Grade 10_Unit 5_Inventions

Find out the synonym of the underlined word from the options below.

They try to imitate the wing and shape of animals in nature to produce parts of vehicles.

• copy

• paste

• irritate

• irrigate

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In order to be taken away and used everywhere, modern inventions have a tendency to be small and _______.

• portable

• import

• coastal

• airport

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The general opinion was that the suits were too big and taking up too much space in the cramped confines of the aircraft.

• bulky

• heavy

• small

• convenient

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The building's foundations are rather shaky, and it could collapse at any time.

• fall down

• fall away

• fall back

• fall about

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I had to buy a new washing machine as it would not have been ______ to get it repaired.

• economical

• economy

• economic

• economically

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She designs her own ______ using woodblocks and stencils to create patterns on the material.

• fabrics

• clothings

• clothes

• dresses

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The charity will go under unless a _______ donor can be found within the next few months.

• generous

• generously

• generosity

• overgenerous

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He drew much ______ from art produced by children and by primitive cultures.

• inspiration

• inspire

• inspirational

• inspired

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In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a _______ on an apparatus for signaling and communicating called a Photophone.

• patent

• talent

• prize

• present

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The machine works according to the ______ of electromagnetic conduction.

• principle

• principal

• regulation

• instruction