SSC (English Medium) 10th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions

Write any 2 compound words of your own.

Write two compound words of your own.

Write two compound words of your own.

Write two compound words with 'black'.

Give a new blending word, after combining two words:

Breakfast + lunch = ______

Give a new blending word, after combining two words:

Smoke + fog = ______

Word Building.

(a) Reduplication: The root/stem of a word is repeated exactly the same or with a slight change.

For example, tweet-tweet, pitter-patter, chit-chat, bang-bang, riff-raff

(b) Blending: Parts of two or more words combine to form a new one.

For example, 

• breakfast + lunch = brunch
• smoke + fog = smog
• motor + hotel = motel

(c) Clipping: Reducing a word to one of its syllables or a part of it.

For example, 

• Mathematics - Maths
• Advertisement - Ad
• Laboratory - Lab

(d) Acronym: Words formed from the first letter of each of the words involved.

For example, 

• radar, scuba, Unicef, Nasa
• BBC, CID, USA, ATM, VIP
• DOB, KYC, PM, GN, TY, etc.

In your notebook, write five examples of each of the above types of word-building devices. (You may take the help of a Dictionary/Internet)

Punctuate the following sentence.
i made some money yesterday he explained

Punctuate the following sentence.
Whats your opinion on the future of indian boxing

Punctuate the following sentence.
dr a p j abdul kalam was the past president of india

Punctuate the following sentence:

did you hear him he whispered

Punctuate the following sentence to make them meaningful.

dinesh took a bus that stopped at Nanded railway station after crossing somvar peth.

Punctuate the following sentence to make them meaningful.

dr a p j Abdul Kalam was the past president of India by the way he was a great scientist orator and a humanitarian.

Punctuate the following sentence to make them meaningful.

nouns are of different types of common proper abstract concrete material.

Punctuate the following sentence to make them meaningful.

what a lot of noise you all make said the teacher cant you keep quiet for a while.

Punctuate the following sentence to make them meaningful.

wow, how lovely that cake looks they said we can't wait to eat it.

Copy the first paragraph on page 92 in your notebook, carefully. Encircle all the punctuation marks with a coloured pencil/pen.

“Dear children ________________ ‘amen’.

Punctuate the given sentence-
are you still hungry I asked faintly

Punctuate the following sentence:

after all he doesnt pay me

Punctuate the following:

you have never heard of bach he asked.