Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning. The bird injured his wings. He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building. - English (Second/Third Language)

प्रश्न

Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.

The bird injured his wings.
He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building.

तक्ता

उत्तर

	Homographs	Meanings
a.	wings	the feathers that cover the forelimbs of a bird that help it fly
b.	wing	A part or section of a main building

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Q 2. (B) 2.Q 2. (B) 1.Q 2. (B) 3.

पाठ 1.5: His First Flight - Language Study [पृष्ठ ३६]

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बालभारती My English Coursebook [Marathi] Standard 10 Maharashtra State Board

पाठ 1.5 His First Flight
Language Study | Q 2. (B) 2. | पृष्ठ ३६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

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 tick 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 following expressions. The highlighted words are not used in a literal sense. Explain what they mean.

1. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.

2. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.

3. If he keeps his head on his shoulders.

4. On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United.

5. She saw… him ghost past the lumbering defenders.

Notice these words in the story.

• “chuffed”, meaning delighted or very pleased

• “nosey”, meaning inquisitive

• “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly

These are words that are used in an informal way in colloquial speech.

Make a list of ten other words of this kind.

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.

Generosity

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.

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

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).

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 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 _______.

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

The simple village girl _______ in a formal party.

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.

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
1. Second innings	Cricket	when a team comes to bat for the second time in a test match
2.
3.
4.

The poet has used many describing words such as ‘healthy’ in this poem.
Make a list and classify them as -

For the world _______
For himself ________
For the road _______

Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.

Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.

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

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.

Another name for a ship

The poet has used different poetic devices like Alliteration and Interrogation in the poem. Identify them and pick out the lines.

Poetic Device	Lines
(a) Alliteration
(b) Interrogation

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

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

Identify and write the lines from the poem which express the following figures of speech.

Figures of speech	Lines
1. Simile
2. Alliteration
3. Onomatopoeia

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.

List and explain the metaphorical expressions from the poem. For example, ‘torrent of grief’

Find from the text the collocation for the following.

______ man

Find from the text the collocation for the following.

ticket ______

From the story, find the collocation of the following.

frail and ___________________.

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