Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
We walked down the path to the well-house.
Advertisements
Solution
- Who walked down the path to the well-house?
- Which path did they walk down?
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
The word ‘hobble’ means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition.
Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking.
|
haggle |
shuffle |
stride |
ride |
waddle |
|
wriggle |
paddle |
swagger |
trudge |
slog |
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.
Pick out from the poem, two examples of the following Figure of Speech.
Alliteration
Change the voice in the following sentence.
Hardy taught Ramanujan.
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
When the female turtle comes onshore to nest and to lay eggs, she leaves behind a trail just like a track of wheels on the sand.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
give someone a ______ look (a look of anger, dislike, etc.)
Frame simple sentences - statements, questions, requests, orders, permissions, etc. using the modals listed below.
| can, may, shall, will could, might, should, would l must, ought to, used to, need, dare. |
Make meaningful sentences from the following table.
| • She was tired | and | • she finished her homework. |
| • She wanted to buy a car | • she had no money. | |
| • He was angry | • he did not fight. | |
| • He did not know the answer | • he did not copy his friend’s answer. | |
| • They did not have money | • they lived happily. | |
| • He did not read the book | • he knew the story. |
Now try joining the sentences in the two columns using and.
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
Take an umbrella. It should rain later.
Given below is a picture of a carnival. Complete the factual description by filling in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Fairs and festivals form an integral part of the culture of Tamil Nadu. They are an excellent platform to promote and preserve the vibrant art and culture of the Tamils.
A thiruvizha (festival) is a source of excitement and thrill for villagers. The village thoroughfare wears a festive look, as the open spaces are cleaned, spruced up and decorated (a) ________colourful streamers.
People throng the premises (b) ______catch a glimpse (c)________their village deity (d)______ a magnificently decorated chariot, and pay their respects. There is a big crowd (e)_____ the food stalls that serve free piping hot sakkarai pongal (sweet pongal), lemon rice and curd rice.
People (f)______nearby villages and towns display their wares attractively, and call out loudly (g)______the people (h)_______buy their wares. Cotton candy, cut raw mangoes smothered (i)________salt and chilly powder, boiled groundnuts, murukku, sweets, buttermilk etc are sold. Men, women, grandmas, grandpas and little children dressed (j)_________their best clothes, enjoy the Thiruvizha greatly.
You can hear the shrieks (k)________happy children enjoying the rides on ferris wheels and carousels, elders looking (l)_________ each other with smiles on their faces.
The entire day is spent (m) _______fun and gaiety. All the village people irrespective of their age, look forward (n)_________the thiruvizha every year.
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
make a pass
Ram takes a ______ of soup before food.
In column A are some of the idiomatic phrases from the essay. Match them with equivalent single words in column B.
| A | B |
| go far | reveal |
| blow up | submit |
| show up | explode |
| call on | succeed |
| break off | finish |
| knuckle under | require |
Put students in pairs and tell them to interview their partner. To do this they must make questions, e.g. What’s the worst storm you’ve ever seen? They can also ask follow-up questions to find out more information. Do feedback on this as a whole class. Other thematic questionnaires of this kind could be:
Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.
You need to borrow your friend’s bike.
Fill in the blank with words given in the box to make compound word.
| rain | coconut | coat | sail | fire |
Clean the ashes out of the______ place.
She _________ never forgotten her bag.
Fill in the blank.
You ________ the match by this time tomorrow. (win)
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
You ______ (travel) around the world.
Prefixes and Suffixes
Form two derivatives from each of the following words.
e.g. honest- dishonest, honesty
| manage | differ | beauty |
| peace | arrange | collect |
| approve | narrate | class |
You are a commentator for a 5000 metre running race. Use simple present and present continuous tenses and complete the commentary from the beginning to the end of the race. Read the completed passage aloud.
The 5000 metre race is about to begin. Lined up at the starting point, from left to right, are John of Great Britain, Peter of Nigeria, and Jeeva of India. The runners are warming up for the great event. Now they 1 ______(take) their positions on the track. They 2 ______(be) all ready for the start. There 3 ______(go) the starter’s gun! Yes, the race has begun. John 4 ______(lead) and Jeeva 5 ______(follow) him closely.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Scientists predict that by 2050, man ______ on Mars. (land)
Read what these people say and rewrite as sentence.
I bought a pen yesterday.
Madhu ______
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______, I had a happy childhood.
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
I had my evening meals in a restaurant near my office.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
______ information that she gave proved false.
If everything goes well they will get a reward. (Rewrite using 'unless')
Write the compound word using the picture.
 |
+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Write a compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write a compound word using the pictures.
 |
+ |  |
| ______ | ||
