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Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the following dialogue.

Neha : ______ Did you get this book?


Sheela : Yesterday morning.


Neha : ______ is your sister crying?


Sheela : Because she has lost her doll.


Neha : ______ Room is this, yours or hers?


Sheela : It’s ours.


Neha : ______ do you go to school?


Sheela : We walk to school. It is nearby.

Neha : When Did you get this book?


Sheela : Yesterday morning.


The response ‘Yesterday morning’ denotes a point of time, thus the appropriate question word here is ‘When’ which is used to enquire about the time of action.


Neha : Why is your sister crying?


Sheela : Because she has lost her doll.


The response phrase begins with the word ‘because’ stating the reason, thus the appropriate question word here is ‘Why’ which is used to enquire about reason of the action.


Neha : Whose Room is this, yours or hers?


Sheela : It’s ours.


The response phrase ‘it is ours’ denotes possessiveness, thus the appropriate question word here is ‘Whose’ which is used to enquire about the relation of the object to the subject.


Neha : How do you go to school?


Sheela : We walk to school. It is nearby.


The response ‘We walked’ denotes manner, thus the appropriate question word here is ‘How’ which is used to enquire about the manner of the action.


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Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish the neighbour for the same act?

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Read the following paragraph and frame questions on the italicised phrases.

Anil is in school. I am in school too. Anil is sitting in the left row. He is reading a book. Anil’s friend is sitting in the second row. He is sharpening his pencil. The teacher is writing on the blackboard. Children are writing in their copybooks. Some children are looking out of the window.

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Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.

How what when where which


(i) My friend lost his Chemistry book. Now he doesn’t know ______ to do and ______ to look for it.


(ii) There are so many toys in the shops. Neena can’t decide ______ one to buy.


(iii) You don’t know the way to my school. Ask the policeman ______ to get there.


(iv) You should decide soon ______ to start building your house.


(v) Do you know ______ to ride a bicycle? I don’t remember ______ and ______ I learnt it.


(vi) “You should know ______to talk and ______ to keep your mouth shut,” the teacher advised Anil.

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Add im- or in- to each of the following words and use them in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.

Patient proper possible sensitive competent


(i) The project appears very difficult at first sight but it can be completed if we work very hard.


(ii) He lacks competence. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.


(iii) “Don’t lose patience. Your letter will come one day,” the postman told me.


(iv) That’s not a proper remark to make under the circumstances.


(v) He appears to be without sensitivity. In fact, he is very emotional.