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प्रश्न
When we compare two nouns, we use comparative adjectives. When we compare more than two nouns, we use superlative adjectives.
For Example -
a. Milind is taller than John.
b. Zakir is the tallest of the three brothers.
Look at the following sentence and observe the changes in the sentence. Discuss the changes and note your responses:
Atul is not as bright as Milind in studies.
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उत्तर
The form of the adjective (bright) was positive in the first sentence because there is no difference between the qualities of the two nouns that are being compared.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank below using ‘had to’/ ‘have to’/ ‘has to’.
They ______________take the baby to the doctor.
Separate the clauses in the following sentence and write the conjunction.
The thief stole the money and he ran away.
Clause (1) ____________
Clause (2) ____________
Conjunction:
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence).
Mantri Ji said Maharaj Pundit Shahane's visit to our court is an open challenge. (Punctuate)
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
brave
List all the verbs related to the verb ‘say’ or ‘tell’ from the story. Note where they occur. Rewrite at least 3 of the speeches near which they occur using indirect speech.
Write the homophones (words which sound the same) of the following words in the story.
- no:
- went:
- through:
- dear:
- pair:
- soul:
- here:
- knew:
- whole:
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to have a beneficial effect
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.
To protect the temples and artifacts, UNESCO launched an international campaign.
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Pragathi lent a pencil to Keerthana.
Global warming is ______________ the green house emission.
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| Locality | Your Place | Your Partner's Place |
| ♦ proximity to the railway station | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane proximity to the airport | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane number of shopping centers | ||
| ♦ Telegram-plane number of temples | ||
| ♦ important heritage centres | ||
| ♦ sea, lakes, rivers, or ponds | ||
| ♦ traffic | ||
Find the antonyms for the underlined word in the following sentence.
Pongo carefully searched the narrator’s pockets.
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Report the following sentence.
Ebin said, “Have you booked the tickets to Delhi?”
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By next year, I ______ in Chennai for fifteen years. (live).
Underline the verb and identify the tense form.
The Moon revolves around the Earth ______.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
child ______.
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
enjoy ______.
Choose the correct option.
My salary is low _________ I find the work interesting.
Complete the following sentence using the noun form of the word given in the bracket.
It is very difficult to work with so many __________. (distract)
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
All your friends will guide ______.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
After lunch, the children were allowed to play.
Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.
| able,ful, ly, sub, ion, un, tri, re, im, mis |
| _____call | comfort_____ |
| _____category | _____understand |
| _____proper | success_____ |
| equal_____ | _____colour |
| construct_____ | new_____ |
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- How old are you?
- How tall are you?
- What bicycle do you have?
- How many languages do you speak?
- At what time do you usually wake up?
- How far is your home from school?
| You | ||||||
| Age | ||||||
| Height | ||||||
| Bicycle | ||||||
| Number of Languages | ||||||
| Wake Up Time | ||||||
| Distance to School |
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e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
- use
- buy
- sail
- watch
- operate
- foreign
- bake
- write
- govern
- act
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
Mahesh is a boy. (Thin, Tall, Clever)
Peter played handball yesterday, _______?
Let's go for a walk, ________.
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
Clean the ashes out of the ______place.
Match the picture with the collective noun.
| 1. | A flock of goats |  |
| 2. | A bouquet of flowers |  |
| 3. | An army of soldiers |  |
| 4. | A shoal of fish |  |
| 5. | A choir of singers |  |
Complete the following sentence using the prepositions from the option.
Birds migrate ____ spring and autumn.
Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.
They were going to Coimbatore.
He missed his purse _______ he was sad.
Choose the correct word.
They went _____ the park.
Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.
I am so happy.
Write down clipped word for the given picture.
____________
(gymnasium)
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
He ______ (read) a news paper.
Now, use the verb given in bracket in the following sentence in their correct form.
At the moment they____ (wait) at the bus-stop. But I ______(not know) their plans for the journey.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______ admit my fault, if I were you.
Underline the correct verb in these sentence.
My classmates (study, studies) before a test.
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
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in camera
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judicial - judicious
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
The plane ______off in a few minutes. (take)
Complete the following sentence with modal using the clue given.
I______ to play hockey when I was a student. (past habit)
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Whose car did someone park in front of your gate?
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Good news is expected shortly.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
The ______of parents finally came to an end when their lost child was found with the help of police.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
Many victims of the pipeline explosion in an oil refinery were left permanently______.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
In spite of his poverty and setbacks, he was able to launch his dream carrier.
Comment on the changes in poetic expression in English from the time of Donne to that of Kamala Das with reference to
- prosodic features (rhyme, rhythm and metre)
- vocabulary
- language
- themes.
Complete the line from a self-awareness song by filling the blank with the correct option.
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Write the compound word from the picture.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound words using the picture.
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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) As soon as I solved one problem, the teacher gave me another.
(II) No sooner ______
Fill in the following blank using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
You must tell ______ I mustn't do it.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
He ran into President during the elections last year.
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.
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