i) Nobody can say there will be an improvement in the . (whether / weather) ii) Your ring is . Do not it. (loose / lose) iii) We found a of biscuits in the old man’s shirt .
(pocket / packet) iv) When the pole vaulter cleared , it was declared a record . (feet / feat) v) Explain the ‘Cut your according to your cloth.’ (coat / quote) vi) The stranger for a few minutes before he my house. (paused / passed) vii) The dancer turned after the final performance. (weary / wiry) viii) The chain that I presented to my sister was not made of gold; it was just .
I am suffering from a sense of . (guilt / gilt) Form meaningful sentences using the given words to bring out at least two different meanings. . train .
light . tear . file . wind .
bear B. Clipped Words We came across the word ‘perambulator’ in the last paragraph of the story. The word ‘perambulator’ can also be expressed as ‘pram’ in short. The word ‘perambulator’ is an unclipped word and the word ‘pram’ is a clipped word.
What are clipped words? Clipped words are words that are formed by dropping one or more syllables from longer words without changing the meaning. Clipping is forming new words by shortening long words. We usually use them while speaking or in informal speech.
e.g. aeroplane – plane examination – exam demarcate – mark Now, write the clipped and unclipped forms of the given words and complete the table. UNCLIPPED CLIPPED chimpanzee photo mike cafeteria gas helicopter telephone varsity memo influenza hippo bridegroom fan demonstration pram refrigerator c. ‘Certain psychologists tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them.’ Who is a psychologist?
One who studies the human mind and behaviour is a psychologist. - - :