SOLUTIONS FOR NCERT WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 2 CLASS X UNIT -3

SOLUTIONS FOR NCERT WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 2 CLASS X UNIT -3

TWO STORIES ABOUT FLYING

LETS BEGIN 

I.

1. a

2. c 

3. a 

4. a 

5. F
    T
    T
    F 







Make adverbs and then frame a sentence of each

a) angrily 
Opposition leaders  reacted angrily to the Prime Minister's  remarks.

b) vaguely
Rita can vaguely remember her first day at school.

c) indignantly
He indignantly denied that he ever treated the two children differently.

d) threateningly
Kohli   glared at Michael Starc  threateningly.

e) hurriedly 
The cartoon was hurriedly withdrawn from the channel.

2.Form antonyms by prefixing im-

1. patient - impatient	2. polite - impolite
3. mature - immature	4. pure- impure
5. moral - immoral	6. probable - improbable
7.possible - impossible	8.mortal - immortal

3.Form antonyms by prefixing ill-  and in-

1. legal - illegal	1. credible - incredible
2. legible - illegible	2. formal - informal
3. literate - illiterate	3. active- inactive
4.legitimate - illegitimate	4. sufficient - insufficient
5.liberal - illiberal	5. justice - injustice

4.Write the meaning of phrasal verbs and frame a sentence with each.

a. walk in (adjective ) -not arranged in advance
Last week I attended a walk-in interview.

b. walk out - to leave a meeting, performance, etc. suddenly, especially in order to show that you do not like or approve of it
Eg:-The terrorists hinted that they would walk out of the peace talks.

c.take away- ​to make a feeling, pain, etc. disappear
I was given some pills to take away the pain.

d. take up- to continue, especially starting after somebody / something else has finished
The band's new album takes up where their last one left off.

e. take in - to allow somebody to stay in your home
He was homeless, so we took him in.
- to understand or remember something that you hear or read

Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.

f. take out - remove it  from its place.
Henry took out his wallet.

g. give away - to present something

The President gave away the prizes at the school sports day.

h. give in- to admit that you have been defeated by somebody/something
The rebels were forced to give in.

i.give up - to stop trying to do something before you have finished, usually because it is too difficult:
She has a struggle trying to persuade the board to accept her proposal, but she's determined not to give up.

j.put in- to spend a lot of time or make a lot of effort doing something
She often puts in twelve hours' work a day.

k. put away-​to save money to spend later
Rita has a few thousand rupees put away for her retirement.

l. put out -to stop something from burning or shining
Firefighters soon put the fire out.

B. THE PASSIVE 

(a) Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan. 

(b) Malaria virus is transmitted by female Anopheles mosquito.

(c) The case has been solved by police and two persons have been arrested. 

(d) Many houses and lives were destroyed by the volcanic eruption
in Mt. Etna. 

(e) The ultraviolet rays are prevented by the ozone layer from entering the earth’s surface.

(f) The field has been converted to playground. 

C.UNSCRAMBLE


(a)Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying
 records.

(b) She  became the first woman to fly solo  across the Atlantic Ocean 

(c) During a flight to circumnavigate the globe, Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific in July 1937.

(d) Her plane wreckage was never found, and she was officially declared lost at sea.

e) Her disappearance remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century

In some parts of our country, there are frequent reports about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) which people claimed to have seen flying in the sky and which are believed to be spaceships carrying aliens from other planets. Some people have given evidence to support their observations. They said that they have found mysterious objects in paddy fields. 

 

Some others, after seeing a film on space said that they had seen unusual objects flying in the sky. The public panicked, there were arguments and discussions all over the country. Police were on red alert. Many community centers were established. People become more vigilant, gradually the number of sightings reduced.