


Supply suitable linker.

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Transform the following sentence as instructed.

Walk carefully lest you will fall down. (into Complex)


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Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.

You want to open your classroom window.


Find out the clipped word for the following.

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Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.

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Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.

I _______ (wait) for you.


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Make something better ______.

words suffixes
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Do you want apple _________ pear?


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Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.

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A is ______ B.


Fill the blank with the clipped word.

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Write the past form of the verb.

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Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following

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Write the compound word using the pictures.

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Write a compound word using the pictures.

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