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प्रश्न
Understand the usage of the words given:
After consulting him and Nirmal Chander Singh, we decided to await confirmation from the GOC and Mountain Division.
You know the verb ‘wait’. But it is an intransitive verb. It doesn’t take a direct object; consequently, it cannot be cast into passive voice. Also, the past participle of the verb ‘to wait’ cannot act as an adjective.
‘The mother waited eagerly’ is a correct sentence as there is no direct object. But ‘The mother waited eagerly the answer from her son.’ is a wrong sentence. ‘The answer’ is the direct object. This sentence can be written by using the phrase ‘wait for’ as ‘The mother waited eagerly for the answer from her son.’ ‘Wait for’ can be taken as the transitive phrasal verb.
‘To await’ is a transitive verb and it does take a direct object.
For example, ‘The mother awaited the answer eagerly.’
The past participle of it can be used as an adjective.
The most awaited program started very late.
Note that the object of the verb ‘await’ is usually an inanimate object. We don’t usually await a person, but we await his answer/ call/ arrival/ letter.
There are more such words in English. All of them are not verbs.
For example: Aside, Ashore, Anew, Awake, Afoot.
Prefix ‘A’ provides a certain purpose in the formation of the word.
- Aside- to the side
- Ashore- towards the shore
- Afoot-on foot
- Anew- of new
- Apolitical- not political
- Asleep- in a state or manner
Share with your friends a few more words.
उत्तर
(abide, abiotic, acyclic, apathy, asymmetry).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after the sentence.
It had been thrown there. __________
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
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The village/tried/the crime/on the young woman/to pin
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
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Mary: Almost every Indian film has an episode of love _________________.
David: Is that what makes them so popular in foreign countries?
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Its legs hung limply.
Write down points without fully expanding verbs, numbering them as you do.
Make a list of adjectives in three different forms of comparison. Use different texts to find these.
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- Set B – letter, word, sentence, paragraph
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Now rearrange the following groups of words in ascending order.
- adult
- aged
- infant
- youth
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- A wise man once remarked, ______ (Verb)
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- change
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- throw
- return
- benefit
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reject
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
We____________ preserve our natural resources. (duty)
Rewrite the following sentence by rectifying the errors in the use of modal.
The magistrate ordered that he might pay the fine.
Complete the summary of the extract using the appropriate words from the box below.
| pain-killer | stopped | cruelty | remedies | teaspoon | school |
| summersets | Peter | pretended | dejected | health | crack |
Tom Sawyer felt _________ as Becky Thatcher had stopped coming to _______. His Aunt Polly was very concerned about his ________ condition. So, she began to try various ________ on him. Tom became fed up with his Aunt’s brand of remedies and __________ to like the pain-killer. He started to ask for it very often. But, Tom used the medicine to mend
the ______ on the floor. One day, Tom gave the pain-killer to his Aunt’s cat, _____. The ________ had an adverse effect on the cat and it started to jump around the room. Aunt Polly entered the room in time to see the cat throw a few ____________ and sail through the open window. She found the ___________ with a little pain-killer sticking to it and knew that Tom had treated the cat with it. She realized that what was _________ to the cat should be the same to the boy too and __________ giving medicines to him.
All children __________ something new every day.
Write a negative sentence.
I am having a bath.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
Ezhil _______ a cake when they came when they came.
Choose the correct verb from the following sentence.
The cat ______ was waiting for the mice to come out of its hole.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate Connector from the option.
This detergent is highly concentrated and ____________ you will need to dilute it.
Report the following sentence.
Pushpa said, “Do not spoil the eco-system.”
Form a new word by adding appropriate prefix/suffix.
different ______.
Choose the correct option.
Walk carefully _________ you will fall down.
Join the sentence using ‘ Relative Pronoun’.
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There is unity in diversity ______ the people.
The car was travelling ______ a great speed.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Honour and glory ____ his reward.
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Emotional experiences
- The most frightened I’ve ever been …
- The happiest moment I’ve ever had …
- The most nervous I’ve ever been …
Musical experiences
- The best song I’ve ever heard …
- The worst song I’ve ever heard …
- The longest time I’ve ever danced …
Places in your life
- The most dangerous place I’ve been in …
- The cheapest restaurant I’ve eaten in …
- The most boring town I’ve ever visited …
Match the tools with art forms.
| S.No | Column A | Column B |
| 1. | Hammer and chisel | Painting |
| 2. | Paint brush and palette | Sculpture |
| 3. | Moulds and roll pin | Embroidery |
| 4. | Scissors and pape | Pottery |
| 5. | Needle and thread | Collage |
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
We are next in line to ______on this run way.
Find and use the clipped word in your own sentence.
zoological park -
Use the blended word in your own sentence.
brunch -
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
Sudharshan will succeed ______ he works hard.
Refer to a dictionary for the meanings and choose the odd one.
Honest
I'm clever, ________?
Punctuate the following sentence.
Akbar the greatest of the mughal emperors ruled wisely.
Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word from the exercise above.
Things will calm down, you just keep______.
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
English/classes/during/always/we/English/speak.
Write the plural word.
Catch
Change the following sentence to present perfect tense.
Mohamad loses his purse in the crowd.
Fill in the blank.
3 is ______ 4.
Complete the sentence with a correct reflexive pronoun.
The machine will destroy _________ once its task is done.
Fill in the blank.
We ______________ the painting by tomorrow. (complete)
Fill in the blank
They _______ everyone to the marriage by next week. (invite)
Fill the blank with an appropriate auxiliary.
Maha ______ asked a question to his father.
Mark (✓) if it is past perfect tense and (x) future perfect tense.
I had gone to my grandma’s home.
Read the following passage adapted from ‘Three Men in a Boat’ and fill in the blanks with appropriate modals and read the paragraph aloud.
I thought I will go to British Museum today to read the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch. I (1)______ read all I wanted to read and then felt I (2)______begin to study diseases. I started to generally turn the leaves idly. I came to typhoid fever, read the symptoms and discovered I (3)______be having it for months without knowing it. Cholera, I had severe complications. Diphtheria, I (4)______have been born with. I was relieved to find that Bright’s disease, I had only in a modified form as so far as that was concerned, I (5)______live for years. The only disease I (6)______conclude I had not got was a housemaid’s knee. I sat and pondered. I tried to feel my heart. I (7)______(not feel) my heart. I walked into the reading room as a happy healthy man but crawled out as a decrepit wreck.
Sometimes, a sentence can end with a preposition. Read the sentence given below.
The preposition ‘in’, ‘at’, and ‘for’ occur at the end of the sentence. This is acceptable in usage.
This seat is not very comfortable to sit ______.
Fill in the blank choosing the word from the box. Refer to a dictionary if required.
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- Thirukkural is my favourite ______.
Do as directed.
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
I think Suresh ______ for Tiruvallur next morning. (leave)
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
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Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
If I ______(be) a spider, I ______ (weave) webs
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Kavin will not stop flying kites unless he understands the risk involved in it.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Dancing gives me joy.
Choose the correct option and complete the sentence.
Seker or his brothers ______ done it.
Begin the sentence with "Hardly......."
She heard the news, she collapsed.
She is very ill, but the doctors think she will pull ______.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
naughty - ______ - ______
