Question

Exercise-1
Use the context to help you determine the meaning of each highlighted word.
1. As the summer sun sent scattered rays through the maple and oak leaves overhead, the young deer stood
frozen, making it almost impossible for the hikers to see her.
(a) In the above passage, the word "frozen” means
very cold/ visible/ not moving not melted
(b) Differentiate between the homonyms ‘hike/hike'; 'leaves/leaves'.
(c) Differentiate between the homophones sea/see; deer/dear.
2. Christmas is a time when Dad reverts to his childhood. I really think he looks forward to Santa's visit more
than any other member of the family. Mom says that he'll always be a child during this season.
(a) What does "reverts" mean in the above passage?
stands up straight/ peeks at presents/ drinks too much egg nog/ goes back to being what he was
(b) What do you mean by the idiomatic phrase 'to look forward'?
(C) Differentiate between the homonyms 'season/season'.
3. Fortunately, the explosion diverted the asteroid from a course that would have sent it hurdling into our
planet.
(a) To divert is to
change the direction of/ look for really high waves/ jump into a dry river/ look through a
telescope
(b) Underline all the verbs in the sentence.
4. A wonderful 98 year old woman is working day and night to knit warm scarves to send as gifts for the troops.
What a selfless person she is!
(a) A selfless woman
is selfish/ has no name/ likes to wear scarves/cares more about others than herself
(b) Underline all adjectives in the passage.
5. No matter where you go, the Internet is following you. Almost every portable device is being made with an
Internet connection. Most new TVs and many other appliances come with Internet connections as well. The
Internet is truly ubiquitous.
(a) If something is ubiquitous,
it is fuzzy and will bite you/it is everywhere it costs too much money it causes rashes
(6) Give the synonym of 'ubiquitous'. (hint: omni........)
(c) Make a new word with the prefix 'omni-'.
6. Speaking rudely to the judges was rash behavior. You really hurt your chances of winning!
(a) In the above context, what does "rash" mean?
an itchy skin condition/ funny/ trying to hide or disguise a piece of cheese/ with little thought or
consideration
(b) Underline all the adverbs in the sentence.​

Answer 1

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