Unit-2 (Q 22-26) practice exercises: (Correct the sentences and rewrite them)
Exercise-1:
His palms were sweating. (22) He
needed a towel to dried his grip. (23) A ice glass of water quenched his thirst but hardly cooled his intensity. (24) The astroturf he sat on was as hottest as the
competition he faced today at the National Junior
Olympics. The pole was set at 17 feet. (25) That were three inches higher than his personal best. Michael Stone confronted the most challenging day of his pole-vaulting career. (26) The
stands were still filled with about twenty
thousand peoples, even though the final race had ended an hour earlier.
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Exercise-2:
As long as Michael could remember, he had always dreamed of flying. Michael’s mother read him numerous stories about flying when he was growing up. (22)
Her stories were always the ones where described the land from a bird’s-eye view. (23) Her excitement and passion
for
details made Michael’s dreams full to colour
and beauty. Michael
had this one recurring
dream. (24) He would be run down a country road. (25) He could felt the rocks and chunks of
dirt at his feet. (26) That he raced down the golden-lined wheat fields, he would always outrun the locomotives passing
by. He would begin soaring
like an eagle.
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Exercise-3:
The runway felt different this time. (22)
It startled him with a brief moment.
Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay.
(23) The bar was set nine at inches higher than his personal best. “That’s only one inch off the National record,” he thought. (24)
The intensity of the moment
fill his mind with anxiety. (25) He began shaking of the tension from his body. It wasn’t working. He became more tense. “Why is this happening to me now?” he thought. (26)
He began to got nervous. Fear would be a more accurate description.
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Exercise-4:
SS : What was the most difficult phase of
your career?
VVS: (22) It was
whose I had to prefer cricket to academics. (23) That was the toughest moment
my of life. (24) Though there were always the dream to play for my country, I
also had a natural desire to be a doctor, coming from a family of doctors. (25)
Luck, my father gave me the complete freedom to choose any one of the two. (26)
Here the role of my uncle Baba Mohan was very crucial along with little of the
coaches then.
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Exercise-5:
SS : What
were your biggest moments as a cricketer?
VVS : There were many. But some stand
out. (22) Though me never played the World Cup that saw India as the No.1 team,
being a member of the Indian team which was the world No.1 in Test cricket was
one of them. (23) The 281 against the Aussies on Kolkata in 2001 was another.
(24) That Test remain the most memorable match for me. (25) In fact, that Test
series was very special for the all players for it was also the best and the
most memorable series. (26) That series gave us the confidence whose we can be
the best. Clearly, that was the turning point of Indian cricket itself.
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Unit-2 (Q 32-36) practice
exercises: (Rewrite the words as directed)
Exercise-1:
32. Rewrite the word with correct
spelling: __________________________________
33. Write the synonyms of the word:
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34. Write meaning of the word: ________________________________
35. Write the antonym of the word:
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36. Write the word that best fits:
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Exercise-2:
Where he flew would always overlap (32) with his mother’s stories. His dad, on the other
hand, was not a dreamer. Bert Stone was a hard-core (33) realist. He believed
in hard work and sweat. His motto: If you want something, work for it! From the age of fourteen, Michael did just that. He began a very careful and regimented
(34) weightlifting programme. He worked out every other day with weights, with some kind of
running work on altarnate (35) days. The programme was carefully
(36) monitored by Michael’s coach,
trainer and father. Michael’s dedication, determination and discipline was a coach’s dream.
32. Rewrite with the suitable word:
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33. Write the synonyms of the word:
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34. Write meaning of the word:
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35. Rewrite the word with its correct
spelling: ___________________________________
36. Write the antonym word:
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Exercise-3:
Michael cleared the bar at 17 feet and 2 inches and 17 feet 4 inches; again he showed no emotion (32). Constant preparation and determine (33)
were his vision. As he lay on his back and heard the crowd groan (34), he knew the other one who plays pole vaulting (35) had missed his final
(36) jump.
32. Write the synonyms of the word: __________________________________
33. Rewrite the word with its right
form: __________________________________
34. Write meaning of the word:
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35. Rewrite with one-word substitute:
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36. Write the antonym of the word:
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Exercise-4:
It has been wonderful (32).
I was lucky that the Hyderabad Cricket Association promoted (33)
me and Zaki (Syed Moinuddin Zaki) from the under-16 level itself. They made us
play in the under-19 grade the same year. It was a gigantic (34)
leap for us and very encouraging. Fortunately, by 18, I was on the verge of
playing for Hyderabad in the Ranji Trophy. Honestly, I feel that all the hard
work and comitment (35) I put in from the start of my career have
culminated (36) in 16 long years of international cricket. It has
been an immensely satisfying feeling to have contributed to Indian cricket in
my own way.
32. Write the synonyms of the word: __________________________________
33. Write the antonym of the word:
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34. Write the word that best fits
here: ________________________________
35. Write the word with its correct
spelling: ___________________________________
36. Write the meaning of the word:
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Exercise-5:
It was when I had to prefer
(32) cricket to academics. That was the toughest (33) moment of my
life. Though there was always the dream to play for my country, I also had a
natural longing (34) to be a doctor, coming from a family of doctors.
Luckily, my father gave me the complete freedom to choose any one of the two.
Here the role of my uncle Baba Mohan was very crucial (35) along with
some of the coches (36) then.
32. Write the synonyms of the word:
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33. Write the antonym of the word:
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34. Write the word that best fits
here: ________________________________
35. Write the meaning of the word:
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