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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Self-esteem
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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Gratitude
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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Courtesy
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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Generosity
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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Sympathy
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Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher.
Empathy
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- 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 |
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- 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.
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Register often refers to the degree of formality of language, but in a more general sense it means the language used by a group of people who share similar work or interest, such as doctors or lawyers.
Imagine that your Principal or teacher is coming. When you meet him, you would never say,
‘Hey, dude! What’s up?’
This is a formal situation, so you would say ‘Good morning,
In every situation, you use an appropriate expression according to the person. The language you use, when you meet someone depends on their age, position etc. There are formal and informal registers in spoken and written language.
Write appropriate expressions and words which you have to use while facing an interview.
(a) May I come in?
(b) ___________________
(c) ___________________
(d) __________________
(e) __________________
You are writing a letter of complaint. List the proper expressions that you would like to write.
(a) I disagree
(b) ___________________
(c) ___________________
(d) ___________________
(e) ___________________
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Distinguish between a legal offence and a moral offence on the basis of the given text.
| Legal offence | Moral offence |
| Burglary | Rude behaviour |
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The specific meaning of word ‘anthem’ in the content of the story is _______.
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Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology
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Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Etymology.
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Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology.
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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 _______.
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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.
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Choose appropriate phrases/expressions from the extract given in the options and fill in the blank appropriately.
All their educational problems were sorted out _______ because of the funds given by an NGO.
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Your college has decided to celebrate the World Environment Day. Mr Kiran Purandare has been invited as the ‘Chief Guest’ for the event. Imagine you are the Secretary of the ‘Nature Club’ of your college and you have to conduct an interview of Mr Kiran Purandare. Frame 8/10 questions for the same.
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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 verbs.
We travel, then, in part just to shake up our complacencies.
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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 verbs.
Abroad is the place where we stay up late.
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