English with Sathish!

Term - 2 Unit - 2 Trip to Ooty (Prose) I. Synonyms 1. Mesh - Material made of a network of wire or thread 2. Swaying - Moving slowly or rhythmically 3. Snaking - Moving like a snake 4. Sniggered - Laughed in a half suppressed way 5. Clinging - Fitting closely to the body 6. Scream - Cry in a high pitch 7. Snatch - Quickly seize (someone) in a rude or eager way 8. Entranced - Filled (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention 9. Thud - A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface 10. Trumpeting - Making a loud noise 11. Chugging - Move slowly making regular muffled sounds, as of an engine running slowly 12. Coax - Persuade (someone) gently to do something 13. Murmur - To make a low, continuous, indistinct sound; grumble II. Antonyms 1. Slowly x quickly 2. Different x same 3. Outside x inside 4. Excited x unexcited 5. Whole x part III. Answer the following questions 1. Where did the boys and girls go? The boys and girls from class six went to Oot

  6th Standard Term - 2  Unit -2 (Poem) From A Railway Carriage I. Read the lines and answer the questions given below. 1. Faster than fairies, faster than witches,     Bridges.and houses, hedges and ditches; a) What is faster than fairies and witches? Answer: Train is faster than fairies and witches. b) Why does the poet mention ‘bridges and houses, hedges and ditches? Where are they? Answer:   The train crosses the bridges and houses, hedges and ditches so the poet mentions them 2. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,     All by himself and gathering brambles; a) Where do you think the child is? Answer: The child is outside the train. b) What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean? Answer: It means collecting berries 3. And ever again, in the wink of an eye     Painted stations whistle by. a) ‘In the wink of an eye’ means quickly. Explain ‘painted stations whistle by’? Answer: The train crosses the stations whistling by which are painted in a particular colour.  4. Each a glimpse and

  Second Midterm Test – November 2022 Sub: English                                                                                                                        Time: 1.30 Hours                                                                                                                                                 Marks: 50 I. Choose the correct  synonym  of the given word   (3x1=3) 1. Passion – a) Fashion                b) Desire              c) Past                     d) Invasion 2. Prominent – a) Dominant            b) Noticeable     c) Proficient          d) Determinant 3. Commitment – a) Dedication          b) Continuation                 c) Compartment            d) Common sense II. Choose the correct  antonym  of the given word   (3x1=3) 1. Success X a) Failure                  b) victory              c) sad                       d) winner 2. Interesting X a) Boring                   b) Interval            c) Borrow                 d) Invention 3. Appoint X a) Di

 Portion : Unit-1 (Term-2) (Find the link for the answer key at the end of this question paper) Second Midterm Test – November 2022 Sub: English                                                                                                                           Time: 1.30 Hours                                                                                                                                                Marks: 50 I. Choose the correct synonym of the given word (3x1=3) 1. Passion – a) Fashion              b) Desire            c) Past                   d) Invasion 2. Prominent – a) Dominant          b) Noticeable    c) Proficient         d) Determinant 3. Commitment – a) Dedication       b) Continuation               c) Compartment           d) Common sense II. Choose the correct antonym of the given word (3x1=3) 1. Success X a) Failure               b) victory             c) sad                     d) winner 2. Interesting X a) Bori

Unit – 5 Prose – 5 Tech Bloomers Synonyms 1. grapple – fight 2. renowned – famous 3. Boon – blessing 4. Amazing – surprising 5. Exhausted – drained 6. Gaze – stare 7. Impact- influence   Antonyms 1. cloistered x opened 2. forward x backward 3. Inclusion x exclusion / seperation 4. Important x unimportant 5. Disability x ability 6. Gaze x blink 7. Enslaved x freed 8. Boon x bane   Short Answers 1. What are the benefits of the internet to the common man? 2. Who is Kim? 3. How does Kim help Alisha? 4. Why is technology important according to David? 5. Name a few Indian innovations which are helpful to the disabled and make their day to day life easier. 6. How many people in India suffer with disability? 7. What is the future of technology? 8. Which software helps Alisha to overcome her difficulty in typing? 9. How would you help the people with disabilities in your neighborhood? 10. Suggest ways of making our society inclusive.

 Unit - 4 Prose-4 Tight Corners Synonyms Indelible – cannot be rubbed out or removed Nonchalantly   – unconcernedly, coolly Pondering – think Congealed   – thickened as if frozen smothered   – suppressed     Antonyms Indelible x delible Rustle x whisper Humiliation x flattery Non chalantly x desperately Congealed x diluted  Rectitude x dishonesty Persuaded x dissuaded Guile x honesty Weird x normal Short Answers 1. What is the difference between a physical and mental tight corner? 2. Why did the narrator feel he could have welcomed a firing party? 3. What did the falling of the hammer indicate? 4. What made the friend laugh heartily? 5.  What was the narrator’s financial condition? 6. Why did the narrator visit Christie’s?  7.   What was the bidder’s offer to the narrator?   Poem – 4 Macavity – The Mystery Cat  Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow.  1. Macavity’s a Mystery Cat: he’s called the Hidden Paw… a) Does th

  Unit – 5 Poem – 5 A Father to his Son   Read the given lines and answer the questions that follow 1. “Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.” i) How should one face life? ii)   Identify the figure of speech in the above line.   2. “Life is a soft loam; be gentle; go easy.”        And this too might serve him. i)   Why does the poet suggest to take life easy? ii)   Identify the figure of speech in the above line. Iii) What does ‘soft loam’ mean?   3. "Tell him too much money has killed men       and left them dead years before burial:" i) Who is addressed here? ii) What has left men dead before burial?   4. "-----------------------Free imaginations        Bringing changes into a world resenting change".   i)   How does free imagination help the world? 5. "Let him have lazy days seeking his deeper motives.       Let him seek deep for where he is born natural".   i. Why does the poet advise his son to have lazy days?