Unit 3 - 3.3 Stephen Hawking — English STD 10 — Question

Complete the following by choosing the correct nouns from the box:
(1) Tentative.......... (2) Nomination............
(3) Advisory........... (4) State................

Pick out four adverbs of manner from the passage.

Match the phrases with one word from the passage:

'A'	'B'
(i) which is new and inexperlenced	(a) proximity
(ii) a place provided for a particular purpose	(b) fledgling
(iii) something that causes delay or obstruction	(c) site
(iv) nearness in space	(d) roadblock

Write the part of speech of each of the words given below:
(i) fairly accurate conception.
(ii) very agile person

Find out the 'Synonyms' from the passage for the words:
(1) A set of rooms: _________
(2) Acknowledged: __________
(3) Handle: __________
(4) Directed a remark: _________

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.

Complete the following choosing from the words/phrases given below:
[moral sense of right and wrong, purity, characteristic spirit of a culture, principle or belief, simplicity, peace, generosity, spirituality!
(a) A tenet is a _______________
(b) Conscience is a _________________________
(c) Ethos is the __________________________
(d) Tranquillity is _____________

Find from the passage the collocations for the following:
(1) spirits ______(2) appealing_______.

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