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प्रश्न
When words with the same spelling or pronunciation are used in such a way that they convey more than one meaning, the figure of speech involved is called a pun.
A pun is a play upon words. For example,
- Hello! How’s life?
- Hell, O! It’s a strife.
Find other examples of pun with the help of your parents/teacher.
- _________________
- _________________
- _________________
- _________________
उत्तर १
- When his wife died, he cried for a second.
- Living life depends on the liver.
- You cannot buy a cap for your knee.
- Don't cross the bridge of your nose.
उत्तर २
- Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
- I’ve been to the dentist many times, so I know the drill.
- The calendar’s days are numbered.
- A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it’s two-tired.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank in the sentence below (the verb given in bracket will give you a clue).
The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ____________. (tremble)
Write a question for the answer.
________________?
Yes, She is writing a new book.
He ate two chocolates _______ he got cough.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
in toto
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I (get) up at 7 every morning but this morning I (sleep) for a long time and I (not get) up until 8.
Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following
Both the sisters have left for Canada, aren’t they?
Go through the lesson and spot the words opposite to the meaning of the following
- rare (para 1)
- primitive (para 6)
- fiction (para 7)
- fearful (para 8)
- benign (para 11)
- diffidence (para 11)
- boredom (para 12)
- criticize (para 13)
Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Maamanaar was unmatched.
Identify the correct combination of the following compound words.
Haircut, headmaster, waterfall, swimming pool, drawback, public speaking, output, software, show case, world-famous.
Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)
| A | B |
| odor | odour |
| program | |
| parlor | |
| apologize | |
| color | |
| check | |
| theater | |
| gray | |
| behavior | |
| humor | |
| labor |
