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B. Write the opposites of the words given below.
1. pleasure – ________________ 6. dawn – ________________
2. fortunate – ________________ 7. descended – ________________

3. questioned – ________________ 8. accurately – ________________
4. friend – ________________ 9. delicate – ________________

5. permanent – ________________ 10. sorrows – ________________

C. Underline the correct word form.

1. We must be appreciate / appreciative of sight and sound.

2. Mother loving / lovingly passed her hands over the child’s hair.

3. Music can never fail to intoxicate / intoxication my mind.
4. He had a long and glorious / glory career in the army.

5. It was a delighted / delightful festive event.

Grammar Skills

A. Prepositions
Prepositions are groups of words used before a noun or pronoun to show time, place, location,
reason or purpose, agent or instrument, and many other relationships between different words
in a sentence.

Look at the sentences below. The words in bold are prepositions.
• He stayed with us for a few days.

• Helen Keller could see things through mere touch.

• We had a walk in the woods.
• There was a nest on the tree.
• We understand emotions from the expressions on the faces.

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions. These sentences are all from the lesson.
1. The evening ______________ her second day, Helen Keller wanted to spend time ______________
the theatre or ______________ the movies.

2. Smell the perfume ______________ flowers, taste ______________ relish each morsel, as if

tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.

3. At midnight, permanent night would close ______________ me again.

4. I should try to probe ______________ the soul of man ______________ his art.

5. If I am fortunate, I place my hand gently ______________ a small tree and feel the happy
quiver ______________ a bird ______________ full song.

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