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प्रश्न
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
in vain
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उत्तर
We searched in vain for the missing child.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
The mechanic repaired it for me. ______________
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.
We —————————— see bacteria with our eyes; we —————————— look at them through a microscope.
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Prepare a list of subordinating conjunctions.
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
struck as odd
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
I wish to go to Egypt.
In the following sentence, point out the Main Clause and Subordinate Clause. Encircle the Subordinator.
There was a colony, where many struggling artists lived.
The trial was conducted ___________ the procedure of law.
Match the phrasal verbs with their meanings.
| Section - A | Section – B |
| Phrasal verbs | Meanings |
| 1. set out | to go somewhere for a short break or holiday |
| 2. pick up | to begin a journey |
| 3. get away | to enter a bus, a train or a plane |
| 4. see off | to leave a bus, a train or a plane |
| 5. get into | to go to the station to say good bye to someone |
| 6. get off | to get someone from a place |
Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.
The show was enjoyed by all the audience and they ______ out loudly all the while.
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
- kindly
- soft
- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
- loudly
| Adverb | Adjective |
