12 english study guid [8220400943 ] Paper : I [ccc] part : grammar & vocabulary , ERC , appreciation question assembly - meeting/gathering valour - bravery/courage/ strength captives - prisoners slew- killed reverence - homage entreat - appeal/request just- sinc legacy - earned property/gift vanquished - defeated censure - judge abide - hate valiant - brave vile - base sacred- holy patient - silent issue - children / result / / wit - intelligence ransom - money paid for the release of prisoners / fine rage- anger grievous - serious aroused - raised coffers - state treasury interred - buried resolved - informed pause - stop honourable – honest mourned -grieved Unit: 2. Text P: 70 & 71 crusader - fighter entourage - attendants/associates/assistants emerged – aros cultivate - develop destiny - fate consisted - composed construed - interpreted railty - weakness nectar - honey initiative - encouragement intuition - insight dormant - inactive ceaseless - untiring/endless Unit: 3. Text P: 115 awakened – aroused deterred - feared mythological- old/epical eventually - finally bizarre – unusual pursue - venturing- daring migrated – shift stranded - left alone/ unable to move consummate - complete retained - continued to possess Unit: 4. Text P: 164 - 166 censure (v) - criticize copious - plentiful/ abundant exuberance - lively/ high spirit/uncontrolled excitement perplexity - complication/confusion/disconcert repress - restrain disentangled - free from complication/ simplified/ unraveled suffrages - rights to vote animated - inspired / motivated ignoble - dishonorable/disgraceful seduce - tempt UNIT: 5. Text Page: 218 littered - scattered battered - thrashed vile - evil/bad petrified - immobile with fear [1] UNIT: 6. Text page: 272 [challenge coaching center .vkm. ] nigma – mystery serenely – calmly parched - dried teeming - abounding/swarmin fetched – brought nauseating - disgusting unheralded - unannounced accelerated - speeded harness - control stench - bad smell industrious - hard-working ANTONYMS [I ] empty x full sublime x low/base noble x mean-minded/ignoble agitated x calm broad x narrow selfish x generous rejoice x grieve/mourn sacred x impure/unholy patient x impatient offended x pleased vile x good rude x polite interred x exhumed dumb x talkative fleeting x permanent slow x fast methodical x random les- 2 ceaseless x tiresome domineering x submissive marvellous x ordinary subservient x helpful/dominant bestowed x denied/obtained patronizingxrenouncing advent x departure inconsistent x consistent dignity x indignity pertinent x impertinent frailty x strength radically x moderately UNIT: III proud x modest vanish x appear majestic x ordinary/humble frail x sturdy/strong fascinating x repulsive distraction x concentration remote x accessible/nearby retained x gave up abandoned x inhabited sturdy x weak shrouded x uncovered eventually x initially continuously x intermittently UNIT: IV exuberance x apathy tranquility xagitation copious x meager/scarce risible x serious obscure x clear/obvious disentangled x complicated accumulated x dispersed continually x slowly UNIT: V creator x destroyer interested x indifferent suspicious/doubtful despise x appreciate/love stupid x wise sullen x happy/cheerful/boisterous sacred x irreligious/unh UNIT: VI [ccc] ultimate x initial extinguished x lit liberal x conservative [2] cursedxblessed/praised trivial x vital/important/significant vocabulary [10×2=20 ] pluralism Singular ending Plural ending words - um, - on - a = Datum - Data, Criterion - Criteria - us - i = radius - radii, syllabus - syllabi - ch, - sh, - o, -s, - x, -z - es = axis - axes, analysis - analyses -a - ae = formula - formulae, amoeba - amoebae -ix, - ex - ices = matrix - matrices, index - indices - f, fe - ves= leaf – leaves, wife – wives EXCEPTIONAL WORDS foot - feet ,goose - geese ,child - children ,ox - oxen ,louse - lice mouse - mice ,man - men Plural unchanged ,deer - deer ,sheep - sheep ,series - series furniture - furniture syllabus = We should not follow different syllabi in schools radius-radii : I drew many circles of different radii datum - data : I collected the data. bacterium - bacteria = Bacteria cause fever. medium - media : There are several media for communication index – indexes = indexes are give the detail of the books child – children : I like children Idioms and phrases: 1. to be on cloud nine - to be extremely happy The winners are on cloud nine. 2. a yellow streak - being cowardice The soldier ran away with an yellow streak. 3. a shadow of one’s self - not having the strength He was a great actor but now he is only a shadow of his self. 4. at the end of one’s tether: to have no power He is at the end of his tether. 5. to give him a piece of one’s mind: to tell someone frankly when one disapproves of other’s The teacher gave me a piece of her mind. 6. at logger heads: to disagree strongly Bala and Rajan are at loggerheads now. 7. put on airs: to show unnatural behaviour to impress others The rich woman is putting on airs. [ccc] 8. in the pink: extremely healthy I am in the pink of my health. 9. a bolt from the blue: unexpected event / complete surprise [3] The death of the young man was a bolt from the blue. 10. honour bound: to do something as a moral duty We are honour bound to help the poor. a change of one’s heart: to transform for better The Bible calls for a change of one’s heart. Abbreviations and acronyms PC: Appas bought a Personal Computer. UPS: Uninterrupted Power Supply is a must for a computer. UGC: Arun works in University Grants Commission. Ltd: It is a private limited company. CPU: Central Processing Unit is the brain of the computer. NLC: Mathan works in Neyveli Lignite Corporation. LPG : We use Liquefied Petroleum Gas. CD : Ramki bought a Compact Disc. BBC : siva watch the British Broadcasting Corporation news. VCR : Kutty bought a Video Cassette Recorder. . WHO: Jothi & vengadesh work in the World Health Organisation. SARRC : Vimal attended the South Asian Association for Regional Co operation meeting. CAD : karthi,Ajith and maharaja learn Computer Aided Designing. TOEFL : Sudhan and densingh passed the Test of English as a Foreign Language. LASER : Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation is very useful in the medical field. VIBGYOR: The seven colours of the rainbow are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. RADAR : The Radio Detection And Ranging is a modern device. AIDS : challenge coaching center must fight against Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. ISRO : kasi, ramesh and saravanan work in Indian Space Research Organisation. GATE : vijay,raj and ganesh wrote the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. .NASA : kumar, surya and A.mani works in National Aeronautics Space Administration. ATM : There is an Automated Teller Machine near our school. Homophones and confusables. [ccc] I had no peace so he gave me a piece of advice. They had dates for dessert in the desert. [4] The most eminent scientist in the world has been warning about the imminent danger of war. The book which has been prescribed for the B.A. class has been proscribed for containing some remarks against a particular religion. The new principal is a man of principle. As he is industrious he became an industrial leader. When he became conscious his conscience pricked him. His hand writing is illegible yet he is eligible to run a race. . They sell all types of dry cell batteries. He noted about the dairy in his diary. My adopted son adapted himself to the new environment. The car loaded with stationery hit a stationary bus. In nations like India even populous leaders with mediocre caliber become popular. The army personnel cannot go on leave for their personal reason. All his attempts were in vain. He has given a vein injection. Though he lives in a populous city he is popular. He asked me to wait and know my weight. The man in the first storey of the building told me a story. The wound on his heel would heal soon. He came here to hear good news. He tried to steal some steel vessels. The nurse searched in vain to find the vein of the patient. He waited to see whether the weather would improve. He seized his son and the fight ceased. Challenge coaching center [v.k.m.] 8220400943 ] Blending word news + broadcast= newscast sumith watched the newscast 2 documentary + drama- docudrama m.selvam watched the docudrama. 3 melody + drama = melodrama s.raj watched the melodrama yesterday 4 television + broadcast - telecast karan and vijay watched the telecast 5 education+entertainment - edutainment selvam watched the edutainment 6 education + satellite edusat = Edusat is very useful for students. 7 international + police = interpol The interpol arrested the criminal. 8 travel + catalogue = travelogue kannan wrote the travelogue. 9 electro + execute = electrocute Hari was electrocuted by a short circuit. 10 helicopter + airport = heliport There is a heliport in coimbatore. 11 motorway + hotel = motel senthii and ajay stopped at the motel for lunch. 12 smoke + = The smog delayed our journey. 13 lecture + demonstration= Our teacher Ishwarya gave us a lecdem. 14 medical + care = medicare Medicare is useful. 15 breakfast + lunch = rajesh take my brunch at school. 16 vegetable +hamburger = suresh like vegeburger 17 technology + wizard = mohamad is a technowizard si - mul - ta - ne – ous ,stu – pid mag - ni - fi – cent con - fi - dence ba - na – na ac - ci – dent pre-si-dent fan - tas – tic fa - ci - li - tate en - ter – tain do - mes – tic don – key de – tect daugh - ter de - mon –strate cu - cum - ber la - bo - ra – tory in - tel - li – gent ri - a – nism ar - gu - men - ta - tive par - ti - cu – lar dra - ma – tic ex - pres – sion as - so - ci - a - tion sta - tis – tics for - mi - da – ble ec - cen – tric as - tro - lo - gy ap - pa - ra – tus ex - ter - mi - na – tion in - sti - tu – tion ad - vant - age al - li - te - ra – tion com - pre - hen – sive in - spi - ra – tion bi - o - lo - gy Parts of the speech Equal: Jothi is not my equal. (Noun) ,Kuttywant an equal share in profit. (Adjective) Hope: Sudhan has no hope of recovery. (Noun) Siva hope to get first mark. (Verb Well: There is a well in our garden. (Noun) . Tears well in her eyes. (Verb) Old: mathan saw an old man. (Adjective) Old is gold. (Noun) : Fine: maha bought a fine necklace. (Adj) Ajith paid the fine. (Noun) Tear: Senthil shed tears. (Noun) Don’t tear the page. (Verb) help: karthi will not forget your help. (Noun Please help me to solve the problem. (Verb Address: can you give me your address[N ] k.selvam addressed the meeting
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