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