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प्रश्न
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
born - borne
उत्तर
born (related to birth) – borne (carried by)
Divya was not born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
The entire village paid homage to army personnel, U. Saravanan’s body which was borne in a decorated coffin by military soldiers and home guards.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Rudimentary general stores
Syllable: A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that has one vowel sound and may or may not have consonant sounds before / after it.
Examples of words having:
One syllable: a, I, see, at, on, man, with, thread.
Two syllables: mother, seated, giraffe, parrot, active, happy.
Three syllables: happiness, wonderful, animal, surprising, adventure, ignorance
More than three syllables: consequently, encouragement, responsibility, identifying, encyclopedia.
Write the names of any 5 of your classmates and list how many syllables each name has.
Break the words below into syllables as shown in the first one.
- belonging: be - long - ing
- morning: ______
- unfriendly: ______
- citizen: ______
- anything: ______
- message: ______
- difficulty: ______
- mayor: ______
- captain: ______
- elected: ______
Use the following expression to make a sentence of your own.
knew no bounds
There are three metaphors in the poem. Can you find them?
Study the following sets of words :
- Set A – pleased, happy, joyful, ecstatic
- Set B – letter, word, sentence, paragraph
The words in these sets are arranged in ascending order, each word showing a higher degree than the previous one.
Now rearrange the following groups of words in ascending order.
- mountain
- peak/summit
- mound
- hill
In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
John gave a bar of chocolate to Jill.
In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
They offered the job to Venkat.
Look at the bar-graph. Write five sentences using the appropriate degrees of comparison.
When we reached the park, __________.
Write the noun form of the following word.
zealous ______.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
Walk carefully lest you will fall down. (into Complex)
Find out the clipped word for the following.
helicopter + pad -
Complete the following using their group names.
I ate a ______ of grapes.
Match the picture with the collective noun.
| 1. | A flock of goats |  |
| 2. | A bouquet of flowers |  |
| 3. | An army of soldiers |  |
| 4. | A shoal of fish |  |
| 5. | A choir of singers |  |
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable word.
Paul______plays cricket with his friends.
Choose the correct plural form.
Fly
Use the suitable verb.
My friends ______ a passage.
Read the sentence and write the word with the same meaning for the underlined word.
I threw a rock in the lake.
Circle the pronouns.
An old man lived in a village. He was one of the most unfortunate men in the world. The whole village was tired of him; he was always gloomy, he constantly complained, and was always in a bad mood.
Write the past form of the verb.
sing- ______
Fill in the blank.
She returned after______ hour.
Change the masculine noun to feminine noun in the given sentence.
May I come in sir?
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
I ______ not believe my eyes. Is Santhosh the one who is standing over there?
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
I am not as smart as you are.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
We needn’t apply for a bank loan, do we?
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Subsidies are given to the poor.
Rewrite each of the following sentence using the superlative degree retaining the meaning.
No other planet in our solar system is as cold as Neptune.
Write compound words using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
He was so old that he could be my grandfather.
(Use: enough......)
