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Vocabulary Skills

A. Choose the meaning of the words in bold.

1. Smoking is hazardous to health.
a. good b. safe c. dangerous

2. The government is taking stringent measures to end child labour.
a. right b. strict c. wrong

3. Antarctica is uninhabitable for humans.
a. unsuitable b. uninteresting c. unavailable

4. The government has been making relentless efforts to stop child labour.
a. continuous b. cruel c. merciless

5. Education for girls is still perceived as a waste of time in the rural areas.
a. given b. taught c. seen

B. Underline the correct forms of words.
1. Sachin is confident / confidence of winning the gold medal.
2. Dipen has a permanent / permanently job.

3. She wants to be a singer but she doesn’t practise / practice enough.
4. The telephones are dysfunction / dysfunctional.

5. It is our tradition / traditional to say a prayer every morning after a shower.

C. Write the opposites of the words given below.

1. deep – ________________ 6. fortunately – ________________

2. rural – ________________ 7. confidence – ________________
3. freedom – ________________ 8. hopeless – ________________

4. landlord – ________________ 9. permanent – ________________

5. pessimistic – ________________ 10. master – ________________

Grammar Skills

A. Active and Passive Voice
Voice refers to the form of a verb that indicates when a subject acts or is the receiver of the
action. When the subject performs the action, it is active voice and when the subject receives
the action, it is passive voice. In passive voice, the past participle form of the verb is used.

Study the sentences below.
● The master insulted and beat Bijoy. (Active)

Bijoy was insulted and beaten by his master. (Passive)

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