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प्रश्न
Use the adjectives and prepositions from the box above to fill in the gaps below. Add eight sentences of your own.
- Mary is bad ________ Maths.
- Fruit is good ________ you.
- Ram was married ________ Beena for 10 years. They were very happy.
- This tool is more ________ planing wood.
- What good news! I’m so ________ you.
- He’s ________ her; she looks ill.
- She’s ashamed ________ her bad behaviour.
- They are fond ________ dancing.
- He was absent ________ the Science Club yesterday.
- He is sensitive ________ criticism.
उत्तर
- Mary is bad at Maths.
- Fruit is good for you.
- Ram was married to Beena for 10 years. They were very happy.
- This tool is more suitable for planing wood.
- What good news ! I’m so happy for you.
- He’s worried about her ; she looks ill.
- She’s ashamed at/about her bad behaviour.
- They are fond of dancing.
- He was absent from the Science Club yesterday.
- He is sensitive to criticism.
Other Sentences
- I cannot wait for you.
- Will you drop me at the station?
- I shall tell you about it later.
- I get up at 6.00 am daily.
- She is clever at calculations.
- I am going to the market.
- I go for a walk daily.
- What are you talking about?
Notes
Ashamed commonly goes with at/about (Sentence 7)
Fond commonly goes with of (Sentence 8)
Absent commonly goes with from (Sentence 9)
These adjectives are not given in the table above at D.3.
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| overlapping | ||||
| bobbing | ||||
| olfactory | ||||
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| mortality | ||||
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