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Look at the word and their meaning. Underline the correct alternatives.

significant

विकल्प

  • clever

  • effective

  • systematic

  • important

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उत्तर

significant - important

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अध्याय 2.6: World Heritage - English Workshop [पृष्ठ ८१]

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बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board
अध्याय 2.6 World Heritage
English Workshop | Q 12.(iii) | पृष्ठ ८१

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


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.


Notice the words in bold in the following sentence.

“The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the maw of the furnace with a great deal of clatter”. This is a phrase that is used in the specific context of an iron plant.

Pick out other such phrases and words from the story that are peculiar to the terminology of ironworks.


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.

Sympathy


  • 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.


Distinguish between a legal offence and a moral offence on the basis of the given text.

Legal offence  Moral offence
Burglary Rude behaviour
   
   
   

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.


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 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]

By the end of the week she was beginning ________ home in her new job.


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, a sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going]

The teacher _______ explaining the concept.


Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.


Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.


Write an appreciation of the poem 'Indian Weavers' by Sarojini Naidu. 

  1. About the poem/poet and the title
  2. The theme
  3. Poetic style
  4. The language/poetic devices used in the poem
  5. Special features
  6. Message, values, morals in the poem
  7. Your opinion about the poem

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.

Floating object that shows direction


Compose 4 to 6 lines on ‘sea’.


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 tea


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

Father’s eyesight


‘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.


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.

ticket ______


Find from the text the collocation for the following.

______ drizzle


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

____________ closed.


From the story, find the collocation of the following.

__________ time.


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

echoed loudly


The writer says he grew ‘an awful lot of moong’. Explain the word 'awful' in this sentence.


Let’s use the Thesaurus.

Along with your partner, go to the library or search the internet for a standard Thesaurus to complete the following table. One is done for you.

Sr. No. Word Type Synonym Antonym
1. observe verb notice, discern, detect, mark ignore, overlook
2. abandoned      
3. grateful      
4. initiative      
5. peril      
6. separation      

Homograph: Homograph is a word spelled and pronounced like another word but with a different meaning.

For example: the word ‘fast’ has two meanings. The different meanings are -

fast- hold firmly

fast- to abstain from food

fast- opposite of slow.

Go through the text again and make a list of meanings of all the homographs that are found in the text. Also, make a list of such words that you know, heard, or read somewhere.


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

To get a toehold.


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

A spell 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.

One by one, the stars ______ in the sky.


Pick the Homophones from the text.

  1. see -
  2. wood -
  3. there -
  4. scene -
  5. won -
  6. eye -
  7. peace -
  8. threw -
  9. hence -
  10. knot -

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.

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

  1. The aeroplane will land at 9.00 pm. sharp.
  2. He owns 10 acres of land.

Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.

confined to


Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.

millenium


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

monument


Insert the proper words from the bracket to form collocations.

(a) afford (b) time (c) defeat (d) clothes (e) owners (f) necessary (g) role (h) interview (i) morning (j) cold.

  1. absolutely ____________
  2. cannot __________________
  3. formal __________________
  4. job __________________
  5. pass __________________
  6.  accept __________________
  7. early __________________
  8. catch a __________________
  9. leading __________________
  10. joint __________________

divinity : ____________


extremist: ____________


culminate : __________________


Make a meaningful sentence by using the following phrase.

to be afraid of


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

drizzle ×


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

frowned ×


Find antonym of the following word from the story.

unimportant ×


Make a sentence of your own using the following word.

reinforced


Make a sentence of your own using the following word.

humble surroundings


Find the antonym of the following word from the text.

Arrogant ×


Find out and write down the definitions of the following terms used in the film industry

script -

project -

montage -

flashback -

stage -

prop -

footlights -


Find a synonym from the story for the following word.

Attracted


Find a synonym from the story for the following word.

Surely


Find the antonym of the following word from the text.

Diffident ×


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