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Question
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
echoed loudly
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Solution
Reverberated
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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.
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 |
Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology
Go through the text to find the antonyms of the words given in the grid and fill the boxes. One is done for you.
(1) unlucky (2) solution
(3) trust (4) confident
(5) advanced (6) blockhead
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following.
eager to know everything
Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook.
Whet
Read the following words carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in brackets.
(afraid, plunged, appeared, shrilly, skimmed, devoured, cowardice)
The violin played very ______.
Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning.
- The head of the institution was on leave.
- He bent his head down with chin.
Using a dictionary, find the difference between the following pairs of phrases. Make sentences of your own with each of them.
| Phrases | Meaning | Own Sentences |
| 1. to cut in to cut out |
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| 2. to be held by to be held up |
.................. .................. |
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| 3. to run away to run for |
.................. .................. |
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| 4. to be known as to be known for |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 5. to go with to go after |
.................. .................. |
.................. .................. |
| 6. to put fire into to put fire out |
.................. .................. |
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