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प्रश्न
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
magnum opus
उत्तर
magnum opus: the most important piece of work done by a writer or artist
‘The Jungle Book’ is considered to be a magnum opus of Rudyard Kipling’s.
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Make a table of verb forms for your own reference. Try to arrange the verbs in alphabetical order. Keep adding new verbs to your table from time to time. When you write, check your work to see whether you have used the correct verb form.
Find the opposite of the following word from the lesson.
earned
Look at the action words in bold. Identify whether they are either finite or non-finite verb.
| They want to try a new approach. | |
| Trying is easy. | |
| Having tried everything, he gave up. | |
| All I can do is try. | |
| If she tried, she would succeed. |
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
I’m sure they would also enjoy __________ (travel) with our crew.
Engineers ___________ bridges.
Change the following into passive voice.
They are decorating the wall.
Read this text and fill in the blanks with future perfect tense
Iniya moves to Chennai to join an IAS coaching class. Tomorrow by this time, she ______ (join) the class. She ______ (undergo) training till next year. She ______(work)very hard by the time she comes home. Her parents______ (worry) about her health all the time. They______ (write)many letters by the time she comes home. They will be very happy when Iniya becomes an IAS officer
Combine the pair of sentence below into simple, complex, and compound.
There was a bandh. The shops remained closed.
“It is too late.” I said that it ______ too late.
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I returned home _______ the bus had started.
Write the meaning for the phrasal verbs.
- look into
- give up
- put off
- get on
- take off
Don’t worry, we will be _______ (reach) the airport in time.
Choose the meaning of the italicised word.
The boy was taken by surprise when he learnt about Mithali Dorai Raj.
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Jancy returned home because she was tired.
Punctuate the following sentence.
we went through the smoky mountains, near shimla on our way to leh.
Punctuate the following sentence.
he was honest sincere hard working.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
complete the sentence.
I ______ the leader of my class.
It ___________ before I touched it. (break)
Fill in the blank with present continuous tense of the given word.
He ______ (read) a news paper.
Nobody can say ______there will be an improvement in the______
(whether/weather)
Underline the prepositional phrase.
We feel sorry for our mistakes.
Continue and complete the following story and suggest suitable title for the same.
Four friends decided to go to a restaurant for dinner. They ordered an extra-large pizza with grated cheese and other choice toppings. The next 20 minutes seemed to be too long a time. Their eyes widened and their mouth watered, when the server brought the steaming hot pizza and placed it on the table. They could barely control the drool. Simultaneously, all the four hands pulled at a slice from the plate, their faces beaming with a victorious grin. Silence prevailed as they were absorbed in the taste of their favourite food. They relished every mouthful to the core and savoured the taste of each topping with a smile of approval. Soon, the plate was empty and clean with no trace. The boys dabbed their mouths and wiped their hands with tissues. Mission accomplished, they leaned back with immense joy and satisfaction not knowing, it would be short-lived. The waiter arrived with the bill. Joseph, who had brought the others to the restaurant for a treat casually slipped his hand into his pocket to get his wallet. He gave a soft shriek accompanied by an expression of dismay and utter disbelief. He exclaimed, “It’s not there! Someone has pinched my wallet! What are we to do now?”______
Go through the lesson and spot the word which mean the same as the following.
- profession (para 1)
- sorrowful (para 2)
- decency (para 5)
- destiny (para 6)
- hijacked (para 8)
- motivation (para 9)
- serious (para 10)
- significant (para 13)
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
The policeman would not have arrested the man unless he had violated the rules.
Use the gerundial form of the verb in the bracket and fill in the blank.
______ (exercise) is good for health.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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Write compound word using the pictures.
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Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
We walked down the path to the well-house.
Can you think of other examples of irregularities in English Spelling.
