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What did Aunt Jane like about Jack’s ‘little nest’? - English

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What did Aunt Jane like about Jack’s ‘little nest’?

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Aunt Jane liked the furniture, the car, the piano, the refrigerator, and the radio in the house.

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अध्याय 6.3: Never Never Nest (Play) - Exercises [पृष्ठ १९५]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 11 TN Board
अध्याय 6.3 Never Never Nest (Play)
Exercises | Q A. 1. | पृष्ठ १९५

संबंधित प्रश्न

Sounds are tiny vibrations that can travel through air and other materials. The loudness of a sound is measured in decibels (db).
Typical sound level in decibels:
(1) Silence                                        0db
(2) Rustle of leaves                           10 db
(3) Breathing                                    10 db
(4) Radio music inside home              50-60 db
(5) Loud television                            70 db
(6) Road traffic Noise                        60-90 db
(7) Powerful rock music                    100 db
(8) Motor cycle                                105 db
(9) Heavy truck traffic                      90-100 db
(10) Wind in the trees                       20 db

OR

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Thus I entered, and thus I go!
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How old was the tree? Can you guess?

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  • Mr Gupta is 180 centimetres tall.
  • Mrs Gupta is 160 centimetres tall.

Mrs Gupta is as tall as Mr Sinha.

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strong – stronger short – shorter  

(Notice that in the word ‘hot’, the letter ‘t’ is doubled when -er is added.)

1. Heights

_______________________________

2. Weight Lifters

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3. City Temperatures

______________________________

4. Lengths

_______________________________

5. City Temperatures

_______________________________


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  1. I have not played ______
  2. ____________
  3. ____________

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The hunter searched for Malu and Malu's family everywhere but in vain.

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  Singular Plural
person speaking I, me  we, us
person spoken to you you
other persons he, him, she, her. they,
places, things it them.

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