NEB Grade XI Compulsory English Note | Language Development | Unit- 10 The Tattered Blanket Part 1

Unit:10

The Tattered Blanket

Ways with words

A. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate words.

[irritation, huddled up, awkwardly, futile, grating, mumbling, feebly]

a. All my efforts to convince her for the tour were …… .

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Answer:
All my efforts to convince her for the tour were futile.

b. The lost traveller …… under a shelter made of branches and leaves.

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Answer:
The lost traveller huddled up under a shelter made of branches and leaves.

c. Her rude behaviour was the main cause of …… for him.

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Answer:
Her rude behaviour was the main cause of irritation for him.

d. She moved …… in the room, thinking that I was watching.

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Answer:
She moved awkwardly in the room, thinking that I was watching.

e. She is …… something, but I can’t hear her.

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Answer:
She is mumbling something, but I can’t hear her.

f. When I met my sister after a long time, she talked to me in a …… voice.

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Answer:
When I met my sister after a long time, she talked to me in a grating voice. 

B. Tick (√) the correct words that are similar in meaning to the underlined words.

a. Rupa studied Science reluctantly due to her father’s pressure.

i. eagerly ii. unwillingly iii. willingly iv. enthusiastically

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Answer:
unwillingly

b. She moved her fingers exasperatedly through her hair.

i. pleasingly ii. calmingly iii. patiently iv. annoyingly

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Answer:
annoyingly

c. My grandmother is over eighty. She lifted her hands feebly.

i. strongly ii. robustly iii. weakly iv. firmly

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Answer:
weakly

d. She is wearing a tattered shawl.

i. old ii. torn ii. dirty iv. branded

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Answer:
torn

e. I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet in this expensive city.

i. earn much money ii. spend much money iii. live on money iv. earn just enough money

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Answer:
earn just enough money

D. Syllable

c. Consult an English dictionary and find the number of syllables in the following words.

1. bury

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Answer:

2 syllables

Division of Syllables: bur-y

2. development

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Answer:

4 syllables

Division of Syllables: de-vel-op-ment

3. syllabic

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Answer:

3 syllables

Division of Syllables: syl-lab-ic

4. vowel

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Answer:

2 syllables

Division of Syllables: vow-el

5. education

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Answer:

4 syllables

Division of Syllables: ed-u-ca-tion

6. discipline

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Answer:

3 syllables

Division of Syllables: dis-ci-pline

7. examination

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Answer:

5 syllables

Division of Syllables: ex-am-i-na-tion

8. children

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Answer:

2 syllables

Division of Syllables: chil-dren

9. separately

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Answer:

4 syllables

Division of Syllables: sep-a-rate-ly

10. pronunciation

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Answer:

5 syllables

Division of Syllables: pro-nun-ci-a-tion

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