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The fresh college graduate jumped ______ the first offer of a job.
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Solution
The fresh college graduate jumped at the first offer of a job.
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Study the sentences in the columns below.
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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?
(iii) Which column suggests that the person still remembers the movie he saw?
(iv) Which column suggests that the experience of visiting Ranchi is still fresh in the speaker’s mind?
Answer 3:
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Brackish lakes
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a bolt from the ______ (a sudden shock, surprise).
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
heart of hearts
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
That portrait was painted by my grandmother.
Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect word with correct prepositional phrase.
she is a disciplined student. In addition to her poverty, she __________________.
The girls _______ (learn) their lessons.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Veeran cleaned ______ had been cleaning the room since morning.
I found ________ one rupee coin in the playground while playing.
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Either Raghu _________ Bala will have to buy vegetables from the market.
Choose the correct option.
My salary is low _________ I find the work interesting.
Write the noun form of the following word.
deafen ______.
If Karthik _________ (not + make) any mistake, he will be rewarded.
Put the words in correct order and rewrite sentence.
Find me brushes. (New, Five, Yellow)
Fill in the blanks with correct euphemisms for the given words.
| deaf, or hard of hearing | |
| mentally ill | |
| fat | |
| blind | |
| liar |
Read the situation given. Write the response of the subject in a sentence. Tick the correct box to identify the kind of sentences.
D- Declarative; In- Interrogative; E- Exclamatory; Im- Imperative
| D | In | E | Im | ||
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Example: (Vendor) while weighing the fruits How many kilos do you want? |
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(Children) while eating ice-cream |
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| 2. | (Teacher) while noticing students talking in the classroom | ||||
| 3. | (Waiter) while attending a new customer | ||||
| 4. | (Student) while introducing oneself | ||||
| 5. | (Tourist) while visiting the Taj Mahal | ||||
| 6. | (TTR) while checking the tickets of passengers | ||||
| 7. | (Critic) while writing a review of a book | ||||
| 8. | (Receptionist) while attending to a guest in the hotel |
Use the suitable verb.
I ______ the book.
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
The children made holiday decorations by _______.
complete the sentence.
I ______ the leader of my class.
Fill in the blank with simple future tense of the verb.
Many people ______ (serve) you.
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
My father gave me some pictures to look ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in cognito
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You are advised to help the poor and needy.
Expand the following outline into complete story and supply a suitable title for each.
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Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accident – incident – incidence
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
I'll tell you ______ it is time to leave.
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
We walked down the path to the well-house.
Write compound words using the pictures.
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Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
Chennai is bigger than most other Indian cities.
(End: ……Chennai.)
