EXERCISE 10
Choose the correct word out of those in brackets.
- I am (averse/adverse) to smoking.
- He is wearing (canvas/canvass) shoes.
- Mohan is a rich man. Ile passes a (descent/ decent) life.
- The (decent/descent) from the hill was easy.
- He is an (officious/official). He keeps interfering in my matters.
- The train was not moving. It was (stationary/ stationery).
- He (defied/deified) the authority of the Principal and broke the rule.
- The (root/route) to our college is very long.
- During my (vacations/vocations), I will go to Shimla.
- The (naughty/knotty) student was punished by the teacher.
ANS.
- averse
- Â canvas
- decent
- Â decent
- officious
- Â stationary
- defied
- Â route
- vacations
- Â naughty.
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EXERCISE 11
Choose the correct word out of those in brackets :
- His father is a (cook/cooker) in a big hotel.
- His service is (temporary/temporal).
- He is very (particular/peculiar) about having a bath in the evening.
- The (principle/principal) of this college is a scholar.
- He was (wondering/wandering) in a lonely area.
- He lives on the third (storey/story) of the building.
- He uses expensive (stationery/stationary) for writing letters.
- Her (ant/aunt) is a rich lady.
- He was sitting (besides/ beside) his father.
- She (dies/dyes) her hair.
ANS.
- cook
- Â temporary
- particular
- Â principal
- wandering
- Â storey
- stationery
- Â aunt
- beside
- Â dyes.
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