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Grammar I

A. Read through the Wright Brothers' text again and underline the
adjectives and adverbs. Then, write them under the respective
headings in the table below.

Adjectives Adverbs

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B. Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill in the blanks.

a. Shishir was ………..injured in a car accident. (serious/seriously)
b. The other passengers sustained……..injuries. (serious/
seriously)
c. You behaved very ………… (selfish/selfishly)
d. Riyasa is ……….upset for having lost the job. (terrible/ terribly)

e. There was a ……..change in the weather. (sudden/suddenly)
f. All the men and women had worn…….dresses. (colourful/
colourfully)
g. Lalita was ……………..dressed. (colourful/colourfully)
h. Rajkumar fell off the roof and hurt himself quite ……(bad/
badly)
i. Netra was trying ……….to win Nirmal's trust. (hard/hardly)

j. Don't climb that tree. It doesn't look…….(safe/safely)
k. He gave me an …….look when I interrupted him. (angry/
angrily)
l. Look at that snake! It seems very ………. (dangerous/dangerously)

Writing I

The bar chart shows the world
trend regarding the use of elec-
trical vehicles from 2015 to 2019.
Write an interpretation of the bar
chart making comparisons where
necessary.

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