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प्रश्न
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.
Make pairs and groups and find out some more simple, complex, and compound sentences from the text.
उत्तर
Simple – It was April 2004.
Compound – It was just before sunrise and the sky was turning a bright orange.
Complex – I stood watching the sunrise above the towering trees across the fence and slowly made my way back to the house, a white structure in the middle of this greenery.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Remove the Affixes (Prefix and Suffix) and write the Root-word.
- successful ____________
- immediately ____________
- retrace ____________
- mouser ____________
- unfriendly ____________
- fallen ____________
- unkind ____________
- wooden ____________
- luckily ____________
- belonging ____________
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
safe
Complete the following idioms using the appropriate colour term.
be ______ with envy (feel very jealous).
Note the punctuation used in the story. Here, single inverted commas or quotation marks have been used to show conversation. Rewrite the following using double quotation marks:
‘It will take me half the day to mend this.’
Find the meaning of the following phrase and use it in your own sentence.
in store for...
Underline the infinitive in the following sentence.
To be or not to be - that is the question.
Rewrite the following sentence replacing ‘as soon as’ by ‘No sooner than ’
As soon as you have finished, you can submit your answer- papers.
Complete these sentence using the appropriate modal. The clues in the bracket will help you.
I ____________ win this singing contest. (determination)
Read the following dialogues and supply appropriate modals.
| Student: | Can we leave our bags in the class during the break? |
| Teacher: | Yes, you ____________ but arrange them neatly. |
| Passenger: | My child is 6 years old. Do I have to buy him a ticket? |
| Conductor: | Yes, you ____________. It costs half of the price of an adult ticket. |
| Vani: | Can we go for coffee after the meeting? |
| Yoga: | No, I____________. I have to go home. |
| Salesman: | When ___________ I receive my order? |
| Customer: | I ___________ assure you sir, the order ___________ be delivered tomorrow |
| Neela: | Do you think I should write about my education background in the resume? |
| Preethi: | Yes, you ___________ . You ___________ get a better job. |
In the following sentence, the verb has two object namely Direct and Indirect object. Change each of the following sentence into two passive using a direct object as the subject in one and indirect in the other.
They offered the job to Venkat.
Vijay __________ (repair) his car.
Hari _____________ (work) hard to pass the entrance examination.
Based on your understanding of the poem, complete the summary of the poem by choosing the words/phrases given below.
| prime phase, the yellow pebbles, motionless, stages of human life, sweeping, child, journey, reckless youth. |
In the poem 'The River', the poet compares the flow of the river with different__________________. The first stanza explains how the sparkling river goes dancing over _______________ and glancing through the flowers and leaves. These acts of the river is compared to a curious and innocent _______ at play. The second stanza compares the river to a _______________ who goes through rough and smooth patches of life. Like a youth, here the river becomes louder, faster and ___________ everything all along the way. In the third stanza, the river becomes like a hard-working man who is at the _____________ of the life. Here the deep and broad river seems ____________ but it keeps moving towards the sea like a matured man who silently marches towards the goal. In the last stanza, the long ___________ of the river reaches the endless sea like a human life attains eternity.
Read the given sentence carefully and fill in with an appropriate phrasal verb. Choose them from the help option.
Doing ______ every day in the morning keeps one healthy.
The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in the tense of the verb in each line. Write the wrong word as well as the correct word in the given place. One is done for you.
| Sentence | Wrong words | Correct words |
| When Anand reach Arun's place, his | reach | reached |
| friends have arrived already. Arun | ||
| introduces Anand to them. Arun's brother | ||
| buy some snacks from the market. | ||
| Arun serving it to all his friends. Then | ||
| they all sat together to planning their holidays. | ||
| Arun have a cottage in Ooty, so | ||
| they all plan to go to Ooty during the holidays. | ||
| “Would we have a good time?, asked Arun. | ||
| They all cheerfully say, “Yes!” |
Fill in the blank with the connector that goes with the underlined word.
Jaya teaches not only English _________ Science.
Write the words that can replace Ravi, Rani, woman, luggage and the dog when we use them for the second and subsequent times in the passage _________, _________, _________. These words are called ________________?
Refer to your dictionary. Add a prefix or suffix to the following words and find their antonyms.
| 1. | privileged | |
| 2. | animate | |
| 3. | discriminate | |
| 4. | empty | |
| 5. | communicate | |
| 6. | learn |
The ball fell ______ the lake.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Buy me a present ____ my birthday.
Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.
Families often argue ____ Christmas time.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
International + police -
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
The ______ sky looks beautiful at night.
Find me in the poem.
You can climb on men
Write the correct punctuation mark that best complete the sentence.
Where is an exciting place to visit ____.
Pick the abstract noun.
Prem felt anger.
Appropriate suffix to the word with the clues given.
A person one who teaches ______.
| words | suffixes |
| penny, beauty, develop, teach. | ful, ment, er, less. |
Common Nouns
Match the following.
| 1. | The cat was hungry | because I had a headache. |
| 2. | The cat was hungry | so it ate a fish. |
| 3. | He was afraid of the dog | because she had to attend function. |
| 4. | She went home early | so he ran away. |
Circle the vowel letters.
a c d i f o e h
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
The boy speaks loudly. ______
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Shivani wears a belt around her ______.
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
Finally, the manager learnt a ______the hard way.
Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks using ‘a, an’, or ‘the’.
It is said that 1 ______computer is 2 ______ electronic extension of the human brain. Therefore, in principle, 3 ______ computer can do all those activities which 4 ______human brain can do. Today computers are found to be 5 ______ most useful devices as knowledge providers. Another important field of application of computers is 6 ______ development of robots. 7 ______ internet has brought 8 ______ drastic change in communication systems.
Now form the opposites of the words given below by prefixing ‘un’, ‘in’, ‘dis’, ‘ir', ‘il’ appropriately.
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-fortunate, -respect, -rational, -direct, -comfortable, -regular, -active, -agree, -obedient, -continue, -decent, -legitimate, -relevant, -aware, -finite, -necessary |
Complete the sentence with the correct tense form of the verb in bracket.
I can’t remember what my teacher (say) yesterday about our homework. I (not listen) properly because Hussain (talk) to me at the same time.
Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb given in the bracket.
Nothing much ______when I got to the meeting (happen).
Fill in the blank with modal auxiliary.
The candidates ______answer five out of ten questions.
Recall your learning of basic preposition and complete the sentence using the prepositions given in options.
The temple is ______the bank.
Change the following sentence into Passive Voice.
Whose car did someone park in front of your gate?
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Prizes were being given by the chief guest.
Change the following sentence into Active Voice.
Nobody has been seen in the library this week.
Add suitable question tag to the following sentence and punctuate properly.
Don’t commit this mistake again.
Go through the lesson and spot the word which mean the same as the following.
- profession (para 1)
- sorrowful (para 2)
- decency (para 5)
- destiny (para 6)
- hijacked (para 8)
- motivation (para 9)
- serious (para 10)
- significant (para 13)
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accept – except – expect
Fill the empty boxes with suitable words under each word class.
| NOUN | VERB | ADJECTIVE | ADVERB |
| amusement | |||
| appreciate | |||
| proudly | |||
| hopeful |
Given below are some idiomatic expressions with their meanings. Understand the meaning.
Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.
The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to ______.
Look at the following complex sentence. Circle(bold) the Main clause and underline the Subordinate clause.
I believe that all men are basically good.
Replace the underlined word/expression with possibly polite form.
Elambrathi has a second-hand car.
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Jessie enjoys bothering others.
Fill in the blank with the correct infinitive.
Rajesh went to the airport ______his friend.
Write the compound word from the picture.
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| ______ | |
Write compound words using the picture.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
In the following item, sentence I is complete, while sentence II is not. Complete sentence II, making it as similar as possible to sentence I. Write sentence II.
(I) As soon as I solved one problem, the teacher gave me another.
(II) No sooner ______
Read the example and fill in the blanks in the same pattern. (Note the changes in the last letter.)
Example: pretty - prettier - prettiest
angry - ______ - ______
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Mediam
Read the following sentence and frame at least two relevant questions.
I was like that ship before my education began.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
