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Preposition Exercise
 Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions:
1. This shop doesn’t have the toys I was looking __.
(up/for)
2. The teacher divided the sweets ___ all the children.
(between/among)
3. Bruce did not fare well __ his examination. (in/at)
4. The dog is grateful __ its owner. (to/for)
5. My brother’s anniversary is __ 5th November. (on/in)
6. The boy __ the store is quite young. (at/on)
7. Mahatma Gandhi was born __ 2nd October. (on/in)
8. Rupert is fond __ muffins. (of/off)
9. The dog jumped __ the sofa. (on/in)
10. Humpty Dumpty sat __ a wall. (on/at)
11. The police officer is __ the station. (at/on)
12. The Sun will not rise __ 6 o’clock. (before/since)
13. I know Jack ___ he was a little boy. (for/since)
14. Priya’s house is ___ mine. (next to/after)
15. The opponents sat ____ to each other.
(opposite/behind)
16. The scientist looked ____ the microscope.
(through/in)
17. I met Suhani when I was __ college. (in/on)
18. I will have completed my task __ Friday. (till/by)
19. There’s a rift ___ these two kids.
(between/among)
20. The soldiers are ___ war. (in/at)
 Underline and identify the prepositions:
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Read the text given below and underline the prepositions.

On a very hot and sunny day, a thirsty crow was flying in
search of water. Due to the hot weather, most of the ponds
had dried up. Suddenly, he saw a vessel on the ground.
When he flew towards it, he saw there was very little
water at the bottom of the vessel. While thinking about
how he could drink that water, he saw little pebbles lying
around. He started dropping them one by one into the
vessel. After some time, the water level rose. The thirsty
crow quenched its thirst and flew away happily.

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Topic: Priyankas little turtle Date: /
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Write the answer of the following question:

1. Why were the sea-birds circling above Priyanka?

Ans:
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2. Why did Babymol say Priyanka would not listen to her?

Ans:
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3. Why was Grandmother angry?

Ans_____________________________________________________

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4. What was the real reason for Priyanka”s good behavior?

Ans:____________________________________________________

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5. How did Keerti’s presence help change Priyanka as a

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person?
Ans:
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Choose the correct answer:

1.Priyanka is a _______years old little girl.

a) 7 b) 7 plus c) 8 d) 9

2. “They had spotted their next meal in the baby turtle.” Who
are ‘they’?
a) sea-birds b) sea-fishes c) fisher men

3. “Right now, it may be eaten up.” Who said to whom?

a) Priyanka to Babymol
b) Priyanka to grandmother
c) Babymol to Priyanka

4. Who is Babymol?
a) Priyanka’s friend’s mother b) Her grandmother’s maid
c) A fisher woman

5. How will Priyanka come to know that the small turtle is a

sea turtle?
a) It will need to have sun.
b) It will grow enormously.
c) It will need huge food.

6.What is the meaning of ‘famished’?

a) feeling very tired
b) feeling very hungry
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c) feeling very excited

7. “Throw it out at once.” What is ‘it’?

a) The school bag b) The cracked tub c)The shoe box d)
The turtle

8. Who eyed Priyanka with suspicion?

a) Babymol b) grandma c) Keerti

9. What is the meaning of ‘lumber’?

a) looking with suspicion b) walking with difficulty
c)moving freely

10. What was not true for Priyanka?

a) She tried to finish her homework with great difficulty.
b) She had someone to talk.
c) She put the turtle back on the beach in a few days.

11. ‘spoke in a soft low voice’ is the meaning of

a) glared b) crooned c) startled

12. Priyanka did not want to let go her

‘___________________________’

a) prized package b) chocolate box c) tasty food

13. Grandmother forgot to scold Priyanka because of her

_____________
a) anger b) love c) sickness d) business

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Topic: The Rock And the Bubble Date: /
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Read the folloeing lines and give answer:

1. Then the waves all laughed
In their voices sweet

a. When did the waves laugh and why?

b. What is the figure of speech used in these lines?

Ans:
a._______________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________

b.
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2. Heed, little birdlings,

And wiser you’ll be
For the lesson learned
Today by the sea.

a. Who says this and to whom?

b. Why do they say this and what is the lesson learnt?

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Ans: a.
________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
b.
Ans:____________________________________________________
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Fill in the blanks:

a. Once there stood a bare_____________ rock in the mighty sea.

b. A little Bubble came by the Rock and called it _____________
c. The Bubble called itself the _________ thing that floats on the sea.
d. The Bubble asked the____________to move away as it wanted to
dance with the foam and spray.
e. The Rock said that even great _______________have not been able
to move it.

Choose the correct answer.

1. What was the little bubble wearing in the poem “The Rock and the
Bubble”?
a) Red Slipper b) A Beaded Necklace c) A Rainbow Robe
d) A Top Hat

2. In the poem “The Rock and the Bubble”, how were the waves
personified?

a) marching Boldly b) laughing Wildly c) singing sadly d)

dancing merrily

3. What 19th century female poet wrote “The Rock and the
Bubble”?

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a) Louisa May Alcott b) Joyce Carol Oates c) Sylvia Plath

d) Maya Angelou
4. Who was called ‘Headstrong?’

a) The rock b) the bubble c) the wave d) the sea- bird

5. “I’m the fairest thing that floats on the sea.” Who is this fairest
thing?

a. The bubble b) The wave c) The ship d) The wood

6. What is the meaning of ‘steadfast?’

a. seriously b) persistent c) strong d)move

7. “Great billows have dashed” What does the ‘billows’ refers here?

a. It refers to the big rock

b. It refers to the big waves of the sea
c. It refers to the strong wind

8. “While its round cheek glowed, with

a________________________,--

a. bright shade
b. foolish pride
c. shyness

9.” It looked gravely down, And said pleasantly----------.”What

figurative expression id used here?
a) metaphor b) personification c) alliteration d) hyperbole

10. What is the moral of the poem “The Rock and the Bubble”?
a) At the end the honest person is rewarded.
b) Always be kind to others.
c) Stubbornness doesn’t help you in the end.

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Topic: uphill
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Write the answer of the following question:

a) What kind of journey is this?
Ans:
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_______________________________________________________
b) Describe the hardships the traveler is thinking about.
Ans:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
c) There is a promise of reward. What will be rewarded.
Ans:____________________________________________________
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.
d) What are the encouragements given to the traveler?
Ans:____________________________________________________
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Fill in the blanks with appropriate words according to the

text.
1. Does the road wind ______________all the way?
2. Of labour you shall find the ___________.
3. May not be the ________________ hide it from my face?
4. Shall I meet other _______________ at night?
5. Will there be ___________ for me and all who seek?

Give one word answer:

1. What kind of journey is this? Journey of life and the life after
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Ans:
2. What will be rewarded at the end of journey?
Ans:
3. There is a hope at the end of journey. What is that hope?
Ans:
4. What does inn offer?
Ans:
5. What is the rhyming pattern of this poem?
Ans:

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Direct Speech
When we want to describe what someone said, one option is to use direct speech. We use
direct speech when we simply repeat what someone says, putting the phrase between speech
marks:
● Paul came in and said, “I’m really hungry.”
It is very common to see direct speech used in books or in a newspaper article. For example:

●The local MP said, “We plan to make this city a safer place for everyone.”
As you can see, with direct speech it is common to use the verb ‘to say’ (‘said’ in the past).
But you can also find other verbs used to indicate direct speech such as ‘ask’, ‘reply’, and
‘shout’. For example:

● When Mrs. Diaz opened the door, I asked, “Have you seen Lee?”
● She replied, “No, I haven’t seen him since lunchtime.”
●The boss was angry and shouted, “Why isn’t he here? He hasn’t finished that report
yet!”
Indirect Speech
When we want to report what someone said without speech marks and without necessarily
using exactly the same words, we can use indirect speech (also called reported speech). For
example:

● Direct speech: “We’re quite cold in here.”

●Indirect speech: They say (that) they’re cold.
When we report what someone says in the present simple, as in the above sentence, we
normally don’t change the tense, we simply change the subject. However, when we report
things in the past, we usually change the tense by moving it one step back. For example, in
the following sentence the present simple becomes the past simple in indirect speech:

● Direct speech: “I have a new car.”

●Indirect speech: He said he had a new car.
All the other tenses follow a similar change in indirect speech. Here is an example for all the
main tenses:

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The same rule of moving the tenses one step back also applies to modal verbs. For example:

Using ‘say’ or ‘tell’

As an alternative to using ‘say’ we can also use ‘tell’ (‘told’ in the past) in reported speech,
but in this case you need to add the object pronoun. For example:

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● He told me he was going to call Alan.

● They told her they would arrive a little late.
● You told us you’d already finished the order.
Changing Time Expressions
Sometimes it’s necessary to change the time expressions when you report speech, especially
when you are speaking about the past and the time reference no longer applies. For example:

● Direct speech: “I’m seeing my brother tomorrow.”

● Indirect speech: She said she was seeing her brother the following day.
Here are some other examples:

● Direct speech: “I had a headache yesterday.”

● Indirect speech: You said you’d had a headache the day before yesterday.
● Direct speech: “It’s been raining since this afternoon.”
● Indirect speech: He said it’d been raining since that afternoon.
● Direct speech: “I haven’t seen them since last week.”
● Indirect speech: She said she hadn’t seen them since the previous week.
Reporting Questions
When you report a question you need to change the interrogative form into an affirmative
sentence, putting the verb tense one step back, as with normal reported speech.

There are two types of questions that we can report – questions that have a yes/no response,
and questions that begin with a question word like ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘who’ etc. When we
report a yes/no question, we use ‘if’. For example:

● Direct speech: “Do they live here?”

● Indirect speech: You asked me if they lived here.
As you can see, in the reported version of the question, ‘do’ is eliminated because it is no
longer a question, and the verb ‘live’ becomes ‘lived’.

For questions starting with question words like ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘who’, etc., we
report the question using the question word but change the interrogative form to the
affirmative form. For example:

● Direct speech: “Where do they live?”

● Indirect speech: You asked me where they lived.
● Direct speech: “When are you leaving?”
● Indirect speech: He asked us when we were leaving.

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● Direct speech: “How will they get here?”

● Indirect speech: She asked me how they would get here.
Exercise:
Change the following assertive sentences into indirect speech:
1. Raja said, “I saw a lion in the forest yesterday.”

2. Manish said to me, “I am very happy here”.

3. He said, “I can do this work.”

4. Reena said to me, “I was washing the clothes.”

5. My friend said to me, “I shall go to Delhi tomorrow.”

6. He said to Poonam, “I have passed the test.”

7. She said, “I am not well.”

8. Rajesh said to me, “My book is better than yours.”

9. He says, “Honesty is the best policy.”

10. He will say to me, “Sometimes I think bad about you.

Change the following interrogative sentences into indirect speech:

1. He said to me, “What is your name?”
2. She said, “Who will give the answer of this question?”
3. Maria says, “Where are they going?”
4. He said, “How can you manage this thing?”
5. He says, “When are you coming?”
6. She said to me, “Why are you sad?”
7. She said, “Is he coming back?”
8. He said to me, “Can you climb on this tree?”
9. John said, “Was he going for a walk?”

10. He said, “Is he going for picnic?”

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