fern
/fɜːn/noun
उच्चारण फ़र्न
पर्णांग, फ़र्न
Basic word
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§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
fern (countable noun)
Fern is countable: a fern, two ferns. Use the plural when you mean several plants.
'Fern' countable है: a fern, two ferns; कई पौधों के लिए plural रूप आता है।
- A fern was growing on the wet wall.
- Ferns grow well in damp, shady places.
fern + noun
Use fern as a modifier to describe a leaf, a garden or a forest.
Leaf, garden या forest का वर्णन करने के लिए 'fern' विशेषण की तरह आता है।
- The fern leaves were soft and green.
- They built a small fern garden near the veranda.
grow / thrive + in + place
Plants take in with the place where they grow.
पौधे जहाँ उगते हैं, उस स्थान के साथ 'in' आता है।
- Ferns thrive in the cool hills of the Western Ghats.
- This fern will not grow in direct sun.
fern as a plant group
In science, ferns are a group of plants that reproduce by spores, not seeds.
विज्ञान में ferns ऐसे पौधों का समूह है जो बीज से नहीं, spores से बढ़ते हैं।
- Ferns reproduce by spores rather than by seeds.
+Collocations 5
adjective + fern
greendelicatetropicalgiantwildhanging
- A giant fern spread its leaves over the stream.
fern + noun
leaffrondgardenpotforest
- Each fern frond uncurls slowly as it grows.
verb + fern
growplantwaterspreadunfurl
- Water the fern lightly every morning.
fern + preposition
in the shadealong the streamon the wallunder the trees
- Small ferns grew along the stream behind our school.
fern + preposition
in a potby the pondon a tree trunkunder shade
- A fern on a tree trunk is a common sight in the rainforest.
“More examples 6
- The monsoon brings out ferns on old stone walls all over the hills.
मानसून पहाड़ियों पर पुरानी पत्थर की दीवारों पर ferns उगा देता है।
- Radhika kept a fern in a hanging pot near the window.
राधिका ने खिड़की के पास लटकते गमले में एक fern रखा था।
- Ferns are among the oldest plants on the earth.
Ferns धरती के सबसे पुराने पौधों में से हैं।
- The botany teacher showed us how to press a fern between two sheets of paper.
वनस्पति विज्ञान के शिक्षक ने हमें दिखाया कि fern को काग़ज़ की दो परतों के बीच कैसे दबाया जाता है।
- The forest floor was covered with ferns after the rain.
बारिश के बाद जंगल की ज़मीन ferns से ढक गई थी।
- The nursery sells several kinds of fern for indoor decoration.
नर्सरी में घर की सजावट के लिए कई प्रकार के fern बिकते हैं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The ferns needs water daily.
✓ The ferns need water daily.
A plural subject takes a plural verb.
Plural subject के साथ plural verb (need) आती है।
✗ Ferns has feathery leaves called fronds.
✓ Ferns have feathery leaves called fronds.
Ferns is plural, so the verb must be have, not has.
Ferns plural है, इसलिए verb 'have' आएगा, 'has' नहीं।
✗ We saw many fern growing beside the waterfall.
✓ We saw many ferns growing beside the waterfall.
Fern is a countable noun, so after many it must be plural: ferns.
Fern countable noun है, इसलिए 'many' के बाद plural 'ferns' आएगा।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Science: ferns reproduce by spores, not seeds (Pteridophyta).
विज्ञान में फ़र्न बीजों से नहीं, बीजाणुओं से जनन करते हैं (Pteridophyta)।