Do as directed:
1.
Smith:
Good Morning, Mr. Jones. It is a long time since I saw you in town.
Jones: Good Morning,
Mr. Smith. I only came up for business for few hours. (Rewrite in Indirect
Speech)
Ans.
Smith wished Jones a good morning and added that it had been a long time since
he had seen him in town. Jones greeted Smith in return and explained that he
had come to town for business for just a few hours.
2.
I
received his message ________ 8 o’ clock ________ the morning. (Insert suitable
prepositions)
Ans.
I received his message at 8 o’ clock in the morning.
3.
You
_____________ (needn’t, mustn’t, won’t) light a match, the room is full of gas.
(choose the correct alternative and complete the sentence)
Ans.
You mustn’t light a match, the room is full of gas.
4.
Expand
the abbreviations given below.
i.
I.A.S. ii. L.L.B.
Ans. i. I.A.S. – Indian
Administrative Service.
L.L.B. – Bachelor of Letters and Law.
5.
I
like that picture hanging _________ the wall __________ the kitchen.
Ans.
I like that picture hanging on the wall of the kitchen.
6.
There
is _________ beautiful garden behind _________ house. (Insert suitable articles
in the blanks and rewrite the sentence)
Ans.
There is a beautiful garden behind the house.
7.
Change
the following telephonic conversation into indirect speech:
Kavita: Hello! May I
speak to Mayank?
Avinash: Hello Kavita,
Mayank will come late today!
Ans.
Kavita greeted Avinash over the telephone and requested speak to Mayank.
Avinash reciprocated the greeting and stated that Mayank would come late that
day.
8.
a.
My bus leaves early in the morning. (Add a question tag)
My
bus leaves early in the morning, doesn’t it?
b. His voice was pleasant. (Rewrite as an
Exclamatory Sentence)
How pleasant his voice
was!
9.
a.
This old man had an oversized heart. (Rewrite the sentence by explaining
the underlined phrase)
This
old man was very generous, kind and loving.
b. Give the antonyms
of: (i) cursing (ii) weakness.
Cursing
– blessing. (ii) weakness –
strength.
10.
a.
She would just have a carrot. (Rewrite as a Negative sentence)
She would have nothing else except
a carrot.
b.
The
spot was bigger than the night before. (Change into Positive Degree)
The spot was not as big the night
before as it was today.
11.
a.
Keryn hurried to her bedroom mirror. (Rewrite the sentence using the
noun form of the underlined verb)
Keryn moved in a hurry to her
bedroom mirror.
b.
Supply homophones for the words given below.
i. sea ii.
be.
i. sea – sea ii. be – bee.
12.
Do
as directed:
a.
This
one was probably for his mom. (Rewrite as a negative sentence without changing
the meaning)
This
one was probably for nobody but his mom.
b.
Mom
and I broke down. (Add a question tag)
Mom
and I broke down, didn’t we?
13.
Create
a word register of the four words, specially related to the game mentioned in
the above passage.
Home run, pitcher, season, ball,
bat.
14.
Do
as directed.
i.
Both
persons have to take efforts. (Change the voice)
Efforts
have to be taken by both persons.
ii.
Don’t
lose your calm if their opinions and tastes differ from yours. (Identify the
clauses and state their kinds.)
Don’t
lose your calm – Main Clause
if
their opinions and tastes differ from yours – subordinate clause.
15.
i.
Use ‘sarcastic’ in a Noun form and make a sentence.
He spoke to his guests in tones of
sarcasm which offended them.
Sarcasm is a rude and crude way of
speaking to others.
i.
Which
word in the passage means ‘weakness’?
‘imperfection’
means ‘weakness’.
16.
a.
She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher. (Begin with ‘No
sooner’)
No sooner did she stop by the desk
than she wrote a note to the teacher.
b.
The textbook was under the chair. (Frame a “Wh” type question with the
underlined part as the answer)
Where was the text book?
17.
a.
Form verbs from (i) sure, (ii) brief.
i.
Ensure ii. brief.
b.
Find words from the passage where the following items may be placed. i. dirty
clothes. Ii. shoes.
ii.
Hamper, ii. rack.
18.
a.
Dad reached in and fed the snake. (Rewrite the sentence using the
present participle form of the verb underlined)
On reaching in, Dad fed the snake.
b.
he could then take his offering to Old Tom. (Pick out the preposition)
to – preposition.
19.
Use
the following phrases in meaningful sentences of your own.
a.
make
one’s day
My
father made my day when he announced that he was taking me on a world trip.
b.
To
get to know
We
got to know about his illness from his uncle.
20.
a.
Now – a – days we do not do the tailoring ourselves. (Add a question tag)
Now – a - days we do not do the tailoring ourselves, do
we?
b. I decided to visit
Sarville Row.
I took a decision to visit Saville
Row.
21.
a.
Give another word for the phrase ‘quality of being truly honest”
candour.
b.
Match the following nouns in column A with their meanings in Column B and
rewrite them;
|
Column A
|
Column B
|
|
i.
gratitude
ii.
bewilderment
|
a.
confusion
b.
question
c.
thankfulness
|
i.
gratitude thankfulness
ii.
bewilderment confusion
22.
Use
any two phrases in sentences of your own:
a. To
win laurels b. To pave
the way c. To prove one’s mettle d. A tough regimen
Ans. a. Shyam and his
brother won laurels in outdoor games for three consecutive years.
b. His
association with his uncle paved the way for his entry into politics.
c. One
can prove one’s mettle in various ways in life.
d. Managing
studies and co – curricular activities on a daily basis is a tough regimen.
23.
a.
I did the rounds of other public schools with my father. (change the voice)
The rounds of other public schools
were done with my father.
b. Though shocked, Maggu rejected
the advice. (Rewrite as a simple sentence)
Ans. Inspite of being shocked,
Maggu rejected the advice.
24.
When
you expect success and take action on that expectation, you
almost always succeed. (Name the part of speech of the underlined words)
Expect,
succeed – verbs, expectation, success – Noun.
25.
a.
He cared about me and his customers. (Rewrite using ‘not only ……… but also”)
Not
only did he care about me, but also about his customers.
b. The cowboy has made
millions of dollars. (Add a question tag).
The
Cowboy had made millions of dollars, hasn’t he?
