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When words with the same spelling or pronunciation are used in such a way that they convey more than one meaning, the figure of speech involved is called a pun.A pun is a play upon words.

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When words with the same spelling or pronunciation are used in such a way that they convey more than one meaning, the figure of speech involved is called a pun.
A pun is a play upon words. For example,

  1. Hello! How’s life?
  2. Hell, O! It’s a strife.

Find other examples of pun with the help of your parents/teacher.

  1. _________________
  2. _________________
  3. _________________
  4. _________________
लघु उत्तर
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उत्तर १

  1. When his wife died, he cried for a second.
  2. Living life depends on the liver.
  3. You cannot buy a cap for your knee.
  4. Don't cross the bridge of your nose.
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उत्तर २

  1. Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
  2. I’ve been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill.
  3. The calendar’s days are numbered.
  4. A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it’s two-tired.
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पाठ 1.3: Have you ever seen...? - Warming Up! [पृष्ठ १२]

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बालभारती English Kumarbharati Standard 9 Maharashtra State Board
पाठ 1.3 Have you ever seen...?
Warming Up! | Q 2 | पृष्ठ १२

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

He watched the working seamen.


Rewrite the following passage in Passive Voice.

A few days ago, someone stole Ambrose’s motorbike. Ambrose had left it outside his house. He reported the theft to the police. The police told him that they would try to find his motorbike. This morning, they found his motorbike. The police called Ambrose to the police station. The thieves had painted it and then sold it to someone else. The new owner had parked the motorbike outside a mall when the police found it. After an enquiry, the police arrested the thieves.


I __________ (play) in the rain all evening.


Identify the non-finite in the following sentence and underline them.

Roshan dreams of becoming an architect.


Change the sentence from past continuous to future continuous.

Prasanth was reading newspaper.


Answer the following.

Name of the object In your mother tongue Use in a sentence
     

Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.

I can’t remember what my teacher (say) yesterday about our homework. I (not listen) properly because Hussain (talk) to me at the same time.


Underline the prepositional phrase.

The assignment will be completed in a few weeks.


Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.

Caesar was declared emperor. The conspirators killed him. (After)


Write a compound word using the pictures.

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