Unit 4 - 4.3 World Heritage — English STD 10 — Question

Choose the correct contextual meaning of the phrase:
connecting the dots.
(a) making a pattern with the help of dots
(b) associating one previous idea with other ideas that follow
(c) joining dots in a puzzle to get the correct picture
(d) understanding a procedure

Fill in the blanks with the words from the brackets:
(task, menu, wondered)
(1) The ______ to rescue the flood victims was very difficult.
(2) I was thinking about buying a new vehicle and _________ if we had the money.
(3) The restaurant _________ seemed to be tempting.

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

Match the words/phrases in column A with their meanings in column B:

A	B
(i) renaissance (ii) to start over (iii) fired (iv) devastating	(a) causing great destruction (b) lost one's job (c) revival (d) to begin again

Pick out from the passage the word that means the following, and state if it is a Noun, Verb or Adjective:
reduce in value-

Replace the underlined words/phrases with the appropriate ones, to retain the proper meaning:
(be the epitome of gear up, a brief stint, play a major role, in recognition of, take over reins)
(1) He contributed notably in bringing up the school.
(2) Our class monitor is a perfect symbol of duty and discipline.

Write from the passage antonyms for the following words:
(a) bored (b) forgot (c) worse (d) worst

Insert the appropriate word/phrase given below, in the sentence that follows: (Mattery, appealing, by fits and starts, dashed to, undetected, spirits rose)
(1) The crime went___________ for 11 years.
(2) After the death of my pet dog, my_________ when dad got me a new pup.

Replace the underlined words/phrases with the appropriate ones, to retain the proper meaning:
(be the epitome of, gear up, a brief stint, play a major role, in recognition of, take over reins)
(1) After a short period of working as a lecturer, Ravi took up an important post in a multinational company.
(2) Accepting the great value of his research, they awarded him with a Ph.D. (degree)

The following compound words from the passage are spelt in jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful.
(i) d u b g y r o a d =
(ii) f r a w e r a =