ENGLISH MONTHLY EXAM - GRADE X

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words : The young seagull was alone on his ledge.

• a) shelf

• b) floor

• c) tree

• d) nest

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words :

As father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly.

• a) gainly

• b) loudly

• c) showed

• d) chilly

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words :

His old brother catch his first herring and devour it.

• a) favour

• b) cover

• c) eat

• d) swallow

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words : Mother made one of her quick incomparable decisions.

• a) clumsy

• b) fast

• c) idle

• d) slow

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words : She flung up a window of her bed room.

• a) faced

• b) caught

• c) threw

• d) cast

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words :

She picked up a shoe, and whammed it through a pane of glass.

• a) tap slightly

• b)push roughly

• c) struck forcibly

• d) pull violently

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words : She screamed back mockingly.

• a) disrespectfully

• b)ridiculously

• c) respectfully

• d) happily

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words :

He kept calling plaintively.

• a) sadly

• b)cheerfully

• c) sorrowfully

• d) loudly

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words :

He uttered a joyful scream.

• a) expressed

• b) articulated

• c) suppressed

• d) emitted

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words :

He uttered a joyful scream.

• a) sorrowful

• b) cheerful

• c) happiness

• d) graceful