Unit 4 - 4.5 The Old Man and The Sea Book Review — English STD 10 — Question

Use the following idioms/phrases in sentences of your own:
(a) drop in (b) drop out (c) turned out to be (d) stumbled into
(a) Though I am not a member of the club. I often play tennis there as a _________
(b) I decided to _________ of karate classes as it was taking too much of my time.
(c) The advice given by our doctor friend __________ quite useful during our travel to Singapore.
(d) While surfing the net, he __________ a portal that showed only horror movies.

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

Write from the passage two words that have almost the same meaning as 'prosperity':

Pick out from the passage the noun forms of the following words:
(1) dignified (2) pursue

Rewrite the sentences inserting appropriate phrases in their proper form:
(to open up, to turn on, to turn off)
(a) To enjoy the music and relax, he _________ the music and _________ the lights.
(b) His new discovery is ________ new areas of research in digital technology.

Make meaningful sentences using the following word as a noun as well as a verb:
stitch

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

(A)	(B)
(i) gut (ii) destiny (iii) Mac (iv) multiple	(a) Macintosh computer. (b) having several parts. (c) the power believed to control events. (d) courage and determination.

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

Pick out from the following the words formed by using a prefix:
(1) illiteracy (2) innovative (3) invest (4) abuse.

Write the adjective forms of the following words and pick out those that are participles :
(1) possessions (2) treasures (3) envy (4) sparkle