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A little effort in learning and using new words will go a long way in enriching your language repertoire and helping you develop a concise, precise and effective style of expression. Keep a vocabulary notebook. When you come across a new word or a word you are familiar with but which is used in a new context, write it down in your notebook. Look up the meaning of the word as used in a particular context and write it down along with its idiomatic meaning. Make sentences using the word. In this way you will improve your comprehension of utterances and written passages. So here we go. I Select a word to complete all (b) sentences. It should be formed from the italicised words in the (a) sentences 1 a) He is an able man. b) He has great _______ 2. a) Everyone is admitted free. b) ___________ is free. 3. a) The audience applauded loudly. b) The audience’s _________ was loud. |
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b) I am _______ of the truth of it. 5. a) You must go in cautiously. b) You must go in with ______. 6. a) My advice is that he should work harder. b) I ________ him to work harder. 7. a) The man heard a sound in the distance. b) I heard a ____sound. 8. a) Everyone shows him respect. b) All people are very ____ to him. 9. a) Nobody has proved that all men are equal. b) Nobody has proved the ________ of all men. II A prefix is a word part put before a word to change its meaning. For example, happy, unhappy. Match the prefixes in column A with their meanings in columnB. Column A Column B 1. micro- a) across, beyond 2. inter- b) wrong, failure 3. aero- c) opposite, against 4. trans- d) not, the opposite of 5. retro- e) between, among 6. sub- f) very small 7. en-, em- g) under, less than 8. anti- h) air 9. mis- i) backwards 10. un-, im-,
j) to put into the thing or condi-tion mentioned III Underline the word which has been misprinted in each of the following extracts from newspapers and write the correct word. 1. Pedigree Labrador pubs for sale. 2. Sin problems? Also acne, Telephone us for fee consultation. 3. Gardener required, part-time, 8 hours per weed. 4. New bride, complete with bit and reins. 5. For sale: Satan wedding lehnga. 6. He became champion by eating most of his rivals. 7. The route taken by the President was lined by clapping, cheering crows. 8. Three old men sat on a wench, eating sandwiches. 9. The bank robbers tried to escape but were cornered by a polite dog. 10. Fully killed mechanic required for busy garage. 11. Forecast: some bright interval with shattered showers. Answer key I 1. ability 6. advised 2. admittance 7. distant 3. applause 8. disrespectful 4. doubtful 9. equality 5. caution. II 1-f, 2-e, 3-h, 4-a, 5-i, 6-g, 7-j, 8-c, 9-b, 10-d. III 1-pups 2-skin 3-week 4-bridle 5- satin 6- beating 7- crowds 8-bench 9-police 10-skilled 11-scattered. |
