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प्रश्न
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
They ______about me when I interrupted their conversation. (talk)
उत्तर
They were talking about me when I interrupted their conversation.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Change the following sentence into indirect speech.
First soldier: The white soldier gets huge pay, mansions, and servants.
Second soldier: We get a pittance and slow promotions.
Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
The first man said that___________________________________
The second soldier remarked that _______________________
The third soldier asked__________________________________
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
The fawn followed him.
Write the noun form of the following word by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new word.
Great - ________.
Words that have the same spelling, but differ in meaning when used in different contexts are called homographs. For example,
- A temple fair attracts a lot of crowds.
Her performance in the test was fair. - A rose is the king of flowers.
The sun rose with a golden glow.
Think of 5 homographs and list them below. Then write 2 sentences of your own, to bring out the difference in meanings.
| Homograph | Sentences |
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Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
a ______ belt (area of fields, woods, etc. around a city).
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
be ______ with envy (feel very jealous).
Add the proper prefix like up-, un-, dis-, in- to the following to form the opposite.
happy
Frame sentence using the prepositional verb given below.
attend to
Rewrite the sentence nominalising the underlined word.
She failed and it disappointed her.
Rani’s teacher narrates to her students about the production of paper. Read the following narration and fill in the blanks with the verbs using their passive form.
People of China produced paper from wood. They mixed water with the fibres of wood and dried it until they became a soft wet pulp. They used this pulp to make paper. The Chinese invented this method of paper making in 2nd century BCE. Later Egyptians used papyrus plants to make paper.
- Paper ______(produce) from wood.
- The fibres of wood from trees ________(mix) with water to make a soft wet pulp.
- Later, it _____(dry) to make paper.
- This method ________(invent) in 2nd BCE in China.
- Papyrus plants _____(use) by Egyptians to make paper.
Find the antonym for the following word.
Delight ×
Discuss with your partner and punctuate the following.
the woman said to the student please help me cross the street
Find out the clipped words for the following.
- aeroplane -
- microphone -
- exhibition -
- kilogram -
- cafeteria -
When the burglars broke into the house, everybody _________ (have) sound sleep.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
Usha Rani had to struggle all through her life.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Fill in the blank with suitable linking word or conjunction.
She slipped badly ______ she did not hurt herself.
Pick the word from the text that is similar to the word or phrase given below.
a heavy blow or hit______.
Use the suitable verb.
Banu ______ the lesson.
Complete the following sentence using past perfect tense.
Raju ________ to the ground before others arrived. (reach)
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
My uncle presented me a watch.
Complete the story using present continuous tense.
| Shaheen | Hello, Varun? |
| Varun | Tell me Shaheen. |
| Shaheen | What are you doing? |
| Varun | I ______. |
| Shaheen | Good. What is your Dad doing? |
| Varun | He ______. |
| Shaheen | Your Mom? |
| Varun | She ______. |
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Finally, the manager learnt a ______the hard way.
Now form the opposites of the words given below by prefixing ‘un’, ‘in’, ‘dis’, ‘ir', ‘il’ appropriately.
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-fortunate, -respect, -rational, -direct, -comfortable, -regular, -active, -agree, -obedient, -continue, -decent, -legitimate, -relevant, -aware, -finite, -necessary |
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
The Chairman of this concern seems to derive pleasure from inflicting pain on others. He humiliates and hurts his subordinates for no reason. He is a real ______.
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Nobody has been seen in the library this week.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
______ (fly) a kite is fun.
Fill in the following blanks using proper word from ‘who’, ‘when’, ‘what’, ‘how’ or ‘why’.
They wondered ______ had happened to him.
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II in the case.
(I) Sara said that she would come to my house the following day.
(II) Sara said to me, "____________."
