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Question
Spot the error in the following sentence. Then rewrite the sentence after correcting them.
Madame Forestier were stunned.
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Solution
Madame Forestier was stunned.
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I saw this movie yesterday. |
I have seen this movie already. |
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Bepin Babu worked here for a week last year. |
Bepin Babu has worked here since 2003. |
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Chunilal wrote to a publisher last week. |
Chunilal has written to a publisher. |
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I visited Ranchi once, long ago. |
I have visited Ranchi once before. |
Compare the sentences in the two columns, especially the verb forms. Answer the following questions about each pair of sentences.
(i) Which column tells us the Bepin Babu is still working at the same place?
(ii) Which column suggests that Chunilal is now waiting for a reply from the publisher?
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(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
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Complete the following chart of personal pronouns using words from the brackets-
(him, our, we, he, her, their, it, me, your).
| Person | Pronouns | |||
| First | I, ______ | my, ______ | ______, us | mine, ours |
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Second |
you | ______ | you | yours |
| Third | ______ she, it, they | his, ______ its, ______ | ______ her, them, ______ | his, hers, its, theirs |
- Which of the above pronouns do you use when you talk about yourself ?
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- What pronoun are you likely to use ?
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Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
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Change the following sentence to the other voice.
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Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
If you give up ____________ (study) now, our mission will be scrubbed.
Read the given sentence carefully and fill in with an appropriate phrasal verb. Choose them from the help option.
Doing ______ every day in the morning keeps one healthy.
Read the situation given and frame two suitable sentence in the appropriate form of the tense.
| Give two instructions to your classmates. | 1. ______ |
| 2. ______ |
My mother throws a______ of grains for the parrots every day.
But there are______ near it.
He told me in detail ______ the incident.
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| A | B |
| go far | reveal |
| blow up | submit |
| show up | explode |
| call on | succeed |
| break off | finish |
| knuckle under | require |
Frame sentences of your own using the below idiomatic phrases.
| go far | blow up | show up | call on | break off | knuckle under |
Use the phrase could you or would you in the following situation with your friend.
You need to borrow your friend’s bike.
Add 'r' , ‘er’ or ‘or’ to get the name of the person who does the activity. Take turns in class to make sentences with the words you have formed.
e.g: A teacher is a person who teaches. Teach + er – Teacher.
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She started jumping for joy ______ she heard the news.
The signboard in the park read 'Keep ______ the lawn'.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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