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Form groups and explain the following word with an example. You can take the help of your teacher.

Humility

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Humility: It is the quality of not being very proud.

Example: When a sportsperson gives credit to the team upon receiving an award, it is an example of humility.

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अध्याय 1.2: On Saying “Please” - Brainstorming (A1) [पृष्ठ १९]

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बालभारती English Yuvakbharati [English] Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 1.2 On Saying “Please”
Brainstorming (A1) | Q 1.1 | पृष्ठ १९

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


Notice the underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings.

“What a thunderclap these words were to me!”

The words were ___________________ .


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.


A crofter is a person who rents or owns a small farm especially in Scotland. Think of other uncommon terms for ‘a small farmer’ including those in your language.


Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Sympathy


Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.

Empathy


  • 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.

Learning collocations is essential for making your English sound fluent and natural. Make collocations and use in your own sentences.


Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Etymology.


Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology


Choose appropriate phrases/expressions from the extract given in the options and fill in the blank appropriately. 

I was on diet for some days but today I am going to eat _______.


Choose appropriate phrases/expressions from the extract given in the options and fill in the blank appropriately. 

Every mother scolds her children _______ for the overuse of the mobile phone.


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 idiomaticdifferent from the meanings of the two separate words.

Read carefully the following sentence from the text and underline the phrasal verbs.

We travel, then, in part just to shake up our complacencies.


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 work done by Sindhutai Sapkal _______ of millions.


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 teacher _______ explaining the concept.


Read the text again and find out all the words related to the game of cricket. List two meanings of each. One is done for you.

Words related to the game of cricket Meanings
1. Second innings General the second phase of the life of an individual where he/she starts/pursues a new or different career or the post-retirement life
Cricket when a team comes to bat for the second time in a test match
2.    
3.    
4.    

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.


The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is ‘aabb’. Find rhyme schemes in the second and third stanzas.


The poet has asked a question at the beginning of every stanza. Explain the effect it creates on the reader.


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.

Helps in steering 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.

The lowest part of the ship


Pick out the describing words from the poem and add a noun of your own. One is done for you.

Toiling (time) Toiling (day)
   
   
   
   

Match the words given in column A with their meaning in column B.

Column A Column B
1. Cheerful a. With feeling of disappointment
2. Selfish b. Lack of satisfaction
3. Sorely c. Happy
4. Discontent d. Concerned with one’s own pleasure

The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is ‘aabb’. Find the rhyme scheme of other stanzas


Complete the following using suitable describing word as appeared in the poem with the help of the words given in the option:

Father’s attire


Complete the following using suitable describing word as appeared in the poem with the help of the words given in the option:

Father’s food


‘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.


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.

______ man


Find from the text the collocation for the following.

______ slowly


Find from the text the collocation for the following.

______ sentences


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

widely ________________.


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

___________ blood.


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

simple _________________.


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

____________ closed.


Refer to a dictionary to find out the meanings of the following words.

Spirit - a person’s mind or feelings or soul.

  • Spiritual
  • Spirituality
  • Spiritualism
  • Spiritualist

From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.

nearness in space


From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.

a place of residence


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


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.

  1. ________________________
  2. ________________________
  3. ________________________

Discuss the meaning of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence.

To hit the bull’s eye.


Discuss the meanings of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence.

A spell of.


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.

Monstrous


Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.

Soar


Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in option.

Arun is full of ______.


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.

The lions ______ their prey, hungrily.


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.

  1. blue
  2. bear
  3. beet
  4. to
  5. son

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

  1. He saw his two brothers.
  2. The woodcutter cut the weakened branch with his sharp saw.

Identify the new words and phrases which seem to be important, in the review. Try to guess their meaning from the context. You can use a dictionary to confirm it. Fill up the table.

Word Meaning conveyed One Synonym/ Antonym Word Class Other forms Translation in Mother tongue
1. mischievous naughty but innocent Synonym naughty, troublesome Antonym good and well- behaved Adjective mischief mischievously

शरारती (Hindi)

खोडकर (Marathi)

2.          
3.          
4.          
5.          

Look at the word and their meaning. select the correct alternative.

monument


divinity : ____________


extremist: ____________


Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase.

to give up


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

new ×


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

lie ×


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

hell ×


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

disrespect ×


Find a synonym from the story for the following word.

Humiliate


Make a sentence of your own using the following word.

debut


Make a sentence of your own using the following word.

elation


Make a sentence of your own using the following word.

humble surroundings


Find the antonym of the following word from the text.

Arrogant ×


Find a synonym from the story for the following word.

Repair


Find a synonym from the story for the following word.

Contentment


Write the related words as shown in the example:


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