Unit 1 - 1.2 The Thief’s Story — English STD 10 — Question

Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follows:
(lattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
1. The artist completes his paintings by_____.

Find similar meanings from the passage for the following:
(1) endearing-
(2) miscalculated-
(3) humbly-
(4) awful-

Match the words with their meanings:

A	B
(i) Majestic	(a) Huge/massive
(ii) Persist	(b) Grand
(iii) Colossal	(c) Firm belief
(iv) Conviction	(d) Continue

Choose the correct meaning of: dignity
(a) self-pride (b) self-support (c) self-esteem

Pick out the antonyms of the following words from the passage:
(1) exit (2) request (3) advance (4) slowly

Pick out two adjectives in the superlative from the passage.

Find all the words from the passage that are related to 'brave' or 'courage'.

Complete the following table with meanings from the brackets:
(Meanings: go down below the surface of a liquid, to cease work in order to relax or sleep, a piece of furniture for resting, a garden plot, got up from a sitting or kneeling position, drop downwards, the remaining part, a flower)

Words	Meaning in the text	Other meaning
(a) rose
(b) sink
(c) bed
(d) rest

Match the columns :

A	B
(a) choked	(i) exereises
(b) roasted	(ii) thought
(c) yogic	(iii) gram
(d) daring	(iv) voice

Rewrite the sentences inserting the appropriate phrases in their proper form:
(in order to, to get into, to work out)
(a) You should ______ Mathematics so that you can _____ problems
(b) He read the passage two or three times ________ understand it.