Grammar
Fill in the blanks:
"We are ___ the location ____ there is no one here.
We are at the location but there is no one here.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
Name any 2 ministers in India and their role
[Any 2 names]
The third planet from the sun in our solar system.
What is planet Earth?
A word used instead of a Proper noun in a sentence.
A Pronoun
Change to Passive voice:
"My grandmother cooked dinner for the whole family."
Dinner was cooked for the whole family by my grandmother.
I can fill up a room but I take no space, what am I?
Light
What is the capital of Uttar Pradesh?
Lucknow
A calendar year that has one extra day added to it.
What is a leap year?
A short form of a word. (Eg. Mr. is Mister)
An abbreviation
Add Punctuation:
hey there we are the future storytellers poets and artists armed with smartphones and laptops.
Hey there! We are the future storytellers, poets and artists, armed with smartphones and laptops.
All of them!
Name 3 states in the North Eastern part of India
[3 names]
Who is a superhero?
A word that has the same sound and spelling but a different meaning depending on the sentence.
Example: A bear ran out.
Please bear with us.
A Homonym
Change to Past Tense:
As the years tick on there will be many reasons to give up, but we never will.
As the years ticked on there were many reasons to give up, but we never did.
Where does Friday come before Thursday?
In a dictionary
Who is the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu? What was his job before he was elected?
Vijay
Actor
The first is when you offer information or guidance that will help someone and the second means guidance or a recommendation.
What's the difference between advise and advice?
A word or phrase that reads the same backwards and frontwards.
Eg. Madam
A palindrome
Change to Direct speech:
Rahul suggested that I try cycling to school as it would be faster. I told him I would think about it.
Rahul said, "Why don't you try cycling to school? It's faster."
I replied, "I'll think about it.."
What has a lot of teeth but can't chew a thing?
A comb
Name any one city or state that still has a royal family living there.
Mysore / Gwalior / Jaipur / Rajkot etc
A day with nearly equal hours of day and night across the globe.
What is an equinox?
A figure of speech that combines two opposite words for added effect.
Eg. Bittersweet
An oxymoron