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प्रश्न
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
HEAVY RAINS LASH CHENNAI ______ threw normal life out of gear.
उत्तर
Heavy rains threw normal life out of gear.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Say whether the verb in the sentence below is transitive or intransitive. Ask yourself a ‘what’ question about the verb. (For some verbs, an object is a person, so ask the question ‘who’ instead of ‘what’).
He stroked its sides.
By filling appropriate letters in the blank spaces, you will get a past participle from it. Use the word as an adjective in your own sentence. One is done for you.
(a) s _ _ n _ d
Word- signed. The advocate took all the signed documents to the court.
(b) p_ _ z _ d
(c) f_ _ t_ e n e_
(d) b _ i _ e_
Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives.
Read the sentences.
- Yatin is strong.
- Amit is stronger than Yatin.
- Pravin is the strongest of all.
In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree.
In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic Adjective)
In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree. (-est is added to the basic Adjective)
Complete the table of degrees of comparison.
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| (1) great | ____________ | ____________ |
| (2) famous | ____________ | ____________ |
| (3) ____________ | easier | ____________ |
| (4) ____________ | worse | ____________ |
| (5) ____________ | ____________ | poorest |
| (6) ____________ | ____________ | laziest |
| (7) little | ____________ | ____________ |
| (8) ____________ | worthier | ____________ |
| (9) popular | ____________ | ____________ |
Say whether the verb underlined below is Finite or Non-finite.
Indians never try to force their way of life on others.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
fight (verb)
Rewrite the following in indirect speech.
“How will you have it?” he said.
“In the fifties,” I said.
Read the following sentence and change the form of the underlined word as directed.
The depth of the sea from the ledge scared the seagull. (to adjective)
Fill in the blank with a verb in the present continuous.
______ your mother ____ (work) today?
Hari _____________ (work) hard to pass the entrance examination.
Fill in the blank with the opposite of the word given in bracket.
Children don’t like to read ______ (interesting) books.
Read the sentence given below and Choose the verbs appropriately.
The doctor ______ the patient.
Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blank with suitable tense form of the verb given in bracket.
Baskaran hurt his hand while he _______ (cut) mangoes.
Punctuate the following sentence.
my favourite soap is pears and my favourite toothpaste is pepsodent.
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Do you know what time it is ____
Choose the abstract noun.
| fear | box | beauty | tree | taste |
| pencil | happiness | anger | honesty | book |
Put the word in the correct order to make sentence. Use a different colour to write the adverb.
Softly/Murali/speaks.
Answer the following.
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| Name of the object | In your mother tongue | Use in a sentence |
The fisher caught the _______.
Add a prefix to each word so it matche the new definition
| prefix | word |
| un, re, dis, pre | lucky, check, view, approve |
A chance to view before______.
Fill in the blank.
______ old man
Read the following word and choose the correct antonym from the option given:
moist
Match the words in Column A with their pairs in Column B to form compound words and write them in Column C.
| A | B | C |
| mantel | lashes | |
| eye | wheel | |
| water | gate | |
| bee | knob | |
| toll | piece | |
| door | proof | |
| spinning | hive |
Your ring is ______. Do not ______it. (loose / lose)
Foreign words and phrases
You have come across the French phrases ‘en famille’ |ən <famille>| and ‘bons mots’ ˌ|bɑn ˈmɑːts| in the lesson. Now, look at the following phrases and their meanings.
- viva voce - /ˌvaɪvə vəusi / - a spoken examination
- sine die - /ˈsɪnə ˈdʌɪiː/ – without a date being fixed
- resume- /ˈrezjuːmeɪ/ - a brief summary
- rapport - /ræˈpɔː(r)/ - close relationship with good understanding
- bonafide - /ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdi/ - genuine
Read the following words taken from the story. Give two synonyms and one antonym for each of these words. Use a dictionary, if required.
| Word | Synonyms | Antonym | |
| cautious | |||
| disapprove | |||
| brisk | |||
| engaging | |||
| humble | |||
| eager | |||
| resistance | |||
| persuade | |||
| scarce | |||
| nobility | |||
Combine the sentence and rewrite them using the word given in the bracket.
The well was deep. Therefore, the fox could not get out of the well. (because)
Spot the error in the following sentence and rewrite them correctly.
The new health care scheme announced by the Government will bring relief to the children suffering with acute tuberculosis.
Here are some compound words chosen from the text.
| ice-fall | knife-edge | wind-proof | sleeping-bags |
| half-way | never-ending | partly-full | ice- axe |
Read the following sentence and fill in the blank.
The Education Minister ______ (visit) our school tomorrow, if he goes by this way
Write the pairs of rhyming words.
