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Underline all nouns in the following sentences and write their types.

i) Asha is a brave girl.
Ans: Asha (Proper Noun), girl (Common Noun)

ii) Dogs are faithful animals.
Ans: Dogs (Common Noun), animals (Common Noun)

iii) This chain is made of gold.
Ans: chain (Common Noun), gold (Material Noun)

iv) Mumbai is a very big city.
Ans: Mumbai (Proper Noun), city (Common Noun)

v) Everyone likes him for his honesty.
Ans: honesty (Abstract Noun)

vi) The Brahmaputra is a very big river of Assam.
Ans: Brahmaputra (Proper Noun), river (Common Noun), Assam (Proper Noun)

vii) We prepare chapati from flour.
Ans: chapati (Common Noun), flour (Material Noun)

viii) Patience is a great quality.
Ans: Patience (Abstract Noun), quality (Abstract Noun)

ix) An elephant has immense strength.
Ans: elephant (Common Noun), strength (Abstract Noun)

x) Water has no colour.
Ans: Water (Material Noun), colour (Abstract Noun)

xi) A herd of cattle is grazing in the field.
Ans: herd (Collective Noun), cattle (Common / Collective Noun), field (Common Noun)

xii) I see a flock of birds flying in the sky.
Ans: flock (Collective Noun), birds (Common Noun), sky (Common Noun)

xiii) This is a very beautiful bouquet of flowers.
Ans: bouquet (Collective Noun), flowers (Common Noun)

xiv) She is drinking milk.
Ans: milk (Material Noun)

Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verbs given in brackets.

• i) He generally speaks Hindi. (সাধাৰণতে বুজালে Present Indefinite হয়)
• ii) I have taken my breakfast just now. (just now থাকিলে Present Perfect হয়)
• iii) She was waiting for her brother when I saw her.
• iv) I shall go (or will go) to your house tomorrow.
• v) My sister is doing her homework now.
• vi) He has purchased a new car already.
• vii) We went to Delhi in the last summer vacation.
• viii) They are watching television now.
• ix) My mother never drinks coffee.
• x) The ship sank in the ocean yesterday.
• xi) They will build a house next year.
• xii) Ronit will send the book next month.
• xiii) I met the man eight years ago.
• xiv) My elder brother eats fruit regularly.
• xv) Have you ever seen the Rangghar?

Fill in the blanks with the correct Wh-question words.

• i) Which class do you read in?
• ii) How old are you?
• iii) Who is the President of India?
• iv) Why was the baby crying?
• v) Where is the Talatalghar?
• vi) When is your birthday?
• vii) Which novel by Enid Blyton do you like the most?
• viii) How many eggs did he buy?
• ix) Whom do you want to meet?
• x) Whose shirt is this?
• xi) With whom did you go there?
• xii) How much sugar do you want in your cup of tea?
• xiii) Where has he come from?
• xiv) How do you go to school?
• xv) How much milk does she want?

Write the types of the following sentences.

• i) The sun rises in the east.
  Ans: Assertive / Declarative Sentence
• ii) At what time do you get up in the morning?
  Ans: Interrogative Sentence
• iii) May you be happy.
  Ans: Optative Sentence
• iv) They regularly go to the library.
  Ans: Assertive / Declarative Sentence
• v) What a lovely picture it is!
  Ans: Exclamatory Sentence
• vi) Do you like ice cream?
  Ans: Interrogative Sentence
• vii) How beautiful the butterfly is!
  Ans: Exclamatory Sentence
• viii) I often go to bed at 10 pm.
  Ans: Assertive / Declarative Sentence
• ix) Please bring me a glass of water.
  Ans: Imperative Sentence
• x) May god bless you.
  Ans: Optative Sentence
• xi) Obey your parents.
  Ans: Imperative Sentence
• xii) Don't go out now.
  Ans: Imperative Sentence (Negative)
• xiii) Is your brother at home?
  Ans: Interrogative Sentence
• xiv) Rita did not go there yesterday.
  Ans: Assertive Sentence (Negative)
• xv) Does Hitesh play cricket?
  Ans: Interrogative Sentence

Put a, an or the in the blanks.

• i) The beautiful ring that the girl is wearing is made of gold.
• ii) An honest man is loved by all.
• iii) We shall be back in an hour.
• iv) An elephant (or The elephant) is a big animal.
• v) Give me the blue cup that you kept on the table.
• vi) The cow is a useful animal.
• vii) The Ganges is a sacred river.
• viii) The Rajdhani Express is the fastest train in India.
• ix) English is the language of the people of England. (ইয়াত English ৰ আগত কোনো Article নবহে)
• x) He works in a university in the U.S.A.
• xi) Amal reads the Ramayana every day.
• xii) She is an M.A. in economics.
• xiii) This is a one-way road.
• xiv) Her brother is an N.C.C. cadet.
• xv) My father is an engineer.

Choose the correct preposition from the alternatives given in brackets.

• i) The pen is in the drawer. (on/in)
• ii) My sister is afraid of dogs. (for/of)
• iii) I don't agree with you. (to/with)
• iv) The boy was sitting between the two girls. (among/between)
• v) The bird is sitting on a branch of the tree. (on/for)
• vi) The sky is over our head. (on/over)
• vii) Abdul Kalam was born in Tamilnadu. (in/on)
• viii) Someone is knocking at the door. (at/over)
• ix) What is the time by your watch? (by/in)
• x) He is not at home now. (at/on)
• xi) She is proud of her success. (of/about)
• xii) She died of fever. (from/of)
• xiii) They congratulated us on our success. (at/on)

Turn the following sentences into interrogatives.

• i) He can read.
  Ans: Can he read?
• ii) She works in a hospital.
  Ans: Does she work in a hospital?
• iii) Rita wrote the answer.
  Ans: Did Rita write the answer?
• iv) They sang a song.
  Ans: Did they sing a song?
• v) The boy drank the cup of tea.
  Ans: Did the boy drink the cup of tea?
• vi) He helps the poor.
  Ans: Does he help the poor?
• vii) Kabita draws nice pictures.
  Ans: Does Kabita draw nice pictures?
• viii) My father drove the car very fast.
  Ans: Did my father drive the car very fast?
• ix) These children wash their hands before meals.
  Ans: Do these children wash their hands before meals?
• x) They travelled by bus.
  Ans: Did they travel by bus?
• xi) Partha is a good swimmer.
  Ans: Is Partha a good swimmer?
• xii) The students were playing in the field.
  Ans: Were the students playing in the field?
• xiii) They go to school by bus.
  Ans: Do they go to school by bus?

Turn the following sentences into negatives.

• i) We visited Delhi last year.
  Ans: We did not visit Delhi last year.
• ii) The girls danced very well.
  Ans: The girls did not dance very well.
• iii) She eats an apple every day.
  Ans: She does not eat an apple every day.
• iv) My mother wrote the letter.
  Ans: My mother did not write the letter.
• v) I watched that movie last year.
  Ans: I did not watch that movie last year.
• vi) Leena laughs loudly.
  Ans: Leena does not laugh loudly.
• vii) She wears beautiful frocks.
  Ans: She does not wear beautiful frocks.
• viii) Krisha buys storybooks every month.
  Ans: Krisha does not buy storybooks every month.
• ix) The teacher knows the boy.
  Ans: The teacher does not know the boy.
• x) The boys can sing 'Jyoti Sangeet'.
  Ans: The boys cannot sing 'Jyoti Sangeet'.
• xi) Bhaswati was a good dancer.
  Ans: Bhaswati was not a good dancer.
• xii) They are sitting in the room now.
  Ans: They are not sitting in the room now.
• xiii) I like mangoes.
  Ans: I do not like mangoes.