Class 10 English: Vocabulary important questions
Vocabulary is a chapter of Class 10 English for the Andhra Pradesh State Board. These 39 questions are marked Very Important, Important or Practice, and each answer has been checked by our team. Use them to revise, not as a prediction of what will come in the exam.
Important · 4 marks
1. Write synonyms of the underlined words, choosing from the box: challenge, conquer, success, suffering, patience. "I have seen men stand up to attacks and (a) torture without breaking, showing a strength and (b) resilience that (c) defies the imagination. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the (d) triumph over it."
a) torture: suffering b) resilience: patience c) defies: challenge(s) d) triumph: success
Important · 4 marks
2. Write antonyms of the underlined words: "With a (a) loud scream he fell (b) outwards and downwards into space. Then a (c) monstrous terror seized him and his heart stood (d) still."
a) loud: soft (or quiet) b) outwards: inwards c) monstrous: tiny (or small) d) still: moving
Important · 2 marks
3. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in brackets: As ripe fruits are early in ___ (a) (danger, dangerous, endangered) of falling, so ___ (b) (mortality, mortally, mortals) when born are always in danger of death.
a) danger b) mortals
Important · 2 marks
4. Complete the words with the correct prefix or suffix from the brackets: i) The statement is completely ___logical. (in, il) ii) At first, Kisa Gotami was happy about the procure___ of mustard seeds. (tion, ment)
i) illogical ii) procurement
Important · 2 marks
5. Find the wrongly spelt word in each set and write the correct spelling: i) overwhelmming, torture, fascinate, calculated ii) shuffled, miserable, offisial, admiration
i) overwhelming ii) official
Important · 2 marks
6. Dictionary entry: hostile /ˈhɒstaɪl/ adjective — showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly; of or belonging to a military enemy; opposed. Noun: hostility. i) What is the part of speech of 'hostile'? ii) What is its noun form?
i) Adjective. ii) hostility
Important · 2 marks
7. Use these expressions in sentences of your own: i) Phrasal verb: come across ii) Idiomatic expression: keep going
i) While cleaning the cupboard, I came across an old photograph of my grandparents. ii) The race was tiring, but the coach told us to keep going until the finish line.
Important · 4 marks
8. Write synonyms of the underlined words, choosing from the box: adorned, viewed, appear like, huge, differ. "With a satisfied expression, Lencho (a) regarded the field of ripe corn with its flowers, (b) draped in a curtain of rain. But suddenly a strong wind began to blow and along with the rain (c) very large hailstones began to fall. These truly did (d) resemble new silver coins."
a) regarded: viewed b) draped: adorned c) very large: huge d) resemble: appear like
Important · 4 marks
9. Write antonyms of the underlined words: "Let me put it more (a) clearly, since no one will (b) believe that a thirteen-year-old girl is (c) completely alone in the world. And I'm not. I have (d) loving parents and a sixteen-year-old sister."
a) clearly: vaguely (or unclearly) b) believe: disbelieve (or doubt) c) completely: partly (or partially) d) loving: unloving (or uncaring)
Important · 2 marks
10. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in brackets: On the day of ___ (a) (inauguration, inaugural, inaugurated), I was overwhelmed with a ___ (b) (sensitive, sensible, sense) of history.
a) inauguration b) sense
Important · 2 marks
11. Complete the words with the correct prefix or suffix from the brackets: i) I am ___aware of the facts in this document. (un, in) ii) The night was a sorrow___ one. (ful, fully)
i) unaware ii) sorrowful
Important · 2 marks
12. Find the wrongly spelt word in each set and write the correct spelling: i) vanish, mouldar, furnace, baker ii) martial, rejiment, valour, licence
i) moulder ii) regiment
Important · 2 marks
13. Dictionary entry: canopy /ˈkænəpi/ n, plural canopies — 1. a cloth cover fixed above a bed or seat as decoration or shelter; 2. the leaves and branches of trees forming a kind of roof in a forest; 3. (literary) something that spreads above you like a roof: a canopy of twinkling stars. canopied adj. i) What is the part of speech of 'canopy'? ii) What is its plural form?
i) Noun. ii) canopies
Important · 2 marks
14. Use these expressions in sentences of your own: i) Phrasal verb: make up for ii) Idiomatic expression: caught my eye
i) He worked extra hours on Sunday to make up for the time he had lost. ii) A bright red kite in the sky caught my eye.
Important · 2 marks
15. Match: i) ramble on ii) calm down iii) kept back iv) right away a) immediately b) withdraw (hold back) c) speak without focus d) remain quiet
i) – c, ii) – d, iii) – b, iv) – a
Important · 4 marks
16. Write synonyms of the underlined words, choosing from the box: ownership, country, well-known, strange, criminals, honour. "We, who were (a) outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare (b) privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all our (c) distinguished guests for having come to take (d) possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
a) outlaws: criminals b) privilege: honour c) distinguished: well-known d) possession: ownership
Important · 4 marks
17. Write antonyms of the underlined words: "Maybe it's my (a) fault that we don't (b) confide in each other. In any case, that's just how things are, and unfortunately they're not (c) liable to change. To (d) enhance the image of this long-awaited friend in my imagination, I don't want to jot down the facts in this diary."
a) fault: merit (or credit) b) confide: distrust (or hide) c) liable: unlikely d) enhance: reduce (or diminish)
Important · 2 marks
18. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in brackets: The days passed ___ (a) (peace, peaceful, peacefully) at Basra, but I dreaded the prospect of ___ (b) (transport, transporting, transportation) Mij to England.
a) peacefully b) transporting
Important · 2 marks
19. Complete the words with the correct prefix or suffix from the brackets: i) In this valley of desolation there is a path that leads to ___mortality. (im, in) ii) Kisa Gotami became weary and hope___. (les / less)
i) immortality ii) hopeless
Important · 2 marks
20. Find the wrongly spelt word in each set and write the correct spelling: i) scriptures, befitted, royelty, shielded ii) funeral, procession, enlighten, witnesed
i) royalty ii) witnessed
Important · 2 marks
21. Dictionary entry: solitary (adjective) — 1. being, living or existing alone, without companions; 2. isolated or remote from others. Synonyms: alone, lone, lonesome, unaccompanied, isolated. Antonyms: social, gregarious, accompanied, crowded. i) Write two synonyms of 'solitary'. ii) Write one definition of 'solitary'.
i) alone, isolated (also lone, lonesome, unaccompanied) ii) Being, living or existing alone, without companions.
Important · 2 marks
22. Use these expressions in sentences of your own: i) Phrasal verb: hand in ii) Idiomatic expression: earning my keep
i) Please hand in your science records by Friday. ii) While I stayed at my uncle's farm, I helped feed the cattle to earn my keep.
Important · 2 marks
23. Match: i) homesick ii) law-abiding iii) heartbreaking iv) blockhead a) obeying and respecting the law b) an informal word for a very stupid person c) missing home and family very much d) producing great sadness
i) – c, ii) – a, iii) – d, iv) – b
Important · 4 marks
24. Write synonyms of the underlined words, choosing from the box: sorrow, unavoidable, went around, deeply affected, suffering, happiness. "Kisa Gotami, (a) overwhelmed with grief, went from house to house in search of medicine. The Buddha, seeing her (b) misery, advised her to bring a mustard seed from a house untouched by death. She (c) wandered through the village, but every family had suffered loss. At last, she realised that life is brief and death is (d) inevitable."
a) overwhelmed: deeply affected b) misery: suffering c) wandered: went around d) inevitable: unavoidable
Important · 4 marks
25. Write antonyms of the underlined words: "Lencho, a farmer, had (a) full confidence in God. He believed that the rain would bring him a (b) good harvest. But soon a violent storm (c) destroyed his crops completely. Despite his loss, he remained (d) hopeful and wrote a letter to God asking for help."
a) full: empty (or little) b) good: bad (or poor) c) destroyed: created (or protected) d) hopeful: hopeless
Important · 2 marks
26. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in brackets: The young seagull felt the power of his wings and the joy of ___ (a) (freedom, freely, free). He soared ___ (b) (high, highly, higher) above the sea.
a) freedom b) high
Important · 2 marks
27. Complete the words with the correct prefix or suffix from the brackets: i) It was ___possible (im, in) for him to gather together the hundred pesos. ii) The lady must prepare sandwiches on the occasion of her daughter's engage___ (ment, ing).
i) impossible ii) engagement
Important · 2 marks
28. Find the wrongly spelt word in each set and write the correct spelling: i) domination, inagaration, apartheid, formation ii) amiable, initimatly, daybreak, decision
i) inauguration ii) intimately
Important · 2 marks
29. Dictionary entry: derisively /adverb/ — 1: in a manner expressing contempt or ridicule; 2: mockingly or scornfully, with the intent to belittle. Synonyms: mockingly, scornfully, disdainfully. Antonyms: respectfully, courteously, kindly. i) What part of speech is 'derisively'? ii) What does 'derisively' mean?
i) An adverb. ii) In a manner expressing contempt or ridicule; mockingly or scornfully.
Important · 2 marks
30. Use these expressions in sentences of your own: i) Phrasal verb: plunge in ii) Idiomatic expression: for ages
i) When the teacher gave us the project, Ravi plunged in at once and started collecting information. ii) I met my school friend yesterday after ages; we had not seen each other for ages.
Important · 2 marks
31. Match: i) plunge in ii) fly high iii) calm down iv) hand in a) submit an assignment to an authority b) go straight to the topic c) be successful d) make or remain quiet
i) – b, ii) – c, iii) – d, iv) – a
Important · 4 marks
32. Write synonyms of the underlined words, choosing from the box: despair, creature, taught, morality, started, sunrise. "All through the night, Lencho thought only of his one hope: the help of God, whose eyes, as he had been (a) instructed, see everything, even what is deep in one's (b) conscience. The following Sunday, at (c) daybreak, he (d) began to write a letter to God."
a) instructed: taught b) conscience: morality c) daybreak: sunrise d) began: started
Important · 4 marks
33. Write antonyms of the underlined words: "It was (a) impossible for him to (b) gather (c) together the hundred pesos, so he was (d) able to send the farmer only a little more than half."
a) impossible: possible b) gather: scatter (or disperse) c) together: apart (or separately) d) able: unable
Important · 2 marks
34. Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words in brackets: I have seen men stand up to attack and torture without breaking, showing a ___ (a) (strong/strongly/strength) and resilience that defies the ___ (b) (imagine/imaginative/imagination).
a) strength b) imagination
Important · 2 marks
35. Complete the words with the correct suffix from the brackets: i) Teachers are the most unpredict___ (eble/able). ii) I knew the oppres___ (sor/or) must be liberated.
i) unpredictable ii) oppressor
Important · 2 marks
36. Find the wrongly spelt word in each set and write the correct spelling: i) locust, plague, sorrowfull, hungry ii) expresion, suddenly, strong, resemble
i) sorrowful ii) expression
Important · 2 marks
37. Dictionary entry: indivisible /ˌɪndɪˈvɪzəbl/ (adj) — that cannot be divided into separate parts. Opposite: divisible. Noun: indivisibility. Adverb: indivisibly. i) What is the opposite of 'indivisible'? ii) What is the noun form of 'indivisible'?
i) divisible ii) indivisibility
Important · 2 marks
38. Use these expressions in sentences of your own: i) Phrasal verb: put out ii) Idiomatic expression: caught my eye
i) The firefighters put out the fire within an hour. ii) A beautiful painting of the sea caught my eye at the exhibition.
Important · 2 marks
39. Match: i) hand in ii) break down iii) check in iv) walk away a) leave or abandon a situation b) register or confirm arrival c) fail to function or collapse d) submit or deliver something
i) – d, ii) – c, iii) – b, iv) – a
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