Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
earn one’s name.
Advertisements
उत्तर
earn one’s name – make a name for oneself.
She earned her name in politics, as a powerful leader.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
Find these phrasal verbs in the story.
-
burn out
light up
look on
run out
keep out
Write down the sentences in which they occur, consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.
The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.
Match the words in Column A with what they imply in Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (1) pilgrim | (a) threat to life |
| (2) journey | (b) trap |
| (3) evening or close of day | (c) life |
| (4) chasm, deep and wide | (d) death |
| (5) building a bridge | (e) old age |
| (6) pitfall | (f) a dutiful man |
| (7) close of day | (g) solving the problem/getting rid of the threat to life |
Make the following Affirmative using the words given.
She did not give up. (refuse to)
Given below are some qualities that the characters in the play displayed during the floods for survival. Identify and write the character with the qualities.
| Sl.No. | Character | Quality |
| 1. | anxiety | |
| 2. | serious | |
| 3. | fun | |
| 4. | sober | |
| 5. | excitement | |
| 6. | scared | |
| 7. | frightened | |
| 8. | shudder | |
| 9. | hopeful | |
| 10. | horror | |
| 11. | enjoyment | |
| 12. | terrified | |
| 13. | levelheaded | |
| 14. | scornful | |
| 15. | hysterical |
Change the following into passive voice.
He has already mended the TV set.
Read the sentences and put the adverbs in the correct boxes. Give two more examples of your own in each box.
- Anand has decided to submit his project tomorrow.
- The cat ran behind.
- Paraman sang in the choir happily.
- We never come late to the office.
- The stray elephant was set free in the forest yesterday
- Arun and Vimala usually complete their homework on time.
- Raghav looked at his sister affectionately.
- I prefer to leave early.
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I can’t remember what my teacher (say) yesterday about our homework. I (not listen) properly because Hussain (talk) to me at the same time.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Thomas Alva Edison did not lose his ______, even after facing a series of experimental failures in his quest to discover tungsten.
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
nasty - ______ - ______
