Unit 4 - 4.5 A Battle to Baffle — English STD 8 — Question

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’.

Complete the following:
The prince gave a _____ one of the two gemstones of his eyes.

Complete the following:
The Swallow decided to stay under the statue of the Happy Prince at night ; because ______.

Pick out words from the poem to complete the sentences meaningfully:
She _________(bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.

who said the given words and to whom:
Open the window

Do as directed:
Pick out the non-finite verb and state what it is:
He always talked of his coming masterpiece.

Complete the following:
The foreign stuff we Indians are crazy about is foreign TVs, ______.

Complex Factual Activities:
What, do you think, was the part of the statue which did not melt?

She is fascinated by the small trail, which winds up the mountain.

Complete the following:
The dream of the fourteen-year-old girl in Hyderabad is _____.