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Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you. The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy. - English

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Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.

The baby cried. She was feeling sleepy.

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Feeling sleepy, the baby cried.

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पाठ 5.1: The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language - Grammar- Non-finite verbs [पृष्ठ १५६]

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पाठ 5.1 The Status of Tamil as a Classical Language
Grammar- Non-finite verbs | Q 4 1. | पृष्ठ १५६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

 Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

My little sister is very naughty. When she __________ (come) back from school yesterday, she had _________ (tear) her dress. We ________ (ask) her how it had _________ (happen). She _______________ (say) she ____________ (have, quarrel) with a boy. She __________ __________ (have, beat) him in a race and he ________ _______ (have, try) to push her. She _____________ ____________ (have, tell) the teacher and so he ______________ ______________ (have, chase) her, and she ____________ ____________ (have, fall) down and _____________ _____________(have, tear) her dress.


Remove the Affixes (Prefix and Suffix) and write the Root-word.

  1. successful ____________
  2. immediately ____________
  3. retrace ____________
  4. mouser ____________
  5. unfriendly ____________
  6. fallen ____________
  7. unkind ____________
  8. wooden ____________
  9. luckily ____________
  10. belonging ____________

Say whether each of the verbs underlined below are Finite or Non-finite.

We stand first in producing milk.


Add the proper prefix like up-, un-, dis-, in- to the following to form the opposite.

happy 


Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.

Opera House in Australia and the Historic Center of Vienna in Austria are cultural sites of World Heritage.


The trial was conducted ___________ the procedure of law.


As a ________ of his hard work, he achieved the target.


Edit the following passage by replacing the underlined incorrect word with correct prepositional phrase.

she is a disciplined student. In addition to her poverty, she __________________.


Match the following Active voice sentences with Passive voice.

S.No. Active Voice Passive Voice
1. I will never forget this experience A novel has been written by her.
2. Mother made a cake yesterday. The deer was being chased by the tiger.
3. Have you finished the report? A cake was made by mother yesterday.
4. The tiger was chasing the deer. Has the report been finished by you?
5. She has written a novel. This experience will never be forgotten by me.

Who am I? (Use a pair of …)

We wear this on our feet ______


John added a ______ of sugar to the lemon juice.


Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately on the table.

David, Madurai, parrot, happiness, book, thought, green, tiger, Trichy, computer, Narayanan, fan, sister, Kalam, woman, pencil, Bharathi, problem, brother, Mumbai, swan, elephant, Vijay, solution, success, school, convent.

 

Person Place Animals Thing Ideas/ feelings
         
         
         
         
         

Find out the clipped words for the following.

  1. aeroplane -
  2. microphone -
  3. exhibition -
  4. kilogram -
  5. cafeteria -

Look at the picture and choose the correct plural word.


Loaf


Choose the correct verb.

You ______ late to school.


Fill in the blanks with appropriate determiners. (Articles have been included)

Once the emperor gave a bag of seeds to his council of ministers and said that he would give them six months’ time to grow the seeds. Whoever does a good job will be made the ______ emperor of that empire. ______ the ministers took their task seriously. After six months ______ ministers had small plants in their pots. A ______ had very large plants. ______ had medium sized plants. The emperor entered the hall. He was ______ amused to see ______ plants. He called the ______ minister and asked him what he did with the seed. ______ minister explained the process he adopted to make ______ plant grow. The emperor called ______ the other ministers to explain what they did. Only ______ minister had come with an empty pot. They laughed loudly at the foolishness of this minister. But the Emperor applauded him and made him the ______ Emperor. Do you know why? He had given them boiled seeds which will not grow. Only ______ minister was honest.


Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:

We were not able to stay overnight as we______not______(reserve) the tickets in advance.


Now, read the descriptions given under Column A and match them with their correct (-ist words) describing specialists in the various fields of medicine given under column B.

No A B
1 one who specializes in lung problems gynaecologist
2 one who specializes in skin problems gastroenterologist
3 one who treats diseases specific to women dermatologist
4 one who treats kidney diseases neurologist
5 one who treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system pulmonologist
6 one who treats stomach disorders cardiologist
7 one who treats vision problems nephrologist
8 one who specializes in critical infants otolaryngologist
9 one who treats heart problems ophthalmologist
10 one who treats the problems of ear, nose, tongue neonatologist

Read the following story and do the exercises that follow.

Last night somebody broke into our neighbor’s house. He stole everything he found. The neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Umar, saw him while he was running away but they couldn’t catch him. This morning an inspector arrived to make an inquiry.

The Inspector posed certain questions to Mr. Umar.

The Inspector The thief broke into the house at around 10 p.m. What were you doing then?
Mr. Umar I was watching a movie with my wife. Then I went to the kitchen to prepare tea.
The Inspector How many minutes did you spend in the kitchen?
Mr. Umar I think 10 or 15 minutes… I’m not sure….
The Inspector Did you prepare tea?
Mr. Umar Yes
The Inspector OK. Thanks.

The Inspector also asked Mrs. Umar some questions:

The Inspector What were you doing at around 10 pm yesterday?
Mrs. Umar I was watching a movie while drinking my coffee.
The Inspector Coffee? But your husband prepared tea.
Mrs. Umar Tea? No… We didn’t drink tea last night.
The Inspector OK. What was he doing in the kitchen?
Mrs. Umar He was thirsty. He wanted to drink water.
The Inspector Hmmm. What happened then?
Mrs. Umar A friend of his called him and he went out to help him.
The Inspector So, you were alone at home, weren’t you?
Mrs. Umar Yes, I was. I called him immediately but he didn’t answer. 

The inspector was suspicious about Mr.Umar, so he asked him to come to the station for further questioning.

The Inspector You weren’t at home when the thief broke into your neighbour’s house. Where were you?
Mr. Umar I went out to help a friend of mine
The Inspector Who is that friend?
Mr. Umar Ehhhh… he is just a friend.
The Inspector Hmmm. Who is that friend?
Mr. Umar I told you already. He is just a friend.
The Inspector

If you cannot prove that you were with a friend, we can arrest you.

At the end of the questioning session, Mr.Umar told the inspector the truth.

“Last night, somebody called me, but he wasn’t my friend. I had borrowed some money from him and he had given me time till last night to return it. But I did not do so. So, he called me and asked me to meet him outside the house. That’s why I went out. I did not tell my wife as I did not want her to know about it. When I went out, I saw a stranger entering my neighbour’s house but I did not stop as I was in a hurry to meet the moneylender.

Answer the questions after reading the story.

  1. Did Mrs. Umar see the thief?
  2. What was Mrs. Umar doing when the thief broke into the house?
  3. Was Mr. Umar watching movie with his wife when the thief broke in the house?
  4. What was Mr. Umar doing in the kitchen?

Frame suitable questions for the following statements.

  1. Mr. Umar was at home when the event occurred
  2. Yes, Mr. Umar saw the thief entering the neighbour’s house.
  3. Mrs. Umar was watching the movie while her husband was drinking water.
  4. The thief broke into the house while they were watching a movie.

Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.

I was angry that I ______ such a mistake (make).


Correct the error found in the question tag in each of the following

Let’s organize a trip to Goa, can we?


Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.

If I had won the lottery, I ______ (donate) relief materials for the flood victims.


Find out the antonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.

Fortuitously, a guest visited our house.


Combine each of the following pair of sentence using participle. The first one is done for you.

He lived alone. He had forgotten everybody.


Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.

How ______sugar do you want?


Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.

Sheela will be selected for the competition only if she goes for the auditions. (Begin: Unless….)


Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.

Might


Form groups of 6-8. Think of similes using different objects, for example,

  1. Dry as land
  2. Wet as a puddle.

Now try to put together the similes to make a poem with rhyming lines.


Fill in the blanks in the passage given below with the appropriate form of the verb given in brackets. Do not write the passage but write the verbs in the correct order.

A young man had a beautiful garden in his mansion. As he loved flowers, shrubs and trees, he tended to the garden himself. Next to his mansion, there was a small house in which ______ (1) (live) an old man. One day, when the young man was ______ (2) (expect) some special guests, he took extra care in ______ (3) (tend) to the garden. He pulled the weeds, ______ (4) (trim) the shrubs, combed the moss and spent a long time meticulously ______ (5) (rake) up and carefully arranging all the dry autumn leaves. As he worked, the old man ______ (6) (watch) him with interest from across the wall that ______ (7) (separate) their houses. When he had finished, the young man stood back to ______ (8) (admire) his work. “Isn't it beautiful”, he called out to the old man. "Yes", replied the old man, “but there is something missing. Help me over this wall and I'll put it right for you.” After a slight hesitation, the young man ______ (9) (lift) the old fellow over and set him down. Slowly, the old man walked to the tree near the centre of the garden, grabbed it by the trunk, and shook it. Leaves ______ (10) (shower) down all over the garden and formed a beautiful carpet.
“There”, said the old man, “now it is perfect!”


Write compound word using the pictures.

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