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प्रश्न
Underline the prepositional phrase.
With reference to your advertisement in a local newspaper, I am applying for the post of a salesman.
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उत्तर
With reference to your advertisement in a local newspaper, I am applying for the post of a salesman.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!
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Noun |
Adjective |
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elephant |
circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold |
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face |
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building |
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water |
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.
He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.
The following expression is a combination of a noun preceded by a describing word.
savage controversy
Replace the describing word with as many others as you can, that goes with the underlined noun.
In the following sentence the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
Pragathi lent a pencil to Keerthana.
The trial was conducted ___________ the procedure of law.
Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
| pain-killer | stopped | cruelty | remedies | teaspoon | school |
| summersets | Peter | pretended | dejected | health | crack |
Tom Sawyer felt _________ as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to _______. His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his ________ condition. So, she began to try various ________ on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and __________ to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend
the ______ on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, _____. The ________ had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few ____________ and sail through the open window. She found the ___________ with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realized that what was _________ to the cat should be the same to the boy too and __________ giving medicines to him.
Make sentences in the present perfect continuous tense using the verbs.
The children ___________ in the park.
I ____________ (go) to Thanjavur by this time tomorrow.
Read the given passage carefully and fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs from the help box.
| burn off | keep up | build-up | tire out |
| warms up | put on | work out | stretch out |
Riya is a young dancer who feels contented and satisfied with herself. Let's hear from her.
Hi, everyone! I am Riya. I suppose I’m really lucky because I don’t ______ weight easily. I never ______ in the gym and the only time I ______ is when I need something from the top shelf. I tried aerobics several times but I couldn’t ______ with the others. I take my pet for a walk thrice a day though, and that helps to ______ the calories. I usually watch what I eat but I sometimes binge on ice cream.
My sister Diya, is a real fitness fanatic. Before she works out she ______ every day with push-ups, sit-ups stretches, and a jog around the park. She says it’s important to ______ good levels of strength and stamina. I don’t want to overdo it though. A fitness regime like hers would ______ me ______!
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
She hopes you ______ her. (help).
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
enjoy ______.
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
sarathy said oh how thrilling it was
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
any building of a past age, regarded as a historically important place______.
Write some 
pattern words and divide them.
Rewrite the sentence using the word in the bracket.
I have dinner at 8 p.m. (She)
Choose the correct word.
We bought _______ pens.
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______
Choose the correct place of the apple.
Frame meaningful sentence of your own using the following expression from the story. Use a dictionary if required.
a turning point
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
We should never misuse or ______natural resources.
The stranger ______for a few minutes before he ______ my house. (paused/passed)
Make sentence using the passive form of the verb.
Indian Airlines/set up/1953
Write the process of wrapping a Christmas gift in a paragraph in passive form, with the help of the pictures given below.
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
- The ______is not clear; we cannot read the sentences.
- We ______wedding cards here.
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
People who live in glass houses______ not throw stones.
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
...tea is one of the mainstays of civilization in the country.
Transform each of the following sentence using the comparative degree without changing the meaning.
Hurricanes are as dangerous as tornadoes.
He turned ______ for the programme earlier than usual.
Use the proper punctuation mark.
Sure, if they were the same age
