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English Assignment - 3 (with answers) - Standard XI(11th) - Samacheer Kalvi

                                                 English Assignment – III                   Total Marks – 10

 

I. Write the synonym of the given words (2)

1. Inherent - ___________________

2. Exasperation - ______________________

II. Write the expansion of “LPG” (1)

Answer: __________________________________

III. Rewrite into compound sentence (2)

1. Though he is late, he is allowed to attend the meeting.

Answer: __________________________________

IV. Answer the following question  (2)

1. Which is considered as our stronghold?

 

2. Who is Bolingbroke?

 

V. Read the passage and answer the questions  (3)

The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their winds. They also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with up to a hundred birds participating at once, and is followed by preening and sometimes group singing.

Questions

(a) Which bird engage in dust bathing?

 Answer: ________________________________________________

(b) How do they make water bathing?

Answer: ________________________________________________

(c) How many birds engage in such activities?

Answer: ________________________________________________




           Answers

 

I. Write the synonym of the given words 

1. Inherent - Inborn

2. Exasperation - Irritation


II. Write the expansion of “LPG” 

Answer: Liquified Petroleum Gas


III. Rewrite into compound sentence

1. Though he is late, he is allowed to attend the meeting.

Answer: He is late yet he is allowed to attend the meeting.


IV. Answer the following question 

1. Which is considered as our stronghold?

    Courage is considered as our stronghold.

2. Who is Bolingbroke?

     Bolingbroke was the cousin of King Richard II.   


V. Read the passage and answer the questions  

(a) Which bird engage in dust bathing?

 Answer: The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing.

(b) How do they make water bathing?

Answer: Water bathing is made by flicking water over its back with its wings

(c) How many birds engage in such activities?

Answer: Birds engage in such activities with up to a hundred birds participating at once.

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