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Look at These Words: Upkeep, Downpour, Undergo, Dropout, Walk-in. They Are Built up from a Verb (Keep, Pour, Go, Drop, Walk) and an Adverb Or a Particle (Up, Down,Under, Out, In).

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Look at these words: upkeep, downpour, undergo, dropout, walk-in. They are built up from a verb (keep, pour, go, drop, walk) and an adverb or a particle (up, down,under, out, in).

Use these words appropriately in the sentences below. You may consult a dictionary.

(i) A heavy ___________ has been forecast due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

(ii) Rakesh will ___________major surgery tomorrow morning.

(iii) My brother is responsible for the ______________of our family property.

(iv) The ____________rate for this accountancy course is very high.

(v) She went to the Enterprise Company to attend a _______________ interview.

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Solution

(i)A heavy downpour has been forecast due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

(ii)Rakesh will undergo major surgery tomorrow morning.

(iii)My brother is responsible for the upkeep of our family property.

(iv)The dropout rate for this accountancy course is very high.

(v)She went to the Enterprise Company to attend a walk-in interview.

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Chapter 7.1: Glimpses of India - Exercise 6 [Page 96]

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NCERT English First Flight [English] Class 10
Chapter 7.1 Glimpses of India
Exercise 6 | Q 1.1 | Page 96

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