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प्रश्न
Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.
The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to ______.
पर्याय
the icing on the cake
break the ice
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उत्तर
The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to break the ice.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Study the sentences in the columns below.
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B |
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
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It bleated frantically and butted him.
Which form of the verb is more natural in below sentence?
I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.
Make meaningful sentences from the following table.
| • She was tired | but | • she finished her homework. |
| • She wanted to buy a car | • she had no money. | |
| • He was angry | • he did not fight. | |
| • He did not know the answer | • he did not copy his friend’s answer. | |
| • They did not have money | • they lived happily. | |
| • He did not read the book | • he knew the story. |
We solved the problem _______ a new device developed by our engineers.
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Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
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Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
She _______ (draw) a picture.
Write the plural form.
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tooth - _________ |
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knife - _________ |
Write the past form of the verb.
sing- ______
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
The boy will have grown up like a man in few years.
Choose the correct prefix and write the new word.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Both these machines work on the same ______.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______rather request you to check my exercise before giving it to the teacher.
Read the following passage adapted from ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and fill in the blanks with appropriate modals and read the paragraph aloud.
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1)______ read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2)______begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms and discovered I (3)______be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4)______have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5)______live for years. The only disease I (6)______conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7)______(not feel) my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
After the complicated surgery, the patient hoped of complete recovery.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy.
Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
Ten thousand rupees a month are an insufficient income.
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
He would borrowed the rest.
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
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Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
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I did not know what the future held of marvel or surprise for me.
Read the following sentences. Write the ones in passive voice. Copy them correctly.
- I have heard amazing stories ...
- I am especially impressed by the fact ...
- I am quite happy about it.
- I beg for justice.
- ... and my friend was instantly killed ...
- My house has been recently built ...
- It is the fault of the bricklayer ...
The police promised to carry ______ thorough investigation.
Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.
A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which ______ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was ______ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in ______ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, ______ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously ______ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man ______ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that ______ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to ______ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn't it beautiful”, he called out to the old man. "Yes", replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I'll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man ______ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves ______ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet.
“There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
The judge said to the prosecutor, “Do you agree with the arguments presented yesterday?”
(Begin: The judge asked…..)
