Lesson 13
Words, Words, Words
Special English
Online Lecture
Textual Exercise
GLOSSARY
Greet – to welcome
Cross (v) –
to pass from one side to another
Cross (N) –
mark formed by two lines eg. Addition mark (+)
Cross (Adj)
– angry
Pity –
feeling of sympathy
Certainly –
surely
Curse – offensive
word
Complain –
to say you are not satisfied
Different –
not same
Adjective –
a word qualifying a person, place or thing
Verb – an action
word
Surprise –
amaze
Novel (N ) –
a book of a ling story
Novel (adj)
– new
Agree – to have
the same opinion
Reward (N) –
prize
Reward (V) –
to give prize
Cultivate –
to grow
A beast – a
big and dangerous wild animal
Blood – red
liquid that flows inside the body
An ass – a donkey
a stupid man
Habit – an act
we do without thinking, hard to stop as we have cultivated it in us
Boil – heated to a point, when it starts bubbling and starts changing to steam
EXERCISE
2. Comprehension
A. Answer the questions given below.
1. Who greeted Anand first?
Ans. Ravi greeted Anand first.
2. How did Anand look?
Ans. Anand looked very cross with himself.
3. What did Anand's neighbour say to him?
Ans. Anand's neighbour said to him that his blood was boiling.
4. What did the neighbour really mean?
Ans. The neighbour really meant that he was angry.
5. What words and phrases did Anand fail to understand?
Ans. The words and phrases which Anand failed to understand were; cross, boiling of blood, get , novel..
3. Word Power
A. Complete the word puzzle with the help of the clues given
Clues
Across
2. to state
a problem
4. to
welcome
7. a prize
8. a big
and dangerous wild animal
Down
1. to grow
3. a book
with a long story
6. to have
the same opinion
Answer :
B. Fill in
the blank spaces choosing the correct words from those given below:
Understand curse
cross greet cultivate
a. As soon
as we meet someone we should .............. him.
b. One should
........... a river carefully.
c. Ravi
could not .......... what the neighbour meant.
d. The
farmer work hard and ........ crops.
e. It is
not good to ................. others.
C. Find the
opposites of the words listed below from the words given in the box and write
them:
Easy
tiny foolish possible uncivilized, common modern
(1) ancient - modern
(2) huge - .................
(3)
civilized - .................
(4) wise - .................
(5)
difficult - .................
(6)
impossible - .................
Answer :
(1) ancient
- modern
(2) huge - tiny
(3)
civilized - .uncivilized
(4) wise - foolish
(5)
difficult - .easy
(6)
impossible - possible
D. Match the words in Column (A) with their meanings given in Column (B)
A B
Reward - to
welcome
Beast - harsh
words
Habit - wonder
Funny -to
have sympathy
Curse - not
same
Surprise - prize
Greet -to
heat to a point to bubble and vaporize
Different - to
have the same opinion
Agree - to
cultivate an act that one can’t stop doing
Boil - making
you laugh
Pity - big,
dangerous wild animal
Answer :
A B
Reward - prize
Beast - big,
dangerous wild animal
Habit - to
cultivate an act that one can’t stop doing
Funny - making
you laugh
Curse - not
same
Surprise - wonder
Greet - to
welcome
Different - not
same
Agree - to
have the same opinion
Boil - to
heat to a point to bubble and vaporize
Pity - to
have sympathy