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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. “What a thunderclap these words were to me!” The words were ___________________ .
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 underlined words in these sentences and tick the option that best explains their meanings. I never saw him look so tall. M. Hamel _____________________ .
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 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.
A crofter is a person who rents or owns a small farm especially in Scotland. Think of other uncommon terms for ‘a small farmer’ including those in your language.
 List the words used in the text that are related to legal procedures. For example: deposition
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher. Gratitude
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher. Courtesy
Form groups and explain the following words with examples. You can take help of your teacher. Sympathy
Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Etymology.
Conchology means the scientific study or collection of mollusc shell. Refer to the dictionary and find out the meaning of Archaeology
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, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going] When he lost his mother he was completely ________.
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, sea of knowledge, broaden one’s horizon, one’s second innings, touch the hearts, keep one going] Travelling can help to _______.
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] After my retirement, I started ________ as a social worker
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.
Make a word register for clothes/attire/dress.
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. Floating object that shows direction
Write information about Ballad. 
There are a few examples of homonyms in the poem. For example ‘spoke’. List homonyms from the poem and give their meanings.
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
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

Identify the rhyme scheme of all the stanzas of the poem.
Find out from the poem example of Simile.
Find out from the poem example of Personification.
Find out from the poem example of Antithesis.
Read the expression ‘a sad wreath of tuberoses’. ‘Is the wreath sad?’ Explain the figure of speech.
Enrich your vocabulary. Match the job terms with their meanings.

(1) to be your own boss	(a) work that requires manual activity
(2) a dead-end job	(b) an important powerful job
(3) a good team player	(c) to be unhappy in an office job
(4) a heavy workload	(d) a normal job having a duty of 8 hours
(5) a high-powered job	(e) to be in a boring job that is hard to leave
(6) job satisfaction	(f) a job with no promotional opportunities
(7) manual work	(g) to have your own business
(8) to be stuck in a rut	(h) to have a lot of work to do
(9) to be stuck behind a desk	(i) enjoying your job
(10) a nine-to-five job	(j) someone who can work well with other people

Find from the text the collocation for the following. ______ sentences
Find from the text the collocation for the following. ______ spirits
From the story, find the collocation of the following. ____________ important.
From the story, find the collocation of the following. ____________ closed.
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following. point of view
From the lesson, pick out one word for the following. without making a difference
The writer says he grew ‘an awful lot of moong’. Explain the word 'awful' in this sentence.
The writer has used the phrase ‘Thudding Heart’ which means pounding, or beating of the heart. Do you know ‘Thud’ is an onomatopoeic word which means a heavy sound made by an object falling to the ground? Discuss with your partner and make a list of Onomatopoeic words that you find in the text. ________________________ ________________________ ________________________
Discuss the meaning of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence. To hit the bull’s eye.
Discuss the meanings of the following idioms/phrases and use them in your own sentence. A spell of.
Read the following word carefully and make a meaningful sentence of your own, and write in your notebook. Whet
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in option. Arun is full of ______.
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options. The violin played very ______.
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options. Ravi said, “Are you really ______ of the dark?”
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options. The lions ______ their prey, hungrily.
Read the following word carefully and fill in the blank by choosing the appropriate word given in options. He ______ through the report.
Explain how the underlined Homographs differ in meaning. The bird injured his wings. He lives in the ‘c’ wing of the building.
Use the following word/phrase in your own sentence. quirk of fate
Look at the word and their meaning. select the correct alternative. monument
Look at the word and their meaning. Underline the correct alternatives. significant
Find antonym of the following word from the story. optimistic × 
Insert the proper words from the bracket to form collocations. (a) afford (b) time (c) defeat (d) clothes (e) owners (f) necessary (g) role (h) interview (i) morning (j) cold. absolutely ____________ cannot __________________ formal __________________ job __________________ pass __________________  accept __________________ early __________________ catch a __________________ leading __________________ joint __________________
extremist: ____________
culminate : __________________
Write minimum 5 hidden words of more than 4 letters from -‘intergovernmental’
Pick from the lesson, the Antonyms of Ignorance × ______ Immortality × ______ Deny × ______ Violence × ______ Well-known × ______ Slavery × ______
Find antonym of the following word from the story. hell ×
Find antonym of the following word from the story. unhappy ×
Find a synonym from the story for the following word. Humiliate
Make a sentence of your own using the following word. debut
Make a sentence of your own using the following word. reinforced
Find the antonym of the following word from the text. Arrogant ×
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	____________ ____________	____________ ____________
2. to be held by to be held up	____________ ____________	____________ ____________
3. to run away to run for	____________ ____________	____________ ____________
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	____________ ____________	____________ ____________

Find the antonym of the following word from the text. Diffident ×