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