Comparitive Idioms

Comparative Idioms

While comparing two things, we use expressions like 'as ... as', these expressions are called comparative idioms. Generally used to reflect personality type of a thing or a person.

1.  As bitter as gall
2.  As black as coal
3.  As blind as a bat
4.  As bold  as a lion

Plural Nouns With No Singular Form

Nouns never used in Singular form

1. Articles of Dress e.g. Trousers, pants, pyjamas, shorts, clothes, jeans etc.

2. Instruments consisting of two identical parts or forming a pair
    e.g. scissors, spectacles, glasses, pliers etc.

Collective Names (Collective Nouns)

Squad of Tourists?

Collective Nouns

Colony of Ants

Congress of Baboons

Herd of Elephants

Pack of Bears

Pad of Paper

Hive of Bees

Swarm of Bees 

Flight of Birds

Flock of Birds

Jumbled Up Sentences (Set-2) - English Grammar #englishgrammar #class9English #class10English

Jumbled Up Sentences (Set-2) - English Grammar 

Rearrange the following jumbled-up sentences into meaningful ones. (asked in various exam papers)

Q1: 

Example: of/care/is important/post-operative/quick recovery/for/a patient

Solved:  Post-operative care is important for quick recovery of a patient.

1. the/first/doctor/a diagnosis/makes/an illness/of
2. he or she/what/then/kind/decides/of treatment/needed/is
3. can/treated with/many/be/a course of drug/illnesses
4. may/the doctor/if/is serious/the case/operate

English Grammar - Editing Exercise-1 (#eduvictors)(#cbsenotes)

Editing Exercise

Exercise 1:

England has been long famous for her dramatist,	a)……………
the greatest of who was William Shakespeare.	b)……………
It is hard to find the educated man in	c)………………
the English speaking world whom has not heard	d)………………
for his name. The actor and playwright	e)……………
born more than 400 years ago had	f)………………
become not only for Englishman but for	g)……………
the whole world chief symbol for	h)………………
British culture. He is a dramatist and a poet.	.

Answers:

a) dramatist- dramatists

b) who - whom

c) the - an

d) whom - who

e) for - of

f) had - has

g) Englishman - Englishmen

h) for - of

Jumbled Up sentences (Set-1)

Jumbled Up sentences (Set-1)

Rearrange the following jumbled up sentences into meaningful ones. (taken from exam papers)


1. so / to / itchy / is / that / I / wait / My / off. / uniform / can’t / take / it
2. Is / good / both / for / and / early / rising / old / adults
3. the / weekend / I / can / love / down. / be / I / myself / because / and / dress
4. Finish / work / early / one / can / go / and / a / for walk / one’s.
5. place / our lives / music / important / has / in / an.

English Grammar (Quiz on Verbs and Tenses)(#eduvictors)(#englishgrammarquiz)

English Grammar

 (Quiz on Verbs and Tenses)

Fill in the blanks by writing the appropriate tense form of the verb given in brackets. Also, name the tense form filled here.

1. Fashion is important to Shyam, so he always _______________ the latest and most popular poaching style. (to select)

2. While Radha_______________ new clothes, her fashion consultant is busy on the sidelines,
recommending stripes and long 'kurtas' to minimize the bulge factor. (to buy)

3. Shyam hopes that the next fashion fad _______________ a more mature, oval figure like his own. (to flatter)

4. She once _______________ a purple suede pantsuit, which clashed with her orange “I Love Motorcycles” tattoo. (to purchase)

English Reading Comprehension (Set-1) #class10English #eduvictors

Reading Comprehension (Set-1)

Q.1 Read the given passage carefully:                                                     (5 Marks)

My next pet was a pigeon, the most revolting bird to look at, with his feathers pushing through the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with the horrible yellow down that covers baby pigeons and makes them look as though they have been peroxiding their hair. Because of his repulsive and obese appearance, we called him Quasimodo.

Since he had an unorthodox upbringing, without parents to teach him, Quasimodo became convinced that he was not a bird at all, and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always eager to join us in anything we did. He would even try to come for walks with us. So you had to either carry him on your shoulder, which was risking an accident to your clothes, or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk, then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for should you get too far ahead you would hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around to find Quasimodo running desperately after you.

Q1. Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.

1. The narrator describes the pigeon as a ‘revolting bird’ because

a)      he could not fly

b)      he had to be carried everywhere

c)      he had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers

d)     he was fat

2. Quasimodo got his name because

a)      he was fat and ugly

b)      he was attractive

c)      he could not fly

d)     he loves behaving like human beings

3. We know that Quasimodo was always eager to go on walks because

a)      he walked everywhere

b)      he did not know how to fly

c)      he complained loudly if he was not taken along

d)     he always copied whatever humans did

4. Quasimodo protested when he was

a)      left at home

b)      lifted on human shoulders

c)      taken for a walk

d)     left behind during walks

5. The phrase ‘risking an accident to your clothes’ means

a)      the bird pecked at their clothes

b)      there was a chance of the bird soiling their clothes

c)      the bird risked a fall

d)     the bird did not like their clothes

Answers:

CBSE Class 8/9/10 - English Paragraphs (Set-2) (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

ENGLISH PARAGRAPHS

A set of a few paragraphs recently being asked in school exams.

No Legislation Can Stop Corruption 

But Conscience and High Moral Values

 

In our country corruption is something we all learn to live with. Corruption is a symptom of a disease that has its progenitors in form of non-transparency in government functioning and lack of accountability. Corruption thrives on opacity. Under its umbrella, billions of rupees get syphoned off before anybody notices anything amiss.  Many NGOs and socialites have been campaigning to bring more transparency and accountability by improvising legal system and administration. However, the basic fact remains that the common man cannot shirk responsibility. A common man being the building block of a society is equally accountable for boosting this monster. 

English - Paragraphs (Set-1)

Set of a few paragraphs recently being asked in school exams.

 

FRIENDSHIP

The great Roman orator, Cicero, in his celebrated treatise on Friendship, remarks with truth that it increases happiness and diminishes misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief. When we do well, it is delightful to have friends who are so proud of our success that they receive as much pleasure from it as we do ourselves. For the friendless man the attainment of wealth, power and honour is of little value. Such possessions contribute to our happiness the most by enabling us to do good to others, but if all those whom we are able to benefit are strangers we take far less pleasure in our beneficence. Further, when we do our duty in spite of temptation, the mental satisfaction obtained from the approval of our conscience is heightened by the praise of our friends. Our amusements have little zest and soon fall upon us if we engage in them in solitude. Thus in every case our joys are rendered more intense and more permanent by being shared with friends.

Grammar Quiz-1 (Nouns)

Grammar Quiz (Nouns)

 
Q1: Identify which of the following are abstract noun or a proper noun
     a. muffin ............
     b. violin  ............
     c. freedom  ...........
     d. elegance ...........
     e.  train


Q2: Underline the noun(s) in the sentences below. The sentences may have more than one noun.
     a. She read the play over again.
     b. The actions became monotonous.
     c. He felt that his marriage, his relationship with her,was strong.
     d. The time had finally come to confess the truth.
     e. He’s the boy who delivers the paper.
   
Q3: The following sentences have not been edited. Write each sentence in correct form.
     a. A large number of the fishes died due to pollution of water.
     b. Many peoples left the place
     c. Riches have wings.
     d. No news are released today.
     e. This five rupees note is a soiled one.