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प्रश्न
Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.
Our headmistress not only promised us to take us for an excursion, but also announced that on return we would get a holiday. It was like ______.
पर्याय
the icing on the cake
break the ice
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उत्तर
Our headmistress not only promised us to take us for an excursion but also announced that on return we would get a holiday. It was like the icing on the cake.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.
fill in the blank using the correct form of the word given.
The _________________ of breaking glass woke me up.
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He began to cry.
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
He watched the working seamen.
Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.
When he opened it, he found sheets of paper.
Find from the poem, three examples of Alliteration :
- ___________________
- ___________________
- ___________________
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
to have ______ fingers (be good at gardening).
The same word can be used as a noun in some sentences and as a verb in others. For example,
- Many are the empty remarks. ______ (Noun)
- A wise man once remarked, ______ (Verb)
Make two sentences of your own with each of the words given below, using the same word as a noun in one and as a verb in another.
- change
- show
- throw
- return
- benefit
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.
My father doesn’t drink ________ coffee.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
My aunt lives in Trichy but, my aunt often comes to visit my family.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Buy me a present ____ my birthday.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
f_i_h_e_ _d - afraid
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
what day of the week is your favorite ____
Recite the poem Farmer’s friend with the correct intonation.
Here are some naming words that denote the person and things in particular.
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is he standing on top?
No, he is at the _____.
Rewrite the sentence with punctuation mark.
the book is on the table
Change the sentence into the past perfect tense and future perfect tense.
She has bought a violin.
Fill in the blank.
I am ______ university student.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Aruna always looks at the bright side of things. Even in the face of misfortune, she firmly believes that everything will work out for the best in the end. Aruna is an ______.
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
stand by
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
Poonam ______ not catch the bus yesterday.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Sweets have not been distributed to children by the organisers.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
glory + victory -
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Our father rejected it, saying it wouldn’t be sturdy.
Now, Blend the following word.
binary + digit
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Many a student were awarded at the function.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II in the case.
(I) P.G. Wodehouse is the funniest author I have ever read.
(II) No other ____________.
