English Grammar and Vocabulary

Do as directed: (From textual lessons) Activities based on Contextual Grammar: (1) Choose the correct question tag from the alternatives and write the complete answer :He would give a great reward….(a) would he? (b) won’t he?(c) wouldn’t he? (d) will he?Ans. He would give a great reward, wouldn’t he? (2) Pick out the finite and […]

All figures of speech examples at one place: 2.1  Animals Identify the Figures of Speech in the following lines. (1) I think I could turn and live with animals.Ans. Repetition: The word ‘I’ is repeated for the poetic effect. (2) I stand and look at them long and long.Ans. Repetition: The word ‘long’ is repeated

Do as directed: (From textual lessons) A rainbow colours the entire sky. (Begin the sentence with ‘The entire sky …)Ans. The entire sky is coloured by a rainbow. However impossible things may look, there is always an opening. (Rewrite beginning with ‘Even if …)Ans. Even if things look impossible, there is always an opening. Spider

Do as directed: (From textual lessons) (1) Write two compound words from the text. Ans. courtyard, blockhead  (2) Use the following word as a gerund in your own sentence : chasingAns. I would not even think of chasing a defenceless animal.  (3) Find out two hidden words from the given word : confidentlyAns. confident, confide.

All figures of speech examples at one place: 1.4 All the World’s a Stage (a) His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wideAns. Alliteration. Repetition of the sound of ‘w’. (b) For his shrunk shankAns. Alliteration. Repetition of the sound of ‘s’. (c) Turning again towards childish trebleAns. Alliteration. Repetition of the sound of

Do as directed: (From textual lessons)  (1) Pick out an infinitive from the lesson and use it in your own sentence.Ans. to receive : Shilpa was the first girl in our school to receive a medal for bravery. (2) Punctuate :there was bread butter jam and cheese on the table the chairs had pink and

(1) I can’t pay you. (Rewrite making it affirmative.)Ans. I am unable to pay you. (2) “I want to work for you,” I said. (Change Into indirect speech.)Ans. I said that I wanted to work for him. (3) Use the following phrase in your own sentence : a touch of sadnessAns.  There was a touch

All figures of speech examples at one place: 1.1 Where the Mind is Without Fear… Examples of Alliteration from the poem.(1) Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high. Repetition of the sound of ‘w’ and ‘h’.(2) Where the world has not been broken up into fragments. Repetition of the sound