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Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank. ______ (shop) is my favourite hobby.

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Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.

______ (shop) is my favourite hobby.

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Shopping is my favourite hobby.

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पाठ 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Non-finite verbs [पृष्ठ १५६]

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पाठ 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
Grammar- Non-finite verbs | Q 2 3. | पृष्ठ १५६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

 

 Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.

(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.

(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!

(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.

(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!

Past

Earlier past

   
   
   
   

 


Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.

Someone stole my bicycle. ________


Make the following Affirmative using the word given.

There was no breeze. (hardly)


Sing and recite one of the famous folk songs given below.

There is a mountain for away.

And on the mountain stands a tree.

And on the tree, there is a branch.

And on the branch, there is a nest.

And in the nest, there is an egg.

And in the egg, there is a bird

One day the bird will fly.

One day we will be free.

Discuss with your teacher and classmates regarding the changes seen in the underlined words. Find the reasons behind the changes.

  • a mountain – the mountain
  • a tree – the tree
  • a branch – the branch
  • a nest – the nest
  • an egg – the egg
  • a bird – the bird.

What are interjections? explain with some examples.


Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

out of the ______ (suddenly, unexpectedly).


Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.

lent


Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.

I can be fifteen next April.


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.


Change the following into passive voice.

People speak Portuguese in Brazil.


Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.

We succeeded in our attempt.


Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.

Madhusudhan checked to see if his keys had fallen underneath his chair.


There is unity in diversity ______ the people.


Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.

Taking the children to the museum is Seema’s responsibility.


The doctor advised him against ______ in the sun.


Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.

If you need anything just press the______.


John and Max don't like maths, ________?


Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.

Make sure to complete all your homework on time ___


Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.


Man


Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.

Is this bottle empty?
No, it is _____.


Meena studied in ______ standard. 


Fill in the blank in the following sentence with appropriate preposition.

In case _________ difficulty, you should refer _________ a dictionary and then respond _________ the question.


Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:

via media


Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.

One should keep one’s promise.


Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.


Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.

Gold is not more useful than iron.


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.

The rain approached like a dark curtain. I ______ (1) (see) it marching down the street, heavy and remorseless. It ______ (2) (drum) on the tin roof and swept across the road and over the balcony of my room. I ______ (3) (sit) there without ______ (4) (move), letting the rain soak my sticky shirt and gritty hair.

Outside, the street rapidly ______ (5) (empty). Buses, cars and bullock carts ______ (6) (plough) through the suddenly rushing water. A group of small boys came jumping along a side street, which was like a river in spate. A garland of marigolds, swept off the steps of temple, came ______ (7) (float) down the middle of the road.

The rain ______ (8) (stop) as suddenly as it had begun. The day was ______ (9) (end), and the breeze ______ (10) (remain) cool and moist.


Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.

Mithology


Complete the following sentence using your own ideas:

I did not know what ______.


Write the compound word from the pictures.

+
______

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