Question

Read the given passage
There is a large class of men who have an underdeveloped taste for reading books. What is needed is
a good teacher to stimulate them to read. It is true that all the students would rarely become great
scholars. But the mark of a civilized human is the use he or she makes for his or her leisure, and no
better use can be made of a leisure than to read a good book. The humbler is the position of a human,
the greater is the value of him or her to a love of reading. If he or she has a big house, motor cars,
friends and other means of recreation, he or she may do without books. If not, a single book can serve
to extend his or her thoughts beyond the range of everyday interests. Books will become his or her
good friends, true guides and trustworthy companions.
Now find out from the passage, at least one (0.5x8=4marks)
a)
Countable noun
b)
Uncountable noun
c) Adjective
42/211
d) Adverb
e) Infinitive
1) Gerund
Books will become his or her good friends. true guides and trustworthy companions.
Change to present continuous tense)
h) 'It is true that all the students would rarely become great scholars The sentence is all
time true and is termed as_truth ( always universal all time). Choose appropriate option​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) student, teacher, companion

b) love, leisure

c) trustworthy, good, underdeveloped

d) rarely

e)to stimulate

f) reading

g) Books are becoming.

h) universal truth

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

a. car, book, house

b. leisure

c. good, trustworthy, true

d. rarely

e. to stimulate

f. reading

g. Books are becoming his or her good friends, true guides, and trustworthy companions.

h. universal truth

Comprehension

• Comprehension refers to the passages which we need to read and comprehend by ourselves and then solve the questions given from that passage.

• In the given passage, we are told about the importance and the pleasure of reading books in life. It tells us how books and knowledge can be our greatest source of pleasure and happiness.

• Countable nouns refer to those which can be counted. Uncountable nouns refer to those which cannot be counted.

• Adjectives refer to words that help in describing nouns and pronouns.

• Adverbs refer to the words that help in describing the verb, adjective, or another adverb.

• Infinitive refers to the simplest forms of verbs which are preceded by the preposition 'to.'

• The gerund is a word that is written in the continuous form but without the helping verb.

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