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Question
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of ________and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)
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Solution
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Look at these sentences.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
He ______ have a new bicycle now; he______ wait till next year.
‘She went to one of the kitchen drawers’.
Look at the sentence carefully. The underlined word tells us that she went (some time ago) to a particular place (at one of the kitchen drawers). Now discuss with your partner and tell the class what you did ‘yesterday’ and what your friend did ‘yesterday’. Complete the table. One is done for you.
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Find the following adverbs in the story. What verbs do they tell us more about? Write down the pairs of verbs and adverbs.
- ago
- greatly
- Today
- politely
- calmly
- hard
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.
The state parties are responsible for identifying and nominating new sites.
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
The bird cackled amusedly while flying. (to noun)
Report the following sentence.
“Why don’t you use crayons for colouring?” said Prabhu to his son.
Read the following sentences carefully and underline the preposition.
Saravanan climbed onto the horse.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
The boy was taken by surprise when he learnt about Mithali Dorai Raj.
Now, try splitting each of these words into syllables.
| Wonderful | |
| Behind | |
| Bananas | |
| Excitement | |
| Snatch | |
| Windows | |
| Thud | |
| Everyone |
Choose the correct word.
They went _____ the park.
Fill in the blanks with to, too and two.
I need ___ write _____ pages on this topic.
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
She ________ attended the meeting by tomorrow.
Choose the sentences that are in simple future tense.
- They washed the van.
- Kamal will meet you at the shop.
- My dad helps me read.
- It will rain tomorrow.
- He ate many mangoes.
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
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
There was a skirmish ______my brother and sister.
Fill in the blank with the word given in option.
The tyres of the car got ______when the vehicle rolled over the rusted nails scattered on the road.
Replace the comparative adjective in the following sentence with their positive form.
Rural life is certainly more peaceful than urban life.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Listen carefully and classify the following into ‘one’ and ‘many’.
day, contrasts, teacher, lives, months, years, afternoon, porch, signs, face, fingers, leaves, blossoms, anger, bitterness, weeks, struggle, ship, darkness
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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