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5. 26 January 1950 is a historic day for India.
a. celebration b. important c. past

C. Choose the word with the help of the clues.

agnostic bombastic egoistic artistic optimist

idealistic enthusiastic sarcastic realistic pessimist
1. A person who has creative skills is: _________________

2. A person who has a lot of ego is: _________________

3. A person who thinks positively is: _________________
4. A person who speaks in an insulting manner is: _________________

5. A person who is interested in knowing things is: _________________

6. A person who believes that very good things can be achieved is: _________________
7. A person who thinks negatively is: _________________

8. A person who speaks in a grand and impressive way is: _________________

9. A person who is practical about what can be achieved is: _________________
10. A person who believes that nothing is known about God is: _________________

D. Homographs
Words that spell the same but have different meanings are called homographs.

Example: watch – see
watch – worn on wrist (to know time)

Look up the dictionary and find the meanings of the homographs given below.
1. present 4. reflect 7. steer 10. dry

2. strike 5. force 8. celebrated 11. desert

3. draw 6. content 9. free 12. will

Grammar Skills

Phrasal Verbs
A phrasal verb is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or an adverb or both and
that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the
individual words.

Study the following examples.

• I cannot put up with this noise anymore. I need a quiet place to work.

put up – tolerate or bear

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