2nd PUC ENGLISH STREAMS WORKBOOK ANSWERS PAIRS OF WORDS

 

2nd PUC ENGLISH STREAMS WORKBOOK ANSWERS PAIRS OF WORDS

 

B. PAIRS OF WORDS

 

1) The police had to use tear gas in order to _________________ the mob

a. disburse           b. disperse

 

Ans: b. disperse

 

2)  The son asked for his parents’ _________________ for the marriage,

a. ascent               b. assent

 

Ans: b. assent

 

3) Why don’t you _________________ some money in a business venture?

a. divest               b. invest

 

Ans: b. invest

 

4) Chicken pox is _________________.

a. contagious       b. chronic

 

Ans: a. contagious

 

5) Suresh is _________________ to smoking.

a. devoted            b. addicted

 

Ans: b. addicted

 

6) The texture of the cloth is _________________.

a. coarse                b. course

 

Ans: a. coarse

 

 

7) Parents must regulate the _________________ of their children,

a. customs b. habits

 

Ans: b. habits

 

8) Can you read out the _________________ on the grave?

a. epitaph   b. epithet

 

Ans: a. epitaph

 

9) The cyclone _________________ without causing any catastrophe.

a. abetted   b. abated

 

Ans: b. abated

 

10) Columbus _________________ America.

a. discovered b. invented

 

Ans: a. discovered

 

11) This is a monument belonging to the _________________ period.

a. ancient   b. old.

 

Ans: a. ancient