UNIT
- II
2. In celebration of being alive
I. Choose the
correct meanings of the words given and write it in the space provided.
1. malignant
: harmful
to life (or serious enough to cause death)
useful
to life or body
causing
danger bad alignment
2. mutilate :
make painful operate
and remove
cut
off a part of the body
disfigure
3. intrepid : fearful fearless
harmless
to body interpret
4. perforate : pierce make it necessary
make
a hole through be unfaithful
5. prevalent : common uncommon
before
a valley act or prevail upon
6. scatter : common uncommon
before
a valley act or prevail
upon
7. gallop : colect grow old
wind
up run fast
8. finale : the
last item the latest
news
the
last hour the last man
9. cripple : the
old the
disabled
the
deceased the poor
10. solace : anger joy
comfort victory
11. tumour : mountain valley
high
dam diseased growth
12. gloomy : sad cheerful
angry clever
13. knock : encourage strike
provoke torture
14. agony : entertainment craze
mental
suffering happy mood
15. ennoble : entrust make noble
entertain display
16. profound : deep emotional
interesting shallow
17. commandeered: ordered and took over handed over
seized
for public use permitted
18. sophisticated : sensitive very costly
highly
developed very useful
19. celebrated : well-known enjoyed
praised special
20. amputated : cut
out amplified
carved cut off
21. mouldy : covered
with mud covered with milk
powder
covered
with fungus covered with dirt
22. fractured : injured wounded
broken bent
23. disfigured : spoiled wounded
twisted vanished
24. confidence : interest hatred
jealousy belief
25. appreciate : judge
the value ignore the value
receive
the value feel the warmth
II. Fill
in the blanks choosing the most suitable word from those given the brackets.
1. The
would ________________ in a short time.
(cured, healed, dried)
2. We
cannot _____________ light unless we have (understand, appreciate, praise) _____________ known darkness. (never, once, always)
3. Children believe that you are going to
help them and if you can’t they_________their fate. (expect, except, accept)
4. As a doctor, Dr.Barnard has always found
the suffering of children particularly ________________ (heartbreaking, heartfelt,
heartwarming)
5. Prices ________________ during war. (soar, sore, sour)
6. While riding a horse, my uncle had an
__________ and got a firacture in his arm. (incident, event, accident)
7. None of the
suggestions made by you is ____________
(satisfactory,
satisfied, satisfying)
8. The judge ______________ him of
murder.(released, pardoned, acquitted)
9. All the boys laughed ______________ at
her merry jokes.
(hearteningly,
heartily, heart-rending)
10. My brother has always been _____________ in
riding horses.
(interested,
interesting, interest)
11. As she is very _______________, she
succeeds in all efforts.
(industrial,
industrious, laborious)
12. We were highly ______________ to hear that
he had lived with two
hundred snakes for a fortnight.
(astonishing, astonishment, astonished)
13. The ______________ body doesn’t seem to
hold eelctions again.
(governing,
governed, government)
14. The food that loks good does not __________
tasted good.
(necessary, necessity, necessarily)
15. I have changed my pounds for an
______________ amount of dollars. (equivalent,
equal, equality)
16. Her leg is so badly injured that they will
have to __________________ it.
[
cut, chop, amputate ]
17. I have absolute ________________ in his
ability to do it.
[
trust, faith, belief ]
18. The bullet ________________ the target by a
few millimetres.
[
lost, missed, escaped ]
19. Gandhiji’s teachings have had
__________________ influence on many of his
disciples. [
great, big, huge ]
20. The driver of the car has been admitted to
the hospital with _______________ injuries. [ extreme, violent, severe ]
III.
Find the wrongly spelt word in each of the following sets and write it correctly
the space provided for it.
1. pimple criple triple temple Ans:
____________
2. tremor farmer rumour tumor Ans: ____________
3. begger grammar sailor governor Ans: ____________
4. commission committee enemity intellect Ans:
____________
5. confidance dense tense fence Ans:
____________
6. sufferring referring murdering shoulderingAns: ____________
7. appreciation recriation experience preference Ans:
____________
8. scraping galopping waling steering Ans: ____________
9. surgery witnesed biscuit showed Ans: ____________
10. milion hospital operation accident Ans: ____________
11. anger clouded thrassing patients Ans: ____________
12. cruelly minite especially believe Ans:
____________
13. crossed phisical mental direction Ans: ____________
14. ofterwords hospital earlier fibrous Ans: ____________
15. scolded silverwear laughter tissue Ans: ____________
16. tumour humour favour juniour Ans: ____________
17. prevalent pleasent insistent malignant Ans: ____________
18. comand remand demand reprimand Ans: ____________
19. direct corect erect corrupt Ans: ____________
20. except except acept exact Ans: ____________
IV.
Find the word in each of the sets below in which the underlined part of the
word is pronounced in the same way as in the key word and write it in the space
provided for it.
1. success : access circle carcas cycle Ans: _________
2. important : import portable discordant fort Ans: _________
3. amputate : pulse punish compute rule Ans: _________
4. laugh : though tough thought plough Ans: _________
5. taxi : task anxious luxury boxes Ans:
_________
6. food : blood flood shoot wool Ans: _________
7. flower : sour tour romour mourn Ans: _________
8. work :
journey shore pour drove Ans: _________
9. cushion : nurse burst foot pulse
Ans: _________
10. circle : acre locate arc certain
Ans: ________
11. police : release realize malice polite Ans: _________
12. regard : register regent regime regain Ans:
_________
13. eager : agent engine garment huge Ans: _________
14. spear : pear fair steer swear Ans: _________
15. chicken : punch machine chemist school Ans:
_________
16. surgery : joruney cargo ghost glass Ans: _________
17. complain : receive suspend accompany certain Ans:
_________
18. choice :character machine chemical match Ans:
_________
19. deck :decay react shell resort Ans: _________
20. look :wool soon cool boot Ans: _________
V.
Find the word rhyming with the key word given in the following :
1. steer :
pear peer stair deer
Ans: _________
2. fail :
tile meal dial bail Ans: _________
3. bare : bar spare spear dare Ans: _________
4. amaze :
pause image amass cease Ans: _________
5. trot :
tract plot treat note Ans: _________
6. implore :
assure snore cure tour Ans: _________
7. plane :
man shine pain torn Ans: _________
8. knight :
late weight mite trait Ans: _________
9. machine :
line dine between plain Ans: _________
10. bought :
port doubt boat pot Ans: _________
11. pronoun :
down shown born bemoan
Ans: _________
12. deer :
fire heir near dare Ans:
_________
13. roar :
tour poor adore sure Ans: _________
14. sign :
main lean loan wine Ans: _________
15. dial :
trial deal fuel dile Ans: _________
16. full :
dull stool bull skull
Ans: _________
17. crew :
few grew stew sew
Ans: _________
18. heart :
dirt part skirt court Ans: _________
19. few :
cue sew shoe glue
Ans: _________
20. rear :
bear mere pear share Ans:
_________
VI. In the
following passages the end of each sentence is not indicated. Decide when each sentence ends and
write the last word followed by (.)
or (?) or (!).
1. Is your transistor working if it is
please tune it on I want to listen to the news my set has gone out of order
suddenly.
Ans: _________________________________________________________________
2. How dare you talk of me like that may
nothing remain of you May your face be cursed the black pox how dare you say
that I have brought diluted milk to the market.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
3. why exclaimed Basanto why is there
anything wrong asked Hiro tying the seeets in an end of her apron.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
4. How
fascinating the scene was we wished we could stay on for a few more hours a
thought occured to us why don’t we skip the visit to the temple
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
VII. Puncturate and
rewrite:
1. my father had he still been alive would
have said my son its gods will thats the way god tests you suffering ennobles
you makes you a better person.
2. when i stopped by to see him after the
race he said you know we won
3. alas what shall I do now cried the
traveller
4. ohe where are you ohe Munshi Singha
called Nanak
5. Here take the milk where is your servant
today
6. What food to the hungry what pillow to
the sleepy Basanto said
7. He said it is a rupee a seer how many
annas worth do you want
8. look ar the sun soraring have you ever
seen a day going said she
9. what difference do halt and march make to
a beggar said Hiro with a dumb humility
10 Can I buy a pen she asked the shopkeeper
11. What colour would you like he asked
12. Anything that writes blank she said
VIII. Read the sentene (a) and then complete the
sentence (b) by using the ideas in
1. a. I posted the letter. I clearly
remember doing so.
b. I clearly
____________________________________________________________
2. a. The doctor arrived too late, he could
not save the old man.
b. If __________________________________________________________________
3. a. “How much chocolate do you eat every
day?” the dentist asked the little boy.
b. The dentist asked
__________________________________________________
4. a. I cannnot stop you ; you are old
enough to know what is good for you
b. Now that
___________________________________________________________
5. a. They will not allow more than two
persons to see the Minister.
b. More than
_________________________________________________________
6. a. I don’t think you have enough money;
so you cannot buy this
beautiful bicycle.
b. If you
______________________________________________________________
7. a. She is too weak to run.
b. She is so
___________________________________________________________
8. a. Anu’s father scolds her very often ;
she dislikes.
b. Anu dislikes
______________________________________________________
9. a. “Type this letter immediately,” the
officer said to the typist.
b. The officer _________________________________________________________
10. a. You did not have enough sense in you. So
you made such silly
mistakes.
b. If you
______________________________________________________________
11. a. You should earn your livelihood. You are
married.
b. Now that
___________________________________________________________
12. a. We have been taught English by Mr.Rao.
b. Mr. Rao
____________________________________________________________
13. a. Ramu was not so tall as Gopal.
b. Gopal
______________________________________________________________
14. a. He must work hard. Then only he will
pass the test.
b. If he
_______________________________________________________________
15. a. My brother was weak, yet he attended
college.
b. In spite of
__________________________________________________________
16. a. Automation is a technological process.
It does all the work while you just sit there.
b. Automation
_______________________________________________________
17. a. Some people admire us. We always like
them.
b. People
__________________________________________________________
18. a. We admire some people. But we don’t
always like them.
b. People
__________________________________________________________
19. a. The man repairs everything himself.
Don’t marry that man; for you’all
never get anything anything new.
never get anything anything new.
b. Don’t marry
______________________________________________________
20. a. An undeserved success is like medal. One
sometimes finds it lying in
the street.
the street.
b. The undeserved success
________________________________________
IX. Identify the part of speech of each
underlined word.
1. A brave man killed a fierce
lion.
Ans
: a. __________ b. __________ c.
___________ d. ____________
2. I told Ravi that the book
which he gave me was interesting
Ans : a.
__________ b. __________ c. ___________ d. ____________
3. The snake crept very quickly.
Ans
: a. __________ b. __________ c.
___________ d. ____________
4. Water runs deep; it
is an old proverb.
Ans : a.
__________ b. __________ c. ___________ d. ____________
5. Alas! she has lost her diamond
ring in the school.
Ans : a.
__________ b. __________ c. ___________ d. ____________
6. Dr.Barnard successfully closed a hole
in my heart.
Ans
: a. __________ b. __________ c.
___________ d. ____________
7. As a physician
who has been deeply privileged to share the most
profound moments of poeple’s lives,
let me tell you a secret.
Ans
: a. __________ b. __________ c.
___________ d. ____________
X.
Rewrite the following sentences
making the necessary corrections.
1. He is thinking he is a great person.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
2. I am working in Keshava Reddy public
school for the last four years.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
3. If you work hard, you would have passed.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
4. How cold is it!
Ans: _________________________________________________________________
5. The climate of India is better than
Africa.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
6. Will you please give me four white
papers?
Ans: _________________________________________________________________
7. You are joking, isn’t it?
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
8. Santhi is more taller than my sister.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
9. The hildren are always wanting something
for eating.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
10. We are living in Guntur from our childhood.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
11. Never I have seen such a interesting match.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
12. Nobody is understanding wht is the real
problem.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
13. When have you returned from London?
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
14. the girl is fuffering with a fever for one
week.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
15. She never seen a criminal hung in the jail.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
16. How you managed to get it repaired?
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
17. I meet the manager yesterday and threaten
him to take them to court. That
wonderful! I really appreciate.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
18. All of us were
wondering why is he not coming.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
19. Rafeeqaq is knowing many languages.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
20. This only is the house that we are owning.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
XI. Rewrite the following passages making
improvements you think are necessary.
1. Shravan
is an orphan. Shravan came to Delhi when Shravan was only ten. Shravan came
Delhi from his village. His village is somewhere in Bihar. In his vilage
Shravan had worked in a shop. Shravan works in a shop in Delhi. He does not
work in a tea shop in Delhi. The shop coffee powder.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
2. Rabindranath
Tagore was a poet. He was a novelist. He was a philosopher and so on. Tagore
won the Novel prize. He won it for literature in 1913. Tagore was the first
Indian to introduce it to the Indians. Tagore’s most famous collection
‘Gitanjali’ won him the Nobel Prize.
Ans:
_________________________________________________________________
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