Consolidation 2
Consolidation 2
Consolidation 2
1. LANGUAGE
1. What is a phrase?
Ans. A phrase is a group of words which forms a unit within a sentence but which does
not contain a finite verb. E.g., opening the door
22.When do we use the form 'who' and when do we use the form 'whom'?
Ans. ‘Who’ is used when it is the subject of the verb in its own clause; it is the form of the
relative pronoun in the subjective case.
‘Whom’ is used when it is the object of the verb in its own clause or when it is governed by
the preposition; it is the form of the relative pronoun in the objective case.
2. Vocabulary
1. What does the expression 'to bite someone's head off' mean?
Ans. To respond to a comment in an angry or reproachful way
3. What is 'hypothermia'?
Ans. the condition of having an abnormally low body temperature.
4. What is 'amnesia'?
Ans. Loss of memory due to damage to the brain, through trauma or disease, or use of
certain drugs or other psychological factors
9. Write a sentence containing the expression 'straight from the horse's mouth'.
Ans. I have it from the horse's mouth that he plans to retire next month.
[meaning: From a reliable source, on the best authority. ]
14. Give three suffixes which indicate that the person is feminine.
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15. What part of the speech is the word 'hound' in this sentence?
The police were determined to hound down the criminal
Ans. verb
3. SPELLING
1. When do we use 'a' and when do we use 'a'?
Ans. ‘A’ is used before words beginning with consonant and ‘an’ is used before words
beginning with the vowels and silent ‘h’.
2. Name three words which begin with a silent 'h'.
Ans. honest, honour, hour
3. Name five different ways in which the sound 'sh' is spelled.
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4. Give two examples for each of these spellings
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5. Spell the word meaning the state of being mean.
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6. Spell the adverb formed from the adjective 'usual'.
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7. Write down the word meaning the opposite of necessary.
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8. Write down five words beginning with 'ex'.
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9. Write down ten other words containing the letter 'x'.
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10. Write down the word meaning a person you are acquainted with.
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11. The object you prefer would be your prefer___.
12. Give the noun meaning something that has occurred.
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