NCERT Solutions for Tea from Assam (Glimpses of India) Class 10 First Flight English

Look at these words: upkeep, downpour, undergo, dropout, walk-in. They are built up from a verb (keep, pour, go, drop, walk) and an adverb or a particle (up, down, under, out, in).
Use these words appropriately in the sentences below. You may consult a dictionary.

(i) A heavy _______ has been forecast due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

(ii) Rakesh will _______major surgery tomorrow morning.

(iii) My brother is responsible for the _______of our family property.

(iv) The _______rate for this accountancy course is very high.

(v) She went to the Enterprise Company to attend a ______ interview.

Now fill in the blanks in the sentences given below by combining the verb given in brackets with one of the words from the box as appropriate.

(i) The Army attempted unsuccessfully to _______ the government. (throw)

(ii) Scientists are on the brink of a major _______in cancer research. (break)

(iii) The State Government plans to build a _______for Bhubaneswar to speed up traffic on the main highway. (pass)

(iv) Gautama’s _______on life changed when he realised that the world is full of sorrow. (look)

(v) Rakesh seemed unusually _____ after the game. (cast)

Think of suitable −ing or −ed adjectives to answer the following questions.

How would you describe

(i) a good detective serial on television? ______

(ii) a debate on your favourite topic ‘Homework Should Be Banned’?_____

(iii) how you feel when you stay indoors due to incessant rain?_____

(iv) how you feel when you open a present? ______

(v) how you feel when you watch your favourite programme on television?______

(vi) the look on your mother’s face as you waited in a queue? ______

(vii) how you feel when tracking a tiger in a tiger reserve forest? ______

(viii) the story you have recently read, or a film you have seen? ______