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प्रश्न
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
hell ×
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उत्तर
hell × paradise
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Match the pairs of the words in column ‘A’ with their meaning in column ‘B’ :
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
(i) dangling (a) connected with farming
(ii) squeezing (b) attract the attention
(iii) agrarian (c) hanging freely
(iv) captivate (d) pressing firmly
English is a language that contains words from many other languages. This inclusiveness is one of the reasons it is now a world language, for example:
petite - French
kindergarten - German
capital - Latin
democracy - Greek
bazaar - Hindi
Find out the origin of the following words.
Tycoon, tulip, logo, bandicoot, barbecue, veranda, robot, zero, ski, trek
Notice the underlined words in these sentences and choose the option that best explains their meanings.
“What a thunderclap these words were to me!”
The words were:
Notice the underlined words in these sentences and choose the option that best explains their meanings.
Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time.
You will get to your school ______
Notice the underlined words in these sentences and choose the option that best explains their meanings.
I never saw him look so tall.
M. Hamel ______.
Notice the following expression. The highlighted word is not used in a literal sense. Explain what it means:
Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
You came across the words, plod, trudge, stagger in the story. These words indicate movement accompanied by weariness. Find five other such words with a similar meaning.
List other words that you know that fall into this category.
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Gratitude
- He committed the crime in broad daylight (not bright daylight or narrow darkness).
- I had a cup of strong tea (not rich tea).
- The fast train is coming (not quick train).
Such words or group of words which habitually occur together and thereby convey meaning by association are called collocations. A collocation is a combination of words in a language that often go together.
Find out the words in column ‘B’ which collocate with the words in column ‘A’.
| Column 'A' | Column 'B' |
| regular | meal |
| mid day | concept |
| key | food |
| fast | exercise |
| try | decorated |
| richly | hard |
| free | jam |
| traffic | time |
| social | animal |
| wild | justice |
The verbs in bold letters are made up of a verb and a small adverb.
(Adverb particles are not the same as prepositions.)
For example, shake (verb) + up (adverb). These are called ‘phrasal verbs.’ The meaning of a phrasal verb may be idiomaticdifferent from the meanings of the two separate words.
Read carefully the following sentence from the text and underline the phrasal verb.
I remember, in fact, after my first trip to Southeast Asia, more than a decade ago. How I would come back to my apartment in New York.
The verbs in bold letters are made up of a verb and a small adverb.
(Adverb particles are not the same as prepositions.)
For example, shake (verb) + up (adverb). These are called ‘phrasal verbs.’ The meaning of a phrasal verb may be idiomaticdifferent from the meanings of the two separate words.
Read carefully the following sentence from the text and underline the phrasal verb.
All, in that sense, believed in, “being moved"______
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
When he lost his mother he was completely ________.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
Travelling can help to _______.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, a sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
Having faith in God _______ in difficult situation.
Fill in the blank selecting the correct phrase from the alternatives given.
[be completely stumped, be broken, feel out of place, speak at length, feel at home, a sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]
The speaker was ________ by the intelligent questions asked by the audience.
The road in the poem does not mean only the road to travel. The poet wants to suggest the road of life. Explain the metaphor with the help of the poem.
Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Complete the following table.
| Figure of Speech | Line |
| Simile | |
| Imagery | |
| Metaphor | |
| Alliteration |
The poet has asked a question at the beginning of every stanza. Explain the effect it creates on the reader.
Write an appreciation of the poem 'Indian Weavers' by Sarojini Naidu.
- About the poem/poet and the title
- The theme
- Poetic style
- The language/poetic devices used in the poem
- Special features
- Message, values, morals in the poem
- Your opinion about the poem
Compose four lines on ‘Importance of clothes.’
Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a mariner’s life. Given below is the meaning of those terms. Identify the word.
The lowest part of the ship
Some words in the poem are related to different parts of a ship or a mariner’s life. Given below is the meaning of those terms. Identify the word.
Sinking sound
Write information about Ballad.
Compose 4 to 6 lines on ‘sea’.
There are a few examples of homonyms in the poem. For example ‘spoke’. List homonyms from the poem and give their meanings.
‘Fade homeward through the humid monsoon night’.
In the above line, the weather is humid, not the night. The epithet or adjective is transferred from the weather to the night. This figure of speech is Transferred Epithet. Find out another such expression from the poem.
I see him drinking weak tea, Eating a stale chapati.
Here ‘stale chapati’ stands for stale food/non-nourishing food or diet, where the part symbolizes the whole, i.e. food. Guess the name of the figure of speech.
A contraction is a shortened version of the written and spoken forms of the word, syllable or word groups created by omission of internal letters and sounds. Find out the instances of contractions from the poem.
Find out from the poem example of Simile.
Find out from the poem example of Metaphor.
Read the expression ‘a sad wreath of tuberoses’. ‘Is the wreath sad?’ Explain the figure of speech.
List and explain the metaphorical expressions from the poem. For example, ‘torrent of grief’
‘The river has a soul.’
‘Life and death.’
These are the two expressions that are repeated in the poem; but both of them indicate different figures of speech. Find out and discuss.
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
______ dog
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
______ man
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
ticket ______
Find from the text the collocation for the following.
______ sentences
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
............ important.
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
frail and .........
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
......... blood
From the story, find the collocation of the following.
.......... peace.
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
increase the speed
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
point of view
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
echoed loudly
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
giving away much to the needy
Vocabulary Extension - Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or internet to build up more associations/collocations of each word.
The writer has used the phrase ‘Thudding Heart’ which means pounding, or beating of the heart. Do you know ‘Thud’ is an onomatopoeic word which means a heavy sound made by an object falling to the ground? Discuss with your partner and make a list of Onomatopoeic words that you find in the text.
- ________________________
- ________________________
- ________________________
Discuss the meanings of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence.
To get a toehold.
Find more such idioms using the following key word.
fly
Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.
Curveting
Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.
Beckon
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.
Ravi said, “Are you really ______ of the dark?”
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options.
One by one, the stars ______ in the sky.
Give the Homophones of the following.
- blue
- bear
- beet
- to
- son
Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.
- The bird injured his wings.
- He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building.
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.
millenium
Look at the word and their meaning. select the correct alternatives.
determine
culminate : __________________
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase.
in the pursuit of
Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase.
to give up
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
drizzle ×
Make a sentence of your own using the following word.
debut
Find the antonym of the following word from the text.
Arrogant ×
Find the antonym of the following word from the text.
Disqualify ×
Find a synonym from the story for the following word.
Contentment
Find the antonym of the following word from the text.
Diffident ×
Write the related words as shown in the example:
