Unit 3 - 3.5 Unbeatable Super Mom-Mary Kom — English STD 10 — Question

Match the words in column 'A' with their opposites in column 'B':

'A'	'B'
(i) asked	(a) Increased
(ii) obscure	(b) impure
(iii) diminished	(c) clear
(iv) pure	(d) responded

Write one word for:
(a) a musical performance in public
(b) a lady who invites and looks after guests
(c) a man who helps the poor by giving them money
(d) one who plays the piano

He will always be remembered as a war hero.(Rewrite using 'never'.)

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

Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own.
(a) sign off (b) begin anew.
(a) I would like to __________ by telling you a short story with a beautiful message.
(b) It is never too late to forget past mistakes and ____________

Write one word for :
(a) one who follows a teacher or a leader
(b) eager to know everything
(c) a place of residence
(d) echoed loudly

Choose the correct options from the brackets and fill in the blanks:
(pass, quite seriously, water, gaily, insist, mortifying, dramatic)
(1) Parents always ______ that their children should be all-rounders.
(2) The _________ turn of events shocked all of us.
(3) It was _________ to apologise to the bully.
(4) My mother waved ______ to me as she went for the hike.
(5) The author's guest took him _____________ to task.
(6) I had seen asparagus in the shops, my mouth often _________ at the sight of them.

Write words ending in -ity' using the words given :
(a) unify (b) possible (c) compatible (d) inevitable.

Pick out from the passage the noun forms of the following words:
(i) pacify (ii) passive

Complete the table:

Positive	Comparative	Superlative
(1) hungry
(2) terrible