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प्रश्न
We use a variety of idioms in our daily life to describe various situations. Describe the narrator’s situation in your own words, making use of some of the new idioms you have just learnt.
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
He dipped his fingers in the milk.
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 |
Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/ Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.
The dying swallow fell at his feet.
Make a pair of sentences of your own to point out the different meanings of the following Homograph.
fine
List all the phrases from the poem in which two or more words are joined with ‘and’.
Add your own sentences to those given in the passage to illustrate the uses of ‘have’.
To indicate the relationship
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
(his/her) heart sank
Frame five questions using the picture clues. Begin with “Have you ever”.
(cook biryani)
The conference will be held ______ 10 a.m.______ 5 p.m.
- across
- with
- on
- to
- by
- since
- from
- about
- into
- at
- during
Find out the clipped word for the following.
International + police -
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
They always talk who never think.
Write the plural word.
Berry
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
A ________ of bees.
Use the suitable verb.
The boy______ the story.
Match the correct rhyming words.
| nature | herd |
| bird | race |
| face | creature |
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
That night he strolled into the Palette Club about eleven o’clock and found Trevor sitting by himself in the long room. “Well, Alan, did you get the picture finished all right? ” he said, as he lit his cigarette. “Finished and framed, my boy!” answered Trevor, “and by-the-bye, you have made a conquest. That old model you saw is quite devoted to you. I had to tell him all about you - who you are, where you live, what your income is, what prospects you have.”
Solve the crossword using the clues given
- Across
2. We fought ______the measure. (7)
7. The cat jumped ______the table. (4)
9. The cat climbed ______the tree. (2)
10. My story is shorter ______yours. (4)
11. Cats are ______dogs. (6)
13. Put the cookie ______the jar. (2)
14. Let’s walk ______the park. (7)
16. The vegetables were planted ______the apple tree. (6)
17. Banu sings ______a bird. (4)
18. My story is ______ my pets. (5)
19. Subash is the president ______our class. (2)
20. We live ______the river. (2)
21. Let’s walk ______class together. (4)
22. The bank is ______the park.(8)
23. We live ______the city limits.(6)
25. I saw John waving ______the crowd. (5)
28. I am more cautious ______ the fall. (5)
29. I have a present ______you. (3)
31. We strolled ______the river.(5)
32. He ran ______us. (7)
33. The leaves had collected ______the trees (7)
- Down
1. I put the book ______the table. (4)
2. Please meet me ______the cafe. (2)
3. Desert will be served ______dinner. (5)
4. My house is ______the school. (4)
5. We walked ______ the store. (2) 6. No eating ______class.(6) 8. The book fell ______my desk. (3)
11. I will not leave ______ the speech is finished. (5)
12. The store is open everyday ______ Sunday. (3)
15. The dog is ______the house. (7)
16. The cat is hiding ______my bed. (5)
19. The cat jumped ______the dog. (4)
20. He is hiding ______the bookcase. (6)
22. Dinner is ______the table. (2)
24. I put my hands ______my pockets. (6)
26. We will eat ______the play. (6)
27. The cat is sleeping ______the cot. (5)
29. This letter is ______my aunt. (4)
30. We ran ______the other kids. (4)
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
en route
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
carte blanche
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
______ you register your name, you cannot participate in the competitions.
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
______ (shop) is my favourite hobby.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
The boys went to the forest ______birds.
Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.
He was dissatisfied. He quit his job.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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| ____________ | |
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) Sushil's attitude towards work has always puzzled me.
(II) I have ______
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern.
Example: strange - stranger - strangest
wise - ______ - ______
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
Nuisance
