Unit 2 -2.5 Let’s March — English STD 10 — Question

Complete the following:
(a) A decade is a period of _____.
(b) _______ refers to the formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe.
(c) To _____ one's speech is to speak (words) indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another.

Write the noun forms of:
(a) combine (b) create (c) coexist (d) solve (e) discover (f) conceive (g) accelerate.

Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentences that follow:
(flattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
(1) Do not stoop to_________ just to gain something from someone.
(2) When the baby saw its mother, it gave an ______smile.

Pick out from the passage words that refer to:
(a) boundaries or limits of a field :
(b) an unfriendly expression on the face:

Find antonyms of the following words from the passage:
(a) depressed (b) diffident (c) float (d) gain

From the passage write one word for:
(a) without making a difference: ____________________
(b) in a cautious way: ________________________

Pick out from the story words that mean the following, and state if it is a Noun, Verb or Adjective:

Phrase	Word From the passage	Part of Speech
(1) wisdom
(2) very huge

He was the only officer to attain the highest post of Marshal. (Rewrite using 'no'.)

Choose adverbs/adjectives that collocate with these words:
(i) moaning:
(a) profusely (b) heavily (c) feebly (d) sadly.
(ii) blood:
(a) profuse (b) warm (c) fresh (d) bandaged.

(2) Guess the meanings of:
(i) genetics (ii) googled.