Chapter-wise Collection of Words and meaning of Grade XI ( First Part ) || New Syllabus

 

We have collected and presented here the Ways with words exercises from all Units of Grade XI Compulsory English section one: Language Development


This is the first part that contains from Unit 1 to Unit 10. For second part, click here.

 

Unit - 1                                      Education  and  Humanity  

A   A. Find the words from the text which mean the following:

a.      a. A messenger or representative, especially one on a diplomatic mission:   Envoy

b.     b. The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect:   Dignity

c.      c. Harm done to someone in response to harm: Revenge

d.     d. A person who holds extreme views in political or religious matters: Extremist

e.      e. Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others:   Compassion

f.       f. A person who is believed to speak for God :  Prophet

g.      g. The study of the nature of knowledge, reality and existence: Philosophy

h.     h. The use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage or destroy:  Violence

i.        i. An unreasonable dislike of a particular group of people or things: Prejudice  

 

B.     B. Match the following opposite meaning:

1.     i. Honor…………………….   Disgrace

2.     ii. Innocent………………….. Guilty

3.     iii. Brutality …………………  Kindness

4.     iv. Forgiveness………………  Punishment

5.     v. Illiteracy…………………… Literacy

 

 

Unit - 2                               Communication  

A.       Find the words for the following clues.

Down:

1. to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion = Obsess

3. to move slowly and quietly in a particular direction = Creep

4. orderly, logical and consistent = Coherent

 

Across:

2. to utter rapidly or unintelligibly = Babble

5. to insert something between other things = Intercore

6. an unreadable handwriting = Squiggle

 

 

Unit - 3                               Media   and  Society

A.  Find the words from the text that have the following meaning:

1.     A person or corporate website = Blog

2.     A job requiring expertise in a particular field = Profession

3.     A feeling of sadness = Disappointed

4.     Put under custody = Detained

5.     Found guilty = Convicted

6.     Breaking or disregarding rules or system = Violating

7.     Advance and disadvantage = Pros and cons

8.     A non–statutory monetary penalty = Amercement

 

 

Unit – 4                                          History  and  Culture

A.  Match the following words with their meanings:

1.     Brevity ………………….. Lasting only for a short time

2.     Conquest  ……………….. Victory over a place or people by use of military

3.     Resemblance ………………. The state of being alike

4.     Barbarian  …………………  A member of an uncivilized group

5.      Ally  …………………… One state united to another by a treaty or league for a military purpose

6.     Nobility  ………………. State of being noble in character

7.     Ruthlessness  ……………………… Character of having no pity or compassion

8.     Decimation ………………….. The killing or destruction of a large number of a population

9.     Harsh  …………………………….. Cruel

10. Elixir ………………………… Liquid that is believed to cure all ills

 

 

Unit – 5                                                     Life  and  love

A.        Match the following words with its meanings:

1.     Exhausted ………………. Tired

2.     Apparent  …………….. Clear

3.     Vista………………….. Vision

4.     Undulating ……………… Wavy

5.     Destined …………………. Predetermined

6.     Stuffy ……………………… Suffocating, airless

7.     Restrain …………………. Prevent, hinder

 

 

Unit – 6                                            Health  and  Exercise

A.          Write the corresponding words of the following definitions:

a.      In spite of what has just been said or referred to = Nevertheless

b.     A strong desire and impulse = Urges

c.      The ability to continue trying to do something, although it is very difficult = Determination

d.     To attract attention to or emphases something important = Highlighted

e.      Arguing about things that are not important = Bickering

f.       Not having things or conditions that are usually considered necessary = Innovation

g.      Continue to exist = Persist

h.     Soft loose flesh on a person body = Flab

i.        To improve or increase something = Boosts

j.        A limiting conditions on something = Restriction

 

 

     Unit - 7                                        Ecology  and  Development

A.           Match the following words with their meanings:

a.       Constituency ……………  Electoral district

b.     Pursue …………………. To follow in an effort to overtake or capture

c.      Infiltrate ……………………. To enter or gain access to an organization, place, etc. secretly and gradually

d.     Anatomy …………….. An art of studying the different parts of any organized body

e.      Subversive  …………… Seeking or intended to overthrow an established system or institute

f.       Nomadic ……………….. Living the life of roaming

 

 

   Unit - 8                                           Humour  and  Satire

A.         Match the following:

a.      Transcendental ………….. Spiritual, nonphysical or mystical

b.     Deplore ………………… To feel or express strong disapproval of something

c.      Absolve ………………. Set free from blame, Guilt or responsibility ;release

d.     Juju …………………. A claim or fetish used by some West African people

e.      Crude ……………. Natural state

f.       Chronicle ……………. a written record of the historical events

 

 

   Unit – 9                                               Democracy  and  Human  Rights

A.  Find the words to the following meanings:

a.     a.    The system that completely separated black people from white people :- Apartheid

b.     b.  Formal objection :- Protest

c.      c.  An ethical group of people :- Tribe

d.     d.  An act undertaken to achieve a set goal :- Campaign

e.      e.   The formal beginning of any movement :- Inauguration

f.       f.    A strong feeling of excitement and happiness :- Exhilaration

g.      g.     Being set free from legal, social, or political  :- Emancipation

 

 

   Unit - 10                                      Home  Life  and  Family  Relationship

A.        A. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word:

a.      All the effort to convince her for the tour were :- Futile

b.     The lost traveler huddled up under a shelter made of branches and leaves.

c.      Her Rude behavior was the main cause of irritation for him.

d.     She moved awkwardly in the room, thinking that I was watching.

e.      She is mumbling something, but I can’t hear her.

f.       When I met my sister after a long time, she talked to me in a grafting voice.

B.     B. Tick the correct words that are similar in the meaning to the underlined words

a.                 a.   Rupa studied science reluctantly due to her father’s pressure :-Unwillingly

b.               b.  She moved her finger exasperatedly through her hair :- Annoyingly

c.                c.  My grandmother is over eighty .She lifted her hands feebly :- Strongly

d.              d. She is wearing a tattered shawl :- Torn

e.              e.  I have to work at two jobs to make ends meet in this expensive city :-Earn just             enough money.

 

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