8th Class English The Great Stone Face - 1 - Nathaniel Hawthorne

  • question_answer 3)
     1.) Write the noun forms of the following words by adding -ness or -ity to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new words. (i) Lofty                                 (ii) able                              (iii) happy                             (iv) near                                  (v) noble     (vi) enormous  (vii) pleasant        (viii) dense   (ix) great       (x) stable                2.) Add -ly to each of the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blanks. Perfect     near       kind         pleasant      eager   (i) Why did not you turn up at the meeting? We all were _______waiting for you. (ii)-________write your name and address in capital letters. (iii) I was ____________ surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming. (iv) He is __________believable that I am not responsible for this mess. (v) He fell over the step and __________ broke his arm.   3. Complete each sentence below using the appropriate froms of the verbs in brackets. Complete each sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets. (i) I _________ (phone) you when I _________ (get) home from school. (ii) Hurry up! Madam _________ (be) annoyed if we _________ (be) late. (iii) If it _________ (rain) today, we _________ (not) go to the play. (iv) When you _________ (see) Mandal again, you _________ (not/recognise) him. He is growing a beard. (v) We are off today. We _________ (write) to you after we _________ (be) back.  

    Answer:

    A.1.
    Noun Adjective
    Lofty Loftiness
    Able  Ability
    Happy Happily
    near nearly
    noble nobility
    enormous enormity
    pleasant pleasantness
    dense density
    great greatness
    stable  stability
        A.2.  (i) Why did not you turn up at the meeting? We all were eagerly waiting for you. (ii) Kindly write your name and address in capital letters. (iii) I was pleasantly surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming. (iv) He is perfectly believable that I am not responsible for this mess. (v) He fell over the step and nearby broke his arm.   A.3. (i) I will phone you when I will get home from school. (ii) Hurry up! Madam will be annoyed if we are late. (iii) If it rains today, we will not go to the play. (iv) When you see Mandal again, you will not recognize him. He is growing a beard. (v) We are off today. We will write to you after we are back.        


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