English Exercise FEG-1 (Unit-II)

Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with suitable words out of those given in brackets:
i) a) Children in this orphanage are happy because they are well......................
    b) Many trees in the jungles are now......................... by the Forest Department.
                                                                                                 (preserved, looked after)

ii) a) Smoking in cinema halls is..............................
     b) We are............................to speak loudly in the library.
                                                                                                (prohibited, forbidden)
iii) a) Many trees in the forests have been...............................
      b) Standards of morality have ...........................
                                                                                                (destroyed deteriorated)
iv) a) We............................reading stories.
      b) It is a...............................walking in the hills.
                                                                                                (pleasure, enjoy)
v) a)They spent a lot of money on their daughter's wedding, so their bank balance has now been...........................
    b) Mr. Lal has been unemployed for four years now. He and his family are quite............................
                                                                                                (impoverished, depleted)

Answers to Exercises

Exercise 1
i ) a) looked after; b) preserved
ii) a) prohibited; b) forbidden
iii) a) destroyed; b) deteriorated
iv) a) enjoy; b) pleasure
v) a) depleted; b) impoverished




Exercise 2
Use the following words in sentences. Use the dictionary, if necessary. (A good one is
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.)

i) empty, vacant
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

ii) environment, neighborhood
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

iii) employment, job
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

iv) clean, pure

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Answers to Exercises

Exercise 2

i) This ink bottle is empty. I must buy another one.
    The post of principal at this college has been vacant for some time.
ii) A man's character is influenced by his environment.
     There are some very friendly people in our neighborhood.
iii) A large number of educated people in India cannot get suitable employment.
      If you do not like your present job, try to find another one.
iv) To avoid disease, we should keep our environment clean.
      The air in our cities is not pure, because the trucks, buses, cars, and scooters give out a lot of smoke.

 

Exercise 3

Fill in the blanks with the correct present tense forms of the verbs given below:
1 Animal lovers...............to find a shelter for injured animals.
2 There...............a number of good schools in this city.
3 What we...............is a sound philosophy of education.
4 You...............advised not to be too generous with your sentiments.
5 He.............. .no English.
6 He...............more time in India than anywhere else in the world.
7 Faith, they............,can move mountains.
8 They...............here to satisfy their curiosity.
9 He...............to come here as a guest.
10 My watch...............the date as well as the time. The date...............automatically at midnight.
(say, show, come, be, change, need, try, want, spend, speak)

Answers to Exercises

Exercise 3

1 try

2 are

3 need

4 are

5 speaks

6 spends

7 say

8 are/come

9 wants

10 shows, changes


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