Commonly Confused Words (Part-2) - English Vocabulary (#EnglishVocabulary)(#eduvictors)

Commonly Confused Words 

(Part-2)

English Vocabulary 

Hope you have read and liked the Part-1 post. Here is another list of the most common confusing words.

All right, Alright

All right is the correct form, it means 'in a satisfactory manner' or 'fairly well'

Alright is grammatically incorrect, often used in informal communication.

English Vocabulary - Commonly Confused Words (Part-1)(#eduvictors)(#cbsenotes)

Commonly Confused Words 

(Part-1)

English Vocabulary 

English is full of words. There are words that sound similar pronunciations but have different meanings or grammatical functions. Here is a list of common confusables:

Accede, Exceed
Accede means to agree or to allow
Exceed means to go beyond, to surpass

CBSE Class 10 - English - Footprints without Feet – Chapter 6 - The Making of a Scientist (Questions and Answers) (#class10English)(#eduvictors)

Chapter 6 - The Making of a Scientist 

(Questions and Answers)

Class 10 - English - Footprints without Feet

Q1: How did Ebright’s mother help him?

Answer: Ebright’s mother was a great help to him. She always encouraged his interest in learning and exploring more. She took him out on trips. In fact, she also bought him a telescope, a microscope, cameras, mounting materials and other equipment that helped him in many ways.

Q2: How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

Answer: Richard Ebright had a great interest in collecting butterflies. By the time he was in the second grade, he had collected all the twenty-five species of butterflies around his home town. He might stop collecting butterflies, at that age his mom gave him a book known as “The Travels of Monarch X’. This book told him about the migration of monarch butterflies to Central America. This book aroused his interest in Monarch butterflies and opened the world of science to him. This proved to be turning point young Richard Ebright life. He started to raise Monarch butterflies in the basement of his home, and study them in different life phases of their development.

CBSE Class 10 - English Term-I Sample Question Paper (Set-2) (2019-20) (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 10 - English
 Term-I Sample Question Paper (Set-2)
 (2019-20) 

Getting good marks is very important for students of class 10. For this one must practice and attempt sample question papers within time limits.

Here follows a sample question paper on English subject to assess your knowledge about the subject.

For studying you may refer following help guides:

1. All in One English Language & Literature Guide (2019-20)

2. Full Marks - Class 10 English (Language and Literature) 2019 

CBSE Class 10 - English Term-I Sample Question Paper (Set-1) (2019-20) (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 10 - English
 Term-I Sample Question Paper (Set-1)
 (2019-20) 

Getting good marks is very important for students of class 10. For this one must practice and attempt sample question papers within time limits.

Here follows a sample question paper on English subject to assess your knowledge about the subject.

For studying you may refer following help guides:

1. All in One English Language & Literature Guide (2019-20)

2. Full Marks - Class 10 English (Language and Literature) 2019 

CBSE Class 9- 10 - English Writing Skills - Figures of Speech (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

Figures of Speech

English Writing Skills

A figure of Speech, word or group of words used to give particular emphasis to an idea or sentiment. The special emphasis is typically accomplished by the user's conscious deviation from the strictly literal sense of a word, or from the more commonly used form of word order or sentence construction. From ancient times to the present, such figurative locutions have been extensively employed by orators and writers to strengthen and embellish their styles of speech and composition. A number of the more widely used figures of speech, some of which are also called tropes, follow. 

Anticlimax:

Anticlimax, a sequence of ideas that abruptly diminish in dignity or importance at the end of a sentence or passage, generally for satirical effect. The following sentence contains an illustration of anticlimax: 

“Among the great achievements of Benito Mussolini's regime were the revival of a strong national consciousness, the expansion of the Italian Empire, and the running of the trains on time.” (Compare with the climax, below.) 

Antithesis:

Antithesis, a juxtaposition of two words, phrases, clauses, or sentences contrasted or opposed in meaning in such a way as to give emphasis to contrasting ideas. 

An example of antithesis is the following line by the English poet Alexander Pope: “To err is human, to forgive divine.” 

CBSE Class 10 - English Grammar - Editing Exercise - 6 (#class10English)(#eduvictors)(#cbsenotes)

English Grammar - Editing Exercise

Class 10 - English

The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. The incorrect line has been underlined. Replace the underlined word choosing the most appropriate option from those given below.

Exercise:
Gandhiji was a prolific writer who (a) spend several hours (b) in day writing. He (c) writes for the journals, he edited. He wrote letters, speeches (d) with reports. He used the print medium (e) for spread his message. His personal (f) letter were even more powerful. He used (g) a powerful medium to reinforce his views (h) for life.

CBSE Class 10 - English (Lit.) - First flight – Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying (Q and A)(#class10EnglishNotes)(#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

Class 10 - English - First flight – Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying 

(Q and A)

First Story: His First Flight

Q1: Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?

Answer: The younger seagull was afraid to fly as it changed into its first flight. It is a known fact that doing something for the first time is hard. Consequently, all younger birds must be afraid to make their first flights. Further, a human child would additionally find it challenging to take its first step.


Q2:  “The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly? 

CBSE Class 9 and 10: English (Language & Literature) Curriculum 2019-20 (#cbsesyllabus)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 9 and 10: English (Language & Literature) Curriculum 2019-20 

The annual board examination will be of 80 marks, with a duration of three hours. There will be internal assessment for 20 Marks.

Internal choice will be there in question papers.


Here is the revised syllabus:

CBSE Class 10 - English Grammar - Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns(#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 10 - English Grammar - Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns

Look at the following sentences:

1. The house we moved into is absolutely beautiful.

2. All morning Lencho — who knew his fields intimately — looked at the sky.

3. The woman, who was preparing supper, replied, "Yes, God willing".

The italicised part gives non-essential information about a person or thing are called relative clauses. The words 'Who', 'which' and 'that' as subjects of a relative clause are relative pronouns.

Broadly there are two types of relative clauses:

1. Defining or identifying clause.

If we remove relative clause, meaning of the sentence changes significantly.

e.g. The woman who visited me in the hospital was very kind. 

 The woman was very kind. (removing relative clause changes context significantly.)

English Grammar Check - Common Errors in Adverb Usage (#eduvictors)(#cbsenotes)

English Grammar Check - Common Errors in Adverbs Usage

Adverbs typically modify verbs and other categories except nouns, especially adjectives and adverbs. Adverbs can be single words, phrases or clauses.

Read the following sentences carefully, each has adverb related error(s). Identify the error(s) and write the correct sentence.


1. You write beautiful.

2. He was too healthy.

CBSE Class 10 - English Language and Literature - First Flight - A Letter to God (Questions and Answers)(#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

A Letter to God 

Chapter Q & A

Author: G.L.Fuentes

Q1: What did Lencho hope for?

Answer: Lencho hoped for rains as the only thing that his field of ripe corn needed was a shower.

Q2: Why did Lencho say the raindrops were like ‘new coins’?

Answer: Lencho’s crops were ready for harvest. As raindrops might have helped in getting a better harvest, resulting in greater prosperity, so Lencho compared them with new coins.

Q3: How did the rain change? What happened to Lencho’s fields?

Answer: While the rain was pouring down, a robust wind began to blow and really huge hailstones started to fall along with the rain. All the crop in Lencho’s fields got destroyed.

English Grammar Check: Common Errors in Adjectives(#englishgrammar)(#eduvictors)

English Grammar Check
Common Errors in Adjectives

Qualifying words known as adjectives. 

Following sentences have adjective related errors. Identify the error(s) and write the correct sentence.

1. I have any milk.

2. He is wiser than his brother.

3. He is wiser than shrewd.

4. Any Ms Nitika is waiting for you.

5. My sister is elder than me.

English Grammar - Sentence Correction - Pronoun Related Errors (#eduvictors)(#cbseclass10)

English Grammar Check: Common Errors in English (Pronouns)

A Pronoun is a word used in place of a Noun.  

Following sentences have pronoun related errors. Identify the error(s) and write the correct sentence.

1. Him went to Mumbai last week.


2. You and he were good friends.


3. Nikita and me go to walk everyday.


4. You, him and me are very fast friends.

Sentence Correction - Noun Errors(#englishgrammar)(#eduvictors)

Sentence Correction - Noun Errors

Common Errors In English

Question: Following sentences have noun related errors. Identify the error(s) and write the correct sentence.

1. This five rupees note is a soiled one.

2. Riches have wings.

3. A large number of the fishes died due to water pollution.

4. The sceneries of Kashmir are charming.

CBSE Class 10 - English (Comm.) Pre-Board Sample Question Paper (Set-2) (2018-19) (#cbsepapers)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 10 - English (Comm.)
 Pre-Board Sample Question Paper (Set-2)
 (2018-19) 

Getting good marks is very important for students of class 10. For this one must practice and attempt sample question papers within time limits.

Here follows a sample question paper on English subject to assess your knowledge about the subject.

For studying you may refer following help guides:

1. CBSE Sample Question Papers (March 2019) available at Amazon 

2. Arihant 15 Sample Question Papers English Communicative 

CBSE Class 6 - 8 - English Grammar - Kinds of Verbs (Transitive and Intransitive)(#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

Kinds of Verbs (Transitive and Intransitive)

English Grammar

There are two kinds of a verb:
1. Transitive Verb
2. Intransitive Verb


1. Transitive Verb
A verb requires an object after it completes its sense is called a transitive verb. Transitive verb needs object otherwise the sentence does not make any sense.

e.g. The man killed a tiger.

Here the verb 'kill' is transitive. Its object is 'tiger'. Without an object, the sentence seems incomplete.

CBSE CLASS 10 - ENGLISH (C) - FROG AND THE NIGHTINGALE - POEM SUMMARY (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

FROG AND THE NIGHTINGALE

POEM SUMMARY 

Poet: Vikram Seth (written in 1994)

ABOUT THE POEM

Here is a very witty and highly satiric poem based on a very simple parable. The meaning of the poem is very simple seen through symbols. A simple-hearted, sweet-tongued, low abiding and innocuous bird in the nightingale is deceptively ‘murdered’ by a crafty, clever, wily, manipulating and ugly-looking frog simply because she has dared to threaten its supremacy in Bingle Bog. The poem reeks with political connotation and brings forth how those in the upper hierarchy of power murder those who dare oppose them. Strangle the ploys used against them are so foolproof that they get absolved of any trace of responsibility. The vocabulary in the poem is highly suggestive and musical.

SUMMARY

CBSE Class 10 - English Pre-Board Sample Question Paper (2018-19)(#cbsepapers)(#eduvictors)

CBSE Class 10 - English
 Pre-Board Sample Question Paper (2018-19)

Class 10 English syllabus lays emphasis on providing a variety of rich, comprehensible inputs to learners to enable their engagement in learning; and on recognising the multilingualism of everyday experience in India.

It offers you with texts in a selection of genres, along with the diary, the formal address, the travelogue, and the play, on literary, cultural and sociological topics that touch upon elements of lifestyles applicable to kids.

Here follows a sample question paper on English subject to assess your knowledge about the subject.

CBSE Class 6-10 : English Grammar Worksheet - Pronouns (#cbsenotes)(#eduvictors)

 English Grammar Worksheet

A Pronoun is a word used in stead of a noun: as, The boy loves __his__ book;he has long lessons. Pronouns are substitutes for names, or nouns; but they sometimes represent sentences. Here is a worksheet on usage of pronouns in sentences.

Question: Read the passage carefully and fill the blanks with suitable pronouns by replacing the underlined words. 

Everybody knows the story of Ekalavya. The story tells people about the great respect that an ordinary tribal boy had for (Ekalavya's) __a___ guru Dronacharya. When Drona refuses to teach (Ekalavya) __b_____ archery. Ekalavya ___c____ makes a clay image of (Drona) ____d_____ guru.

When Drona comes to know about this. (Drona) ___e_____ demands Ekalavya's right thumb as gurudakshina. Ekalavya immediately draws (Ekalavya's) _____f______ sword, cuts off (Ekalavya's) ___g______ right thumb and offers (Ekalavya's thumb) ____h_____ to Drona. Such was (Ekalavya's) ___i_____ love and respect for (Ekalavya's) __j___ guru.

Today in India, gurus are treated with absolute respect. In the field of music and dance, (gurus) __k_____ are treated almost like Gods! Pupils sometimes live with (pupils) ___l_____  gurus and attend (guru's) ___m____ needs. (The pupils) ___n_____ serve them in various ways. In return the gurus teach the sishyas all (the gurus) ____o____ know. (The gurus) ____p_____ feel proud when (the gurus') ___q_____ disciples achieve fame and success. The gurursishya relationship is marked by love, devotion and loyalty.

Answers: