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01. Tense part-8, 02. Class VIII English- (Geography Lesson ), 03. Class IX English (Villa for Sale ), 04. Parts of Speech ( Noun), 05. The English Language For Advanced Students,

V - ENGLISH - REVISION

 



1. Match the meaning of the following words.


A                              B

halted                main stem

horrid                terrible         

stalk                   stopped


2. Add 'ly' in the following words and rewrite the word.

dreary

happy

quick

hurried

3. Punctuate the following passage.

they are my friends my mother offered snacks and fruit salad to all my friends at our home we together enjoyed a lot at this time one of my friend asked me about my father.

4. Rearrange the jumbled words to make meaningful sentence.

did/why/future king/ningthou/the/a/choose/want to

5. Correct the underlined describing word and rewrite the sentence.

He is tall than me.

The man is the strong  of all.

IV/V - ENGLISH - Parts of Speech( Revision)



PARTS OF SPEECH

What is Parts of Speech ?

Ans: Words are divided into different classes. They are called Parts of Speech.

What are the different types of Parts of Speech ? What are they ?

Ans: There are eight types of Parts of Speech . They are as such..

1. Noun  2. Pronoun  3. Adjective  4. Verb  

5. Adverb  6.  Preposition  7. Conjunction  

8. Interjection

                                  NOUN

What is Noun ?

Ans: A noun is a naming word. Naming words  are the name of persons, places or things.

Example: Ram is a good boy.  { Naming word 

( name of person ) - Ram }

Koraput is a hilly district in Odisha.   

Naming word ( name of district/place ) - Koraput

This chair is made of wood. { Naming word 

( name of things ) - chair, wood }  


PRONOUN

What is Pronoun ?  Give an example.

Ans: A word which is used in place of a noun is called Pronoun .

Saswat is going to School. ( Saswat - Noun )       He is going to School. ( He - Pronoun )

ADJECTIVE

What is Adjective ? Give an example.

Ans: An Adjective is a word used for qualifying  a noun or pronoun.             or  

An Adjective is a word used for adding something to the meaning of a noun or pronoun.

Example: Ram is a good boy. ( Here 'good'                                            shows the quality of a boy )

Give me two pens. My friend gave me five pencils in my birth day. ( Here the word two and five shows the quantity) 

It add something more to the noun pen and pencil. )

VERB

What is a Verb ?

Ans: Verbs are words that show actions,

 motions, doing or states of being.

action, motion, doing - means doing something .

 Raghav is jumping in the field.

States of being - ( feeling ) This mango tastes so

 sweet.

ADVERB

What is Adverb ? Give examples.

Ans: The word which qualifies any word (Parts

 of Speech) in a sentence except a noun or

 pronoun is called an adverb.

Example -1 - Raghu goes slowly. ( Here the

 adverb 'slowly' modifies the verb 'goes' )

Example -2 - She is a very beautiful girl. ( Here

 the adverb 'very' modifies the adjective

 'beautiful') 

Example -3 - My friend walks very slowly. ( Here

 the adverb 'very' modifies the another adverb

 'slowly')

Example -4 -The bird flew exactly over our head.

 ( Here the adverb 'exactly' modifies the preposition 'over')

SOME MORE WORDS OF ADVERB 

Time : now, then, soon , early etc.

Place : here, there, far, near etc.

Manner : slowly, quickly, surely etc.

Number : once, twice , thrice , again, always etc. Other adverb to remember : very, much , partly, wholly, as , so that, if, unless, though, although etc.


PREPOSITION

What is Preposition ?

Ans: Preposition is a word. 

It is placed before a noun or a pronoun. 

It shows the relation of that noun or pronoun with any other word of the sentence. 

These prepositions show place, time, direction etc.

Examples of some of prepositions :

in, on, under, over, above, by, near, though, although, after, before, below, between, among, along, across, for, about, behind, in front of, with, without etc.

Examples in sentences :

The book is in the table. The man is under the tree. 

The bird is flying over our head. The dog is behind you.


CONJUNCTION  

What is a conjunction ?

Ans: A conjunction is a word  used to join words or sentences.

Example: - Mohit and Chaitanya are good friends.

Learn your lesson or leave the class.


MOST COMMONLY USED CONJUNCTIONS:

and, or, but, so, also, too, if, unless, while, because, though, although, till, until, still, therefore, not only.....but also

                           INTERJECTION

What is Interjection ?

Ans: An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling.

Examples: 

Hellow! How are you ?

Alas ! The man is  dead.

Hurray ! Today is a holiday.

Bravo ! You have done well.

Oh ! What a nice view.




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V - ENGLISH - 10.2 - Who will be the Ningthou? - word notes

 



Ningthou – noun – king in Manipuri

Leima – noun – queen in Manipuri

long long ago – adverb – many years ago

dearly  - adverb – very much         He loves him dearly.

meeyam – noun – courtiers in Manipuri

went by – (verb) go by

piece – noun - quiet

lovely – adjective – attractive, beautiful, very enjoyable and pleasant, wonderful

He has a lovely voice.

Tunggi Ningthou – the future king

Shagol thauba nupa – such fine horsemen!

spear – noun – a weapon with a long wooden handle and a sharp metal point used for fighting, hunting and fishing in the past

hush – noun – a period of silence (with expectation of something happen that will follow a lot of silence)

There was a deathly hush in the theatre.

 khongnang – Banyan tree in Manipuri

cliff – a high area of rock with a very steep side

pierce – verb – to go through something, to make a small hole in something

The arrow pierced his shoulder.

The knife pierced through his coat.

breathed in relief (phrase)

breathe a sigh of relief (phrase) – exhale noisily as a sign of relief

unison – ( in unison ) – simultaneous performance of action

phajei! Phajei! – wonderful wonderful

triumphantly – adverb – victoriously

craned – verb – leaned or stretched over sth in order to see sth better

noun – a large bird with long legs and a long neck

lay dead – unresponsive, unaware, insensible

pecking – verb – moving the beak forward quickly and hit or bite something