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प्रश्न
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
I would rather eat fruit than a lot of unhealthy junk food. (Begin: I prefer….)
उत्तर
I prefer eating fruit to unhealthy junk food.
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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.
- Animals cannot survive for long without water.
- So desert animals have to find different ways of coping.
The first sentence says what cannot happen or be done; the second tells us what must, therefore, be done, what it is necessary to do. Complete the sentence using cannot and have to/has to.
We —————————— see bacteria with our eyes; we —————————— look at them through a microscope.
Make pair of sentences to show the difference between the meaning of the following Homograph from the story.
well
Use a dictionary and find the difference in the following term related to 'Drama'.
A Play
Classify the words in (a) and (b) into ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ words.
- great, beautiful, arrogant, impatient, quiet, worthless, proud, happy, thoughtless, hasty
- shouted at, wasted, answered, offered, smiled, refused, toiled, grew, dyed, rewarded, destroyed.
Look up the following verbs in a good dictionary. List at least 20 different uses of the following. You may include their use with different prepositions, adverbs, and idioms.
- Write at least 5 common nouns and 5 proper nouns each. Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter at the beginning.
- Can you think of proper nouns that include two or more words? How are they written? Find at least ten such nouns.
From other sources find synonyms of the following words used in the story.
strong (city)
List the prepositions you find in this poem.
What is adverbial?
Use the following phrase in your own sentence -
get a hold of
Read the highlighted words. They are known as prepositions.
- for a walk
- around the farm
- specialities of plants
- in the soil
- with great effort
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘not only but also’ and ‘as well as’ in 2 seperate sentences.
UNESCO and the International Council on monuments initiated a draft convention to create an international organisation responsible for protecting cultural heritage.
Here are a few sentences already done for you. The clues given would be helpful to\make more sentences on your own.
- I would suggest that you take the Uzhavan Express to Thanjavur from Chennai.
- You will be more comfortable if you could book 3 tier A/C.
- You could enjoy __________________.
- You should visit __________________.
- You mustn’t miss __________________ .
- You can buy __________________.
- ______________________________.
- ______________________________.
- ______________________________.
- ______________________________.
Change the following sentence to the other voice.
The manager appointed many office assistants.
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.
Pragathi lent a pencil to Keerthana.
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
Would you like __________ (accompany) us on our journey if you could?
Write the gerund/infinitive form of the verb in the blank.
I’m sure they would also enjoy __________ (travel) with our crew.
There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,...
Pick out the words in alliteration.
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.
Complete the sentence in present tense form.
Sheeba ______ (move) to a new house next week.
Solve the crossword puzzle using superlative adjectives.
| Down | Across |
| 2. The _____ man ever whose age has been verified is Jiroemon Kimura. | 1. Deserts are the _______ places on Earth. |
| 4. Antarctica is the _______ continent in the world. | 3. Russia is the _______ country in the world. |
| 6. The elephant is the _______ animal in the world. | 4. Mercury is the _______ planet to the sun. |
| 8. Mount Everest is the ______ mountain in the world. | 5. Vatican City is the ______ country in the world. |
| 6. Diamonds are the _______ material in the world. | |
| 7. The cheetah is the ______ animal in the world. |
Look at the punctuation of these sentence. Why are they punctuated differently? Discuss in class.
Who’s going to see them?
If Karthik _________ (not + make) any mistake, he will be rewarded.
Find out the clipped word for the following.
helicopter + pad -
Look at the picture and fill in the blank with suitable words.
There is a ______ ground in my school.
Fill in the blanks with correct euphemisms for the given words.
| deaf, or hard of hearing | |
| mentally ill | |
| fat | |
| blind | |
| liar |
State which of the following sentence are Compound, and which are Complex.
Listen carefully and take notes.
Punctuate the following sentence.
Hindus muslims sikhs christians live together in India.
Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column
- kindly
- soft
- sweet
- everywhere
- bright
- constanly
- few
- then
- huge
- loudly
| Adverb | Adjective |
Give the correct verb form for the following sentence.
I _______ (wait) for you.
Recite the poem ‘Patriotism’.
Choose the correct plural form.
Boy
Fill in the blank with the correct opposite.
Is this a small tree?
No, it is _____.
Fill in the blanks.
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| Students are going ______ school. | There are ______ chocolates. | The tree is ______ big. |
Circle and write the adverbs from the sentence.
Our mum spoke to us angrily. _______
Write down clipped word for the given picture.
____________
(centum)
Choose the correct reflexive pronoun.
Please make ______ at home while you wait.
The teacher gave ______ student a separate topic for the assignment.
Fill in the blank with suitable modal verb.
______ I turn on the fan, please?
Given below is a list of common confusable. Distinguish the meaning of each pair of word by framing your own sentence.
eligible - illegible
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 suitable prepositional phrase given in option.
______ his laziness, the boy remained passive for a long time.
Rewrite the following sentence using ‘If ’ without changing the meaning.
Sindhu would not have won the world championship, unless she had had singleminded devotion.
Find out the synonym of the underlined word in each of the following sentence.
Anna would say with an impudent smile.
Now, Blend the following word.
parachute + troop
Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
I love eating ice creams.
Complete the following sentence using appropriate determiner.
______ information that she gave proved false.
Identify the error in each of the following sentence and rewrite them Correctly.
You, who is my friend, should help me.
Write the compound word from the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ____________ | ||
There is an urgent need ______ a bus stop in this village.
We have seen that clauses are parts of a sentence, and they are classified as main and subordinate or dependent clauses. Dependent clauses can be further classified as follows according to the work they do in a sentence.
How do we decide whether a clause is a noun clause, an adjective clause or an adverb clause? There is a simple rule - we can replace an adverb clause with an adverb, an adjective clause with an adjective and a noun clause with a noun.
Look at the following examples -
- But I don’t know the answer. (Noun)
But I don’t know what they want. (Noun clause) - He told us a funny story. (Adjective)
He told us a story that was funny. (Adjective clause) - They went away. (Adverb)
They went when you were talking to your friend. (Adverb clause)
Now complete the following on your own :
- But I don’t know ____________.
- He told us ____________.
- They went ____________.
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Figars
From the (The Story of Tea) passage, copy correctly any three sentences that begin with ‘How’.
Find the meaning of the following from a good dictionary:
radicals
Complete the following sentence using your own ideas:
One day, while I was playing ______.
Write compound word using the pictures.
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+ |  |
| ______ | ||
Rewrite the following sentence according to the instruction given in the bracket.
They opened the window because they did not want the smoke to go into the kitchen.
(Use: so…. that)
