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प्रश्न
Expand the following new headline in a sentence each.
ATMs without security guard to close
उत्तर
announced that all ATMs which have no security guard will be closed.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Given below is a jumbled sentence. Working in groups, rearrange the word in the sentence to form the correct sentence.
You will find that the sentence contains an idiomatic expression that you have come across in the lesson. Underline the idiom and write down its meaning. Then use your dictionary to check the meaning.
don’t pay/if you/attention/you might/the wrong train/to the announcement/board
Ans:____________________________________________
Idiom:__________________________________________
Look at these sentences.
- Most snakes are quite harmless, but a few are poisonous.
- Most snakes lay eggs, but the rattlesnake gives birth to its young.
Now write five sentences like these using ‘most’ and the clues below.
1. (90% of) people are honest (10%) are dishonest.
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2. (Lots of) fruit have plenty of sugar, (some) citrus fruit are low in sugar.
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3. (Every soft drink except this one) has lots of ‘empty calories’.
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4. (The majority of) films are romances, (a few) are on other topics.
________________________
5. (A majority of) people agree that he is a good leader, (just a few) disagree.
________________________
Read the following sentence:
(i) She muttered in reply and we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
(ii) These are two complete sentences underlying the above sentence.
- She muttered in reply.
- We looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
These two sentences are put together by using the coordinating conjunction ‘and’.
Such sentences are joined by coordinating conjunctions (and/ but/ either...or; neither...nor) are called compound sentences.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ are Simple Sentences.
Each of them has only one subject and one predicate.
Sentence ‘a’ and ‘b’ can be written in another way.
As she muttered in reply, we looked at Jeevan for a quick interpretation.
This sentence begins with a subordinating conjunction ‘As’.
This is a complex sentence.
Two simple sentences joined by subordinate conjunctions are called complex sentences. The subordinate conjunction need not always be at the beginning of the sentence.
Prepare a list of subordinating conjunctions.
There are three metaphors in the poem. Can you find them?
Read the following entries in the ‘Language Study’ pages :
- clause
- sentence
Underline the main clause in the following sentence.
The egg hunters follow this trail right up to the nest which is about half a metre deep.
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
once in a ______ moon (very rarely).
Find the opposite of the following adverb.
hard
Use the following phrase in a sentence of your own.
devoid of
There are _____ (many/much) apples in the basket.
Only _____ (some/a few) are green.
Identify the clause and classify them accordingly.
Come back as soon as possible.
Someone who might have committed a crime is a ______.
Pick out the contractions from the lesson and expand them.
| Contractions | Expansions |
Fill in the gap with appropriate Pronoun.
______ of those books will be helpful to you.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
The quality of dal ___ not good.
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
At the age of six, Varsha started learning music. (into Complex)
Transform the following sentence as instructed.
He followed my suggestion. (into Complex)
Fill in the blank in the following sentence with suitable conjunction from the option.
I respect him ______ he is very strict.
I'm right, ________.
Find me in the poem.
I can border your garden
Fill in the blank with the collective noun.
A ________ of bees.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
I go to school.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
Having no money ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Write
______ unicorn
Read the news item that appeared in a daily and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of the verbs given in brackets
Ever since social networking sites entered our lives, they 1 ______(serve) as platforms where users could use the virtual space offered by these social media. However, recent incidents 2 ______(cause) many to question the freedom to express views on various issues and in some cases, it 3 ______(become) a dangerous platform. Social Contact 4 ______ (transform) people. They 5 ______(develop) an addiction to it.
Add appropriate question tag to the following sentence.
These shared AVs will run at higher utilization rates.
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accept – except – expect
Pick out the finite verb in the following sentence:
Getting down from the car, the Chief Guest walked towards the dais amidst applause.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Subsidies are given to the poor.
She is very ill, but the doctors think she will pull ______.
