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Question
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
You ______ be joking
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Solution
You must be joking
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Clause (1) ____________
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Conjunction:
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From a popular book of poems/the internet, write down 3-4 examples of Interrogation used in poetry.
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Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
begun
_______ we are impressed with their performance.
Fill in the blank using the verb in the bracket in the future form.
If you listen carefully, you ______ my point. (understand).
There aren’t ______ (some/any) eggs in the basket.
But there are ____ (much/a few) near it.
Rearrange the words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence.
allergic / dogs / Rani / though / is / to / of / six / she / them / has.
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| tall | ||
| smarter | ||
| largest | ||
| big | ||
| later/latter |
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
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He is still sleeping, ________.
Choose the correct word.
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6 is ______ 5.
Use adjective you think for each of these words. You can write more than one adjective.
| Clever, stormy, beautiful, dusty, good, hot, bright, cloudless, honest, lovely, fat, tall |
a______ boy.
Match the words in Column A with their pairs in Column B to form compound words and write them in Column C.
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| mantel | lashes | |
| eye | wheel | |
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Here is a recipe to make a chocolate cake in a pressure cooker. Rewrite the instructions in the passive voice. The first one has been done for you.
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Ingredients
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Method
- First sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder in a mixing bowl.
- Add butter, sugar, salt, water, and vanilla and beat the ingredients using a whisk.
- Add the eggs and beat the batter until it is smooth
- Transfer the batter into the baking tin.
- Heat the pressure cooker, covered with the lid, but without the pressure, for 3-4 minutes on high heat. Then place the cake tin in the empty cooker (Do not add water in the cooker).
- Close the lid (without the pressure), lower the flame, and cook for about 30 minutes.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
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Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
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Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
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Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Jessie enjoys bothering others.
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Look at the following examples -
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But I don’t know what they want. (Noun clause) - He told us a funny story. (Adjective)
He told us a story that was funny. (Adjective clause) - They went away. (Adverb)
They went when you were talking to your friend. (Adverb clause)
Now complete the following on your own :
- But I don’t know ____________.
- He told us ____________.
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The fresh college graduate jumped ______ the first offer of a job.
