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Question
Pick out lines that contain Alliteration.
Solution
- 'I can see through the gate that house the gardener digging the ground.' Repetition of the sound of the letter 't' and 'g'.
- 'He does what he likes with his spade, he soils his clothes ... · Repetition of the sound of the letter 'h'.
- 'nobody takes him to task' Repetition of the sound of the letter 't'.
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Pick out one line that contains the following Figure of Speech.
Tautology
Read the highlighted words. They are known as prepositions.
- for a walk
- around the farm
- specialities of plants
- in the soil
- with great effort
Match the following Active voice sentences with Passive voice.
| S.No. | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
| 1. | I will never forget this experience | A novel has been written by her. |
| 2. | Mother made a cake yesterday. | The deer was being chased by the tiger. |
| 3. | Have you finished the report? | A cake was made by mother yesterday. |
| 4. | The tiger was chasing the deer. | Has the report been finished by you? |
| 5. | She has written a novel. | This experience will never be forgotten by me. |
Choose the correct option.
______ he was honest, he was punished.
Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb.
Gullivers Travels ___ an excellent story.
Write the opposites for the following pictures.
| fix | young | near |
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old | |
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break | |
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far |
In the following passage, circle(bold) the verbs in simple present tense and underline the verbs in simple past. The first one has been done for you.
That night he strolled into the Palette Club about eleven o’clock and found Trevor sitting by himself in the long room. “Well, Alan, did you get the picture finished all right? ” he said, as he lit his cigarette. “Finished and framed, my boy!” answered Trevor, “and by-the-bye, you have made a conquest. That old model you saw is quite devoted to you. I had to tell him all about you - who you are, where you live, what your income is, what prospects you have.”
Expand the following outline into complete story and supply a suitable title for each.
Big cotton merchant – owned a factory – many employees – one day a heap of cotton stolen – no clue – merchant’s secretary assured to find out - asked him to host dinner - invite all workers – merchant agreed – middle of feast – secretary suddenly shouted – cotton sticking to hair of thieves – the guilty dusted their heads – tried to clear – caught in the trap – punished.
Transform the following sentence as per the given instruction.
Sheela will be selected for the competition only if she goes for the auditions. (Begin: Unless….)
Spot the error in the spelling of the following word with reference to the passage and rewrite it correctly.
Dicided
