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प्रश्न
Read the lines below.
- 'To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds'.
The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something non - human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called ‘Personification’. - ‘To believe is to know that
Everyday is a new beginning’. - To believe is to know ______ life is a gift
Lines in poetry, such as the above, state a general truth and can be used as sayings or quotes etc. They contain the Figure of Speech called Epigram.
Epigram closely resembles a proverb.
Find from the poem three other examples of Epigram.
- ______________________________
- ______________________________
- ______________________________
उत्तर
- 'To believe is to find the strength and courage that lies within us.'
- 'To believe is to know we are never alone, that life is a gift.'
- 'To believe is to know that wonderful surprises are just waiting to happen.'
संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the passage below and underline the verbs in the past tense.
A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.
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’).
It bleated frantically and butted him.
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.
Both the minister _________ the officers visited the affected areas.
Fill in the blank with appropriate airline vocabulary given in the options.
If you need anything just press the______.
Give the correct verb form for following sentence.
She ______ a driver.
Look at the newspaper item given below. Use the information in the headline to complete the sentence.
NEET CLASSES TO BEGIN ON SEP. 20TH The Centre co-ordinator informed the candidates ______ Sept. 20th.
Idioms:
An idiom is an expression in English with a special meaning of its own. Idioms do not give the literal meaning of the individual words used in them.
You come across the idiom ‘by the skin of one’s teeth’ in the lesson. It means ‘a narrow escape’.
Fill in the blank with suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ Gandhiji, ahimsa means infinite love.
Underline the verb and choose the correct option from the options.
And the teachers were people ...