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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
Complete the sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.
I __________ (phone) you when I ________ (get) home from school.
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Hairpin bend
Find five countable nouns from the passage and write their singular and plural forms.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ list (a list of defaulters).
Find antonyms for the following from the story.
- motionless x ______
- captivity x ______
- frequent x ______
- dull x ______
- gentle x ______
- co-operated x ______
- deep x ______
- humble x ______
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Take an umbrella. It should rain later.
Make a sentence in the present continuous tense using the verb given in bracket.
Who is that boy ________ on the table? (stand)
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
_________ she ________ (watch) TV?
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
Here is your watch. It has been found in the garden.
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
Radha was ill. She was not hospitalised.
Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.
People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.
- Paper ______(produce) from wood.
- The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
- Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
- This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
- Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.
Read the following dialogue and report it.
Betty: What are you doing here, Kitty? I haven’t seen you since June.
Kitty: I’ve just come back from my holiday in Darjeeling.
Betty: Did you enjoy it?
Kitty: Yes, I enjoyed I love Darjeeling. The landscape is amazing.
Betty: Did you go to the Lloyd’s Botanical Garden?
Kitty: Yes. It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. Are you doing anything tomorrow?
Betty: I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight.
Kitty: You might come to my place. What time shall we meet?
Betty: I’ll be there at eight. Is it all right?
Betty asked Kitty ______ And she added ______ since June. Kitty explained that ______back from her holiday in Darjeeling. Betty asked if ______ it. Kitty told her that she ______ Darjeeling and that the landscape ______ Betty wanted to know ____________ to the Lloyd’s Botanical Garden. Kitty said that it ______first trip and that she ______ some pictures. And then she asked her if she ______ Betty explained that she ........................................ a couple of things. But she added that she ______ free that night. Kitty suggested that she ______ place and asked her at what time ______ Betty said she ______ there at eight. And finally, she asked ______ all right.
“I may lend you some money.” Balu promised ______some money.
Identify the error in the sentence given below and rewrite them.
I have met him yesterday.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
The florist ______ flowers on the street.
She wakes up _____5 o’clock.
Fill in the blank.
6 is ______ 5.
Recite the poem with correct intonation.
Choose the correct one to show future perfect tense.
By this time tomorrow, we _______ (arrive)in Chennai.
Now, read the descriptions given under Column A and match them with their correct (-ist words) describing specialists in the various fields of medicine given under column B.
| No | A | B |
| 1 | one who specializes in lung problems | gynaecologist |
| 2 | one who specializes in skin problems | gastroenterologist |
| 3 | one who treats diseases specific to women | dermatologist |
| 4 | one who treats kidney diseases | neurologist |
| 5 | one who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system | pulmonologist |
| 6 | one who treats stomach disorders | cardiologist |
| 7 | one who treats vision problems | nephrologist |
| 8 | one who specializes in critical infants | otolaryngologist |
| 9 | one who treats heart problems | ophthalmologist |
| 10 | one who treats the problems of ear, nose, tongue | neonatologist |
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Her parents ______ in Coimbatore for two weeks from today (be).
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Prizes were being given by the chief guest.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
The landlady will charge me for the damage, shan’t she?
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Theatrical plays were a main source of ______before the advent of television.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
skeleton + system -
Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.
The team ______carefully so as to reach the summit successfully
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
I saw a disabled man.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
As soon as the teacher enters, she is greeted by her students. (Begin: No sooner….)
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
great - ______ - ______
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
The teacher handed down the report cards.
