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Question
Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
A musician decided to (What did the musician decide to do?)
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Solution
A musician decided to open a school for children.
RELATED QUESTIONS
use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
At the interview, Sameer answered our questions ______ , shrugging his shoulders.
use the adverbs given below to fill in the blank in the sentence below.
I finished my work _________ so that I could go out to play.
Make adverb from these adjective .
angry ______
Make adverb from these adjective .
merry ______
Make adverb from these adjective .
gloomy ______
Thinking about language
Complete the following sentence. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the question in brackets.
The school sports team hopes ____________ (What does it hope to do?)
Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.
I wondered why he was screaming.
Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
be substituted for the italicised word in the sentence.
A few years later, the marriage faltered. (failed, broke, became weak)
Here is sentence from the story. Choose the word from the bracket which can
be substituted for the italicised word in the sentence.
Science wasn’t the only thing that appealed to the dashing young man with the walrus
moustache. (interested, challenged, worried)
Adverbs
Find the adverbs in the passage below. (You’ve read about adverbs in Unit 1.) We thought that everything was over when suddenly a black sloth bear came out panting in the hot sun. Now I will not shoot a sloth-bear wantonly but, unfortunately for the poor beast, one of my companions did not feel that way about it, and promptly shot the bear on the spot.
(i) Complete the following sentences, using a suitable adverb ending in –ly.
(a) Rana does her homework ___.
(b) It rains ___in Mumbai in June.
(c) He does his work ___.
(d) The dog serves his master ___.
(ii) Choose the most suitable adverbs or adverbial phrases and complete the following sentences.
(a) We should ___get down from a moving train. (never, sometimes, often)
(b) I was ___in need of support after my poor performance. (badly, occasionally,
sometimes).
(c) Rita met with an accident. The doctor examined her ___. (suddenly, seriously,
immediately)
Thinking about the Language
Consult your dictionary and choose the correct word from the pairs given in brackets.
The (site, cite) of the accident was (ghastly/ghostly).
He opted ______ of the race.
We borrowed the bikes ______ our uncle.
I looked at the stars ______ the telescope.
There was an accident ______ the crossroads.
Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so. Choose the correct option.
A cottager and his wife had a hen. The hen laid an egg every day.
Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
The magician took pity on the mouse. He turned it into a cat.
Arun and Nikhil had climbed the mountain. (Add a question tag)
