English Proverbs Worksheet with Hindi Meaning
How to say it (As they say, + proverb): Learn the meaning, not word for word: Better late than never = देर आए, दुरुस्त आए। Introduce it: As they say, … / There is a saying, … — As they say, practice makes perfect. Use it after a real situation, not alone: You came early — the early bird catches the worm! Keep the words fixed: say 'Haste makes waste', not 'Hurry makes waste'. Proverbs never change form.
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- 1.Empty vessels make the most ___. (a) noisy (b) noises (c) noise
- 2.As they ___, better late than never. (a) says (b) say (c) saying
- 3.Two heads are better ___ one. (a) from (b) then (c) than
- 4.Make a sentence: makes / waste. / Haste
- 5.Make a sentence: Better / than / late / never.
- 6.Make a sentence: late / never. / Better / than
- 7.What does “Actions speak louder than words.” mean? (a) कथनी से करनी बड़ी होती है। (b) समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता। (c) एक से भले दो।
- 8.What does “My grandmother always says that health is wealth.” mean? (a) मेरी दादी हमेशा कहती हैं कि सेहत ही असली धन है। (b) जल्दी का काम शैतान का। (c) जो जल्दी शुरू करता है, वही फ़ायदा पाता है।
- 9.Make a sentence: Practice / perfect. / makes
- 10.Make a sentence: practice / because / practising / makes / daily / perfect. / Keep
- 11.Make a sentence: one. / Two / better / heads / are / than
- 12.What does “Don't judge a book by its cover.” mean? (a) जहाँ चाह, वहाँ राह। (b) बूँद-बूँद से घड़ा भरता है। (c) किसी को सिर्फ़ उसके रूप-रंग से मत परखो।
- 13.Make a sentence: are / one. / better / Two / than / heads
- 14.What does “Time and tide wait for none.” mean? (a) हर मुश्किल में कोई अच्छी बात छुपी होती है। (b) जहाँ चाह, वहाँ राह। (c) समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता।
- 15.Choose the English for: “देर आए, दुरुस्त आए।” (a) Time and tide wait for none. (b) Better late than never. (c) My grandmother always says that health is wealth.
- 16.What does “Practice makes perfect.” mean? (a) करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान। (b) किसी को सिर्फ़ उसके रूप-रंग से मत परखो। (c) समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता।
- 17.Choose the English for: “काम होने से पहले ख़्याली पुलाव मत पकाओ।” (a) My grandmother always says that health is wealth. (b) Time and tide wait for none. (c) Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- 18.Choose the English for: “करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान।” (a) Practice makes perfect. (b) Keep practising daily because practice makes perfect. (c) Every cloud has a silver lining.
- 19.Choose the English for: “जल्दी का काम शैतान का।” (a) Keep practising daily because practice makes perfect. (b) Haste makes waste. (c) Where there is a will, there is a way.
- 20.What does “Two heads are better than one.” mean? (a) रोज़ अभ्यास करते रहो, क्योंकि अभ्यास से ही निपुणता आती है। (b) धीरे-धीरे चलने वाला ही रेस जीतता है। (c) एक से भले दो।
- 21.Make a sentence: than / late / never. / Better
- 22.Make a sentence: friend / is / in / indeed. / a / friend / A / need
- 23.What does “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” mean? (a) अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए। (b) समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता। (c) मुसीबत में काम आने वाला ही सच्चा दोस्त है।
- 24.Choose the English for: “समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता।” (a) Don't count your chickens before they hatch. (b) Time and tide wait for none. (c) Better late than never.
- 25.What does “Empty vessels make the most noise.” mean? (a) अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए। (b) काम होने से पहले ख़्याली पुलाव मत पकाओ। (c) जहाँ चाह, वहाँ राह।
- 26.Choose the English for: “जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी।” (a) My grandmother always says that health is wealth. (b) A friend in need is a friend indeed. (c) As you sow, so shall you reap.
- 27.Choose the English for: “हर मुश्किल में कोई अच्छी बात छुपी होती है।” (a) A friend in need is a friend indeed. (b) Don't count your chickens before they hatch. (c) Every cloud has a silver lining.
- 28.Make a sentence: bird / The / the / early / catches / worm.
- 29.What does “Haste makes waste.” mean? (a) जल्दी का काम शैतान का। (b) एक से भले दो। (c) रोज़ अभ्यास करते रहो, क्योंकि अभ्यास से ही निपुणता आती है।
- 30.What does “As you sow, so shall you reap.” mean? (a) जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी। (b) करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान। (c) अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए।
- 31.Better late ___ never. (a) then (b) that (c) than
- 32.Make a sentence: count / Don't / hatch. / before / your / chickens / they
- 33.Make a sentence: practice / Keep / daily / because / makes / perfect. / practising
- 34.Choose the English for: “अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए।” (a) Don't judge a book by its cover. (b) Empty vessels make the most noise. (c) Better late than never.
- 35.Practice makes ___. (a) perfect (b) perfectly (c) perfection
- 36.Make a sentence: than / speak / louder / Actions / words.
- 37.What does “Better late than never.” mean? (a) जल्दी का काम शैतान का। (b) देर आए, दुरुस्त आए। (c) करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान।
- 38.Don't judge a book ___ its cover. (a) by (b) from (c) with
- 39.What does “Little drops of water make the mighty ocean.” mean? (a) करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान। (b) बूँद-बूँद से घड़ा भरता है। (c) देर आए, दुरुस्त आए।
- 40.Choose the English for: “किसी को सिर्फ़ उसके रूप-रंग से मत परखो।” (a) Don't judge a book by its cover. (b) Time and tide wait for none. (c) My grandmother always says that health is wealth.
Answer key
- noise
- say
- than
- Haste makes waste.
- Better late than never.
- Better late than never.
- कथनी से करनी बड़ी होती है।
- मेरी दादी हमेशा कहती हैं कि सेहत ही असली धन है।
- Practice makes perfect.
- Keep practising daily because practice makes perfect.
- Two heads are better than one.
- किसी को सिर्फ़ उसके रूप-रंग से मत परखो।
- Two heads are better than one.
- समय किसी का इंतज़ार नहीं करता।
- Better late than never.
- करत-करत अभ्यास के जड़मति होत सुजान।
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- Practice makes perfect.
- Haste makes waste.
- एक से भले दो।
- Better late than never.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- मुसीबत में काम आने वाला ही सच्चा दोस्त है।
- Time and tide wait for none.
- अधजल गगरी छलकत जाए।
- As you sow, so shall you reap.
- Every cloud has a silver lining.
- The early bird catches the worm.
- जल्दी का काम शैतान का।
- जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी।
- than
- Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
- Keep practising daily because practice makes perfect.
- Empty vessels make the most noise.
- perfect
- Actions speak louder than words.
- देर आए, दुरुस्त आए।
- by
- बूँद-बूँद से घड़ा भरता है।
- Don't judge a book by its cover.
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