Unit 2 - 2.3 The Worm — English STD 8 — Question

Use the following word and its homophone in a single sentence : heard

One should know and trust _______.

Read the following phrases and use them ¡n the sentences of your own in proper form:
a tight corner

Say the following words aloud and put the stress mark on the stressed syllables:
bur-den

noun form : qual

Read the story and choose the appropriate meanings:
Skeleton branches:
(i) bones branching out from joints
(ii) leafy branches
(iii) bare branches

Say whether the sentence is Simple, Compound, or Complex:
If it had been summer, he would have walked down to Fenner’s to watch cricket.

Read the lines below.
‘To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds’.
The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something
non – human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called
‘Personification’.

whether the sentences are in Active or Passive voice:
England gave Ramanujan great honours.

Pick out words from the poem to complete the sentences meaningfully:
Everyone stood _______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.