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प्रश्न
Pick out from the story words that mean the following.
Against each consumer write (N) if it is a Noun (V) for Verb and (Adj) for Adjective.
- reluctance to spend money ___________ ( )
- relating to ___________ ( )
- urge ___________ ( )
- reduce in value ___________ ( )
- wisdom ___________ ( )
- very huge ___________ ( )
- foolishness ___________ ( )
उत्तर
| Phrase | Word From the passage | Part of speech |
| (1) Reluctance to spend money | Parsimony | Noun |
| (2) Relating to | Appertaining | Verb |
| (3) Urge | Coax | Verb |
| (4) Reduce in value | Depreciate | Verb |
| (5) Wisdom | Prudence | Noun |
| (6) Very huge | Mammoth | Adjective |
| (7) Foolishness | Idiocy | Noun |
| (8) Relating | Repetative | Part of speech |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Noun Modifiers
Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
| (i) | An otter fixation | (iv) | The London streets |
| (ii) | The iron railings | (v) | soft velvet fur |
| (iii) | The Tigris marshes | (vi) | A four-footed soccer player |
There are nouns in the text (formation, government) which are formed from the corresponding verbs (form, govern) by suffixing – (at)ion or ment. There may be change in the spelling of some verb – noun pairs ; such as rebel, rebellion; constitute, constitution.
Make a list of such pairs of nouns and verbs in the text
| Noun | Verb |
| Rebellion | Rebel |
| Constitution | Constitute |
Choose the appropriate Adverb or Adjective form to fill in the gap.
Life went out of him _____________.
Say whether the underlined word in the following sentence is used as a Noun or Verb or Adjective.
They gave me a gift everyday.
Classify the following words in their respective columns.
tackle, trumpet, directly, execute, aggressive, natural, absence, exactly, achieve, clearly, imagination, precisely, create, important, expert, specific. of, if, and, oh, from, we, but, it.
Complete the following table.
| Verb | Noun | Adjective | Adverb |
| ______ | payment | ______ | ______ |
| × | ______ | ______ | suddenly |
| declare | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | cheerful | ______ |
Fill in the gaps in the table.
WORD-FORMS
| Noun | Verb | Adjective | Adverb |
| 1.success | succeed | successful | successfully |
| 2.____________ | inspire | ____________ | ____________ |
| 3.____________ | ____________ | safe | ____________ |
| 4.____________ | believe | ____________ | ____________ |
| 5.thought | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| 6.____________ | ____________ | ____________ | brightly |
| 7.courage | ____________ | ____________ | ____________ |
| 8.____________ | ____________ | ____________ | hastily |
Make two sentences by using the given word as a noun and as a verb:
dream
Notice the adjectives in phrases such as ‘infant loves’ and ‘brave clearness. What is the meaning of these adjectives
(i) in isolation
(ii) as part of these phrases.
Use the given word in two meaningful sentences as an adjective and a verb each:
Calm
