Q3 of 20 Page 51

Add ‘un’ – to the words below to make their opposites. Then look up the meanings of the words you have formed in the dictionary.

1. identified ______________


2. controlled ______________


3. attended ______________


4. successful ______________


5. important ______________


6. educated ______________


7. interesting ______________


8. qualified ______________


9. trained ______________


10. answerable ______________

1. identified – unidentified


2. controlled – uncontrolled


3. attended – unattended


4. successful – unsuccessful


5. important – unimportant


6. educated – uneducated


7. interesting - uninteresting


8. qualified – unqualified


9. trained - untrained


10. Answerable – unanswerable


Meaning


1. unidentified – not recognized


2. uncontrolled – the loss of power to control a situation or certain things


3. unattended – not noticed or looked after


4. unsuccessful – the situation of failure


5. unimportant – the lack of value for something


6. uneducated – lack of literacy i.e. the basic level of learning to read and write


7. uninteresting – something boring in nature


8. unqualified – not fit for a particular task


9. untrained – not enough experience


10. unanswerable – the inability to be answerable to a particular cause


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1

Match the following































1. unprecedented space tragedy



● something that causes feelings of respect and wonder



2. certified flight instructor



● having knowledge of a wide variety of subjects



3. space mission



● nowadays, in these times



4. super specialization



● a set of jobs to be done in space by a group



5. encyclopedic knowledge



● a person with the correct qualification to teach people to fly planes



6. awe-inspiring



● a sad accident of a kind that has never happened before in space



7. in this age



● great expertise in a limited field or a particular subject


 2

Use these phrases in sentences of your own, after finding out their meanings:

1. broke apart


2. streaked over


3. spread across


4. lifted off


5. blast off


6. went on


7. cheered along


8. on board


9. carry on

 1

In her message to students of her college, Kalpana Chawla said, “May you have the vision to find the path from dreams to success … Wishing you a great journey.”

Form pairs. Use “May you …” and “I wish you / Wishing you” to wish your partner good luck and success in


(i) a sports event,


(ii) a quiz or a completion, and


(iii) a test or examination.


Be sure to thank your partner when she/he wishes you in turn. You may also look up a telephone directory, or go to a post office, and get a list in English and Hindi of standard phrases that can be sent in greeting telegrams anywhere in India. Discuss which of these you might use, and when. Compare the English and Hindi phrases for expressing good wishes. Do you know such phrases in any other language?

 1

Do you have a ‘dream’, or something you very much wish to do? Write a paragraph saying what you want or wish to do. Then say (in another paragraph) how you think you can make your dream come true.