EXERCISE-4 Read the following paragraphs and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets A serious accident ——– (take) place yesterday when a speeding bus———- (collide) with a car near Yamuna bridge. Two persons ———– (die) on the spot and one ———– (injure). The driver of the bus (run) away from… Read More »
OUTLINE : A slave runs away from his master——- sees a lion groaning in pain——- Slave takes out the thorn from the lion’s paw——– a few months later the slave is caught——— ordered to be thrown before a hungry lion——– lion rushes at him———– recognizes him——— licks him ——— remembers his kindness———- lion and slave both get their… Read More »
EXERCISE 5 Directions: In the following sentences, choose the appropriate adjective from the given list to fill in the blanks. 1. The aeroplane can fly………………… than a helicopter. (A) much high (B) most highest (C) higher (D) high 2. How ……………………offspring do you have at the school? (A) much … Read More »
Exercise-3 Direction: Select the correct conjunctions which can be used to join these sentences. 1. Shut the door. The dogs will run out (a) yet (b) still (c) or (d) and 2. The man cannot walk without a stick. He is blind. (a) because (b) therefore (c) thus (d) while 3. Rice needs plenty of… Read More »
EXERCISE-1 Read the following paragraphs and fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in the brackets (A) A twelve-year-old boy——– (die) when he ——– (fall off) a very high building this evening. His body ——- (discover) from the central lobby. The policeman who——– (come) to enquire the matter ———– (say) that they——– (be)… Read More »
EXERCISE-9 Convert the following into Passive Voice 1.I shall help him. 2.We have missed the train. 3.Children are playing cricket. 4.She sang a beautiful song. 5.He has returned my book. 6.She will have taken the test. 7.I am trying a new method. 8.The farmer killed a brown snake. 9.My parents love me. Answers:- 1.He will be helped by… Read More »
Outline: A fox hungry………. sees some grapes……….. tries to get them………. fails to do so……… cat’s that grapes are sour………. Moral. Ans:- THE FOX AND THE GRAPES Or THE GRAPES ARE SOUR Once there was a fox He was very hungry. He went here and there in search of food. But he did not get food anywhere.… Read More »
Outline: A hot day of summer……….. a crow was very thirsty………. in search of water……….. saw a pitcher ……….water was low………… put pebbles in the pitcher………… water came up………. drank it ……….flew away………. Moral. Ans:- THE THIRSTY CROW Or WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY It was summer. It was very hot. A crow was… Read More »
Outline: A farmer………. had a wonderful hen……….. laid a golden egg daily………. Greedy……… wanted to have all the eggs………. killed the hen……….. felt sorry………. Moral. Ans:- THE HEN THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS Or GREED IS A CURSE Once there was a farmer. He had a wonderful hen. It laid one golden egg daily. The farmer soon became… Read More »
Exercise-7 In the given exercise, a sentence in the Active Voice is followed by four options. Choose the best one that is the correct formation of the sentence in Passive Voice. 1.The hunter will shoot the birds. (a) The birds are being shot by the hunter. (b) The birds have been shot by the hunter. (c) The birds… Read More »
Taking help from the information given below, write a story on ‘A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg’. You can invent your own details. Outline: Children found a thing shaped like a grain ……….. a traveller bought it from the children ………… sold to the king …………. asked wise men ……………. it was a grain ……………. when… Read More »
Outline: A shepherd boy………. habit of telling lies……… grazes sheep………. decides to make fiat villagers………. cries, wolf ……….. villagers come……….. one day a wolf really comes……… cries……… but nobody comes……….. Moral. Ans:- THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE WOLF Once there was a shepherd boy. He grazed his she: ep outside the village. There was a forest nearby. One… Read More »
Exercise-5 In the given exercise, a sentence in the Active Voice is followed by four options. Choose the best one that is the correct formation of the sentence in Passive Voice. 1.The teacher will teach us a lesson. (a) The teacher will be taught us a lesson. (b) We shall be taught a lesson by the teacher. (c)… Read More »
Renuka started writing a short story. However, due to an unavoidable reason, she had to give it up after writing a few lines. Taking help from the input given below and using the beginning Renuka made, write a complete story. Raghu and Raj were two friends and neighbours. Raghu had a servant named Ramu. The name of Raj’s… Read More »
Whale Read the following passage carefully. Whales are normally gentle. Jacques Cousteau in his book, ‘The Whale: Mighty Monarch of the Sea’, testified, to the whale’s self-control. In all his years of diving, he says, “not a single man has been hurt during our sometimes hazardous whale encounters. Indeed, whales show every sign of wishing to spare man… Read More »