The lockdown has led to lots of free
time for many people. Are you one
of them? With this new found time,
why not do something special? For
example, you can start a daily diary
to jot down thoughts and feelings or
take a walk every day at 4 pm. You
can also invest your free time in
improving your skills or learning
new ones. Remember, this is
temporary and things will get back
to normal. Until then, take a deep
breath, do your best, get some rest,
and wash your hands! what is the antonym of 'normal'?
Answers
Answer:
The lockdown has led to lots of free time for many people. Are you one of them? With this new found time, why not do something special? For example, you can start a daily diary to jot down thoughts and feelings or take a walk every day at 4 pm. You can also invest your free time in improving your skills or learning new ones. Remember, this is temporary and things will get back to normal. Until then, take a deep breath, do your best, get some rest, and wash your hands!
9. According to this passage, the best thing about this lockdown period is that .... *
it's not temporary.
we can take rest as long as we want.
schools are closed.
we have a lot of free time to learn new skills.
10. The writer asks to improve your skills or learn a new skill. Why? *
There will be skill based assessment in schools after lockdown.
Skill development courses are free due to lockdown.
Learning new skills will be helpful to raise funds.
It will help to use the new found free time.
11. There are many people who have got much free time in this lockdown period. How can this time be used to keep a positive balance in life? *
by writing daily diary
by taking a walk everyday
by learning new skills
All of the above
12. 'Remember, this is temporary and things will get back to normal.' What is different from the normal life during this temporary phase? *
new found free time
washing hands frequently
lockdown
All of the above
13. What is the antonym of 'normal'? *
abnormal
ordinary
usual
regular
14. Which word in the passage can be replaced with 'spend'? *
improving
new found
invest
learning
GRAMMAR AND TRANSLATION
Do as directed (Questions 15 to 20)
15. ............... the girls are present today. (Fill in the blank with a suitable determiner.) *
Few
All
Some
Many
16. You must learn the lesson ......... heart. (Fill in the gap with a suitable preposition.) *
by
in
at
for
17. .......... I use your pen? (Choose an appropriate modal.) *
Will
Shall
May
Need
18. She is too weak to walk. (Choose the correct option to rewrite this sentence after removing ‘too… to’.) *
She is so weak to walk.
She is so weak that she can walk.
She is so weak that she cannot walk.
She was so weak that she could not walk.
19. My mother has watered the plants. The word, ‘watered’ has been used as… *
Verb
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
20. Translate into Punjabi. 'The teacher did not give the test.' *
Answer:
remember this is temporary and things will get back the normal what is different from the normal life during this temporary phase