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प्रश्न
Find the meaning of the following word from a good dictionary.
sawmill
उत्तर
A factory where wood is cut into boards.
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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)
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.
Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.
Ramanujan was brought to England.
Do as directed. (Make sure you do not change the meaning and tense of the sentence.)
The Emperor said, “But tell me Raman, to what great work did you refer?” (Convert into Indirect Speech.)
Consult a dictionary, to find the homophones for the given words.
| 1 | in | |
| 2 | know | |
| 3 | be | |
| 4 | to | |
| 5 | watt | |
| 6 | right | |
| 7 | were | |
| 8 | bare | |
| 9 | herd | |
| 10 | throne |
When we reached the park, __________.
I ____________ (go) to Thanjavur by this time tomorrow.
Change the following into passive voice.
You must not drop litter in the streets.
Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.
My aunt lives in Trichy but, my aunt often comes to visit my family.
Choose the best option to make a compound word.
Which can be placed before 'light’?
Match the phrasal verbs in column A with their meaning in Column B.
| A | B |
| fight or flight | escaping as rapidly as possible |
| put to flight | among the best of a particular group |
| take flight | to defend oneself or to run away |
| flight of fancy | to cause someone to flee |
| have a nice flight | to flee or run away |
| in full flight | an imaginative but unrealistic idea |
| top-flight | enjoy your flight |
Read the sentence given below. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the appropriate laughter word.
Kavitha's face ______ with joy as she arrived India.
See and write what they were doing.
While the boy was playing, the girl _____.
Choose the plural forms.
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They came early but there was ______work to do.
______ the water overflowed from the tank.
Fill in the blank using past perfect tense form of the verb:
If we ______(call) the manager ahead, we would not have needed to wait so long for a table.
Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of the following foreign word/phrase. Use them in sentence of your own:
status quo
Complete the following passage using the preposition given in bracket.
(among, for, at, to, in, )
When Lakshmi was (1) ___ school, she practised music from Monday (2) ___ Friday. She involved herself (3) ___ the school orchestra. She was responsible (4) ___conducting many programmes. She was very popular (5) ___ her schoolmates, as she was kind, friendly and helpful.
Fill in the blank with appropriate correlative conjunction.
Vani is ______a good singer ______a good dancer.
Form a phrase with each of the following pair of noun given below.
emotion + song -
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
How ______pages did you read?
Write compound words using the picture.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Rewrite the following using a complete word instead of a contracted form.
...when you’re through.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
Today Tommy found a new book.
Write the pairs of rhyming words.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
 |
 |
| ______ | |
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
In the following sentence, replace the incorrect underlined word to make the sentence meaningful and grammatically correct.
He ran into President during the elections last year.
