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प्रश्न
Give the meaning of the following phrasal verb and frame sentence using them
come upon
उत्तर
come upon: to meet or encounter unexpectedly
I came upon an old friend in the street today.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
The poet opens his poem with a question. Is the question asked to receive some answer? No. It is a question used to emphasize and stress upon the fact that modern man has no time to enrich his life from nature.
Such a device used by poets falls under the Figure of Speech called 'Interrogation' or 'Rhetorial Question'. Refer to the poem 'The Pilgrim' and find examples of Interrogation.
Note the words that are highlighted.
Marouckla ran to the top of the mountain where the big fire was burning.
The highlighted words are all nouns. Find 5 other nouns from the story.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
We____________ preserve our natural resources. (duty)
In the story, we find a lot of American slang usage of English. Complete the tabular column with standard English. One has been done for you.
| Finally hit ‘pon | |
| There ain’t anything mean about me. | |
| ‘Deed I don’t know. | There isn’t anything mean about me. |
| Yes’m. That is, I believe they do. | |
| ‘She’d a roasted bowel out of me.' | |
| ‘Oh, go ‘long with you, Tom.’ |
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the tense of the verb in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the correct word in the given place. One is done for you.
| Sentence | Wrong words | Correct words |
| When Anand reach Arun's place, his | reach | reached |
| friends have arrived already. Arun | ||
| introduces Anand to them. Arun's brother | ||
| buy some snacks from the market. | ||
| Arun serving it to all his friends. Then | ||
| they all sat together to planning their holidays. | ||
| Arun have a cottage in Ooty, so | ||
| they all plan to go to Ooty during the holidays. | ||
| “Would we have a good time?, asked Arun. | ||
| They all cheerfully say, “Yes!” |
Write the noun form of the following word.
know ______.
Lithisha was praised ______ her father.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
The quality of dal ___ not good.
Replace the underlined word by a participle in the following sentence.
After her evening prayers, my grandmother went to the temple.
Read the news report given below and underline the passive form of verbs.
The police had announced that the State Bank of India was robbed yesterday. Two men entered the bank at 4.30 pm with guns in their hands. Customers and bank clerks were asked to lie down on the floor and one of the bank clerks was made to fill robbers’ bags with money. After that the two men left the bank quickly. The police officer said that more than one lakh of rupees was stolen from the bank but nobody was injured. He also added that the robbers would be found soon.
Find the antonym for the following word.
Delight ×
“It is too late.” I said that it ______ too late.
“I was with him last week.” Jimmy told that ______ with him the previous week.
Arya _______ (play) the same song for last three days. It has become boring now.
Complete the words by reading their meaning.
d_l_c_ _ _s - tasty
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
Mary fell asleep while she______ (read) a book.
Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.
Child
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
You ______ an engineer.
Meena studied in ______ standard.
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
She ________ attended the meeting by tomorrow.
Match the masculine noun with the feminine noun.
| 1. | Son | princess |
| 2. | Tiger | heroine |
| 3. | King | daughter |
| 4. | Prince | queen |
| 5. | Hero | tigress |
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
Aruna always looks at the bright side of things. Even in the face of misfortune, she firmly believes that everything will work out for the best in the end. Aruna is an ______.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
ex gratia
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Predicting the arrival of visitors…
Choose the appropriate linker from within the options and complete the sentence.
______ my father arrived home, I narrated the incident.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
The Governor inaugurated the exhibition at ten o’clock.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The policeman would not have arrested the man unless he had violated the rules.
Fill in the blanks (i) - (iii) with the appropriate option from those in the brackets.
Time travel (i) _____ (ought to/should/could) become a reality in the near future, (ii) _____ (allows/allowed/allowing) human beings to experience the thrill of travelling back or forward in time. However, (iii) _____ (most/many/much) challenges must be overcome, such as ensuring safety and affordability for all potential time-travellers.
Read the example and fill in the blank in the same pattern.
Example: sweet - sweeter - sweetest
high - ______ - highest
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
