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प्रश्न
use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled ______ and turned
away.
पर्याय
Awfully
sorrowfully
completely
loftily
carefully
differently
quickly
nonchalantly
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उत्तर
When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled nonchalantlyand turned
away.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Thinking about language
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Here, big means large in size.
Now, consult a dictionary and find out the meaning of big in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.
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(iii) Their project is full of big ideas. ____
(iv) Cricket is a big game in our country. ____
(v) I am a big fan of Lata Mangeskar. ____
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(vii) What a big heart you’ve got, Father dear. ____
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Einstein got ever more involved in politics, agitating for an end to the arms buildup.
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Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
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At the age of 15, Einstein felt so stifled that he left the school for good, (permanently,
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Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
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Five years later, the discovery of nuclear fission in Berlin had American physicists in an
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| (ii) Make hay while the sun shines. | (ii) Don’t put the cart before the horse. |
| (iii) ____ before you leap. | (iii) ____ a mountain out of a mole hill. |
| (iv) ____ and let live. | (iv) ____ all your eggs in one basket. |
Thinking about Language
Find these words in the lesson. They all have ie or ei in them.
- f___ld
- ingred ___nts
- h ___ght
- misch ___vous
- fr ___nds
- ___ghty-seven
- rel ___ved
- p ___ce
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- bel___ ve
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- l ___sure
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- w ___ght
- r ___gn
- f ___gn
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Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
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