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प्रश्न
Vocabulary Extension - Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or the internet to build up more associations/collocations of each word.
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उत्तर
- Pilgrimage (Holy journey)
- Say: Go on a spiritual pilgrimage.
- Immersive (Deeply involving)
- Say: Provide an immersive experience.
- Mesmerizing (Hypnotic/Spellbinding)
- Say: An utterly mesmerizing performance.
- Connoisseur (An expert in fine taste)
- Say: A connoisseur of art/food/wine.
- Labyrinth (A complex maze)
- Say: Navigate a winding labyrinth of streets.
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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
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.
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.
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.
But there is, for the traveller at least, the sense that learning about home and.......
There are a few examples of homonyms in the poem. For example ‘spoke’. List homonyms from the poem and give their meanings.
The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is ‘aabb’. Find the rhyme scheme of other stanzas
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
echoed loudly
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence.
quirk of fate
Find antonym of the following word from the story.
unimportant ×
Write the related words as shown in the example:
