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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” I took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.

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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.

Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

  • We have done it.
    It has been done by us.

I took photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags.

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Photographs of Tenzing holding aloft the flags were taken by me.

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पाठ 1.2: On To The Summit : We Reach The Top - Brainstorming [पृष्ठ २२]

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पाठ 1.2 On To The Summit : We Reach The Top
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Here are some words from the lesson which describe different kinds of sounds.

fill in the blank using the correct form of the word given.

The _________________ of breaking glass woke me up.


Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.

happy - ________.


Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
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sad

money

chop

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last

wax

could

bad

sound

axe

wood

way

stop

sunny

fast

round

day


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When Tenzing and Hillary reached the summit, Tenzing in utter joy said, “We have done it.” In this sentence, the subject (we) is the doer of the action while (achieving the feat) is the subject. The verb of passive voice is formed by using the correct form of the verb ‘to be’ + past participle of the main verb. Construct the sentence accordingly.

Now carefully go through the changes in both the sentences and do the changes accordingly in the remaining sentence.

  • We have done it.
    It has been done by us.

I remembered him.


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  • as red as ______
  • as blue as ______
  • as black as ______
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Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.

see ______ (become angry).


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Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.

Akila ___________ (not/sing) a song.


I found ________ one rupee coin in the playground while playing.


Report the following sentence.

Rehman said to Tilak, “When are we leaving to our native?”


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Naseera ______ (attend) music classes regularly.


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Until the sun sets, the old woman cannot step out of her house.


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Careless ×


Find out the anagrams. Use a pair of phrases as clues.

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Underline the conjunction in the following sentence.

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______ of fish swam past our boat.


Punctuate the following sentence.

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