KSEEB SSLC Class 10 English Reference Skills
KSEEB SSLC Class 10 English Reference Skills
Karnataka State Syllabus Class 10 English Reference Skills
Dictionary work:
Arrange the following words in the order in which they are put in a dictionary:
- crest, create, creep, credit
- house, hole, horse, hollow
- meet, media, medal, meek
- pale, pamper, palace, pan
- redial, reduce, redraw, redeem
- signature, sign, signify, signal
- streaming, streak, street, streamline
- tongue, tone, tonight, tonne
- victim, vicious, vice, vicinity
- workforce, workable, worker, workbook.
- polite, polish, police, pole.
- laminate, lamp, lamb, lament
- forbid, forget, follow, flourish.
- trend, tremor, train, trade.
Answers:
- create, credit, creep, crest
- hole, hollow, horse, house
- medal, media, meek, meet
- palace, pale, pamper, pan
- redeem, redial, redraw, reduce
- sign, signal, signature, signify
- streak, streaming, streamline, street
- tone, tongue, tonight, tonne
- vice, vicinity, vicious, victim
- workable, workbook, worker, workforce
- pole, police, polish, polite
- lamb, lament, laminate, lamp
- flourish, follow, forbid, forget
- trade, train, tremor, trend.
Types of Reference Material
- Atlas – contains maps
- Dictionary – contains spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of words
- Encyclopaedia – contains information about people, places, events, ideas, and things
- Thesaurus – contains synonyms and antonyms
Which reference would you use for the following?
- Learn more about the people of India
- Look up how to pronounce the word ‘signpost’
- Find other words that mean ‘run’
- Know more about Mahatma Gandhi
- Find the location of Bengaluru
- Find the countries that border China
- Find the meaning of the word “kindred’
- Learn more about seaweeds
- Find out how to pronounce the word ‘oxygen’
- Find information about George Washington
- To find the meaning of a word in a story
- When you want to find the antonym of a word
- Location of a place in a country
- Synonym of the word’depart’.
- Details about the main rivers of a country
- Meaning of the word‘Tempest’
- Correct spelling of the word ‘education’
- To know daily events.
Answers:
- Encyclopaedia
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Encyclopaedia
- Atlas
- Atlas
- Dictionary
- Encyclopaedia
- Dictionary
- Encyclopaedia
- Dictionary
- Thesaurus
- Atlas
- Thesaurus
- Encyclopaedia
- Dictionary
- Dictionary
- Newspaper.
Decoding messages:
Decode the following SMS messages into sentences:
- YRV here
- Do U wnt 2 cum along?
- How r u? I havnt cn U 4 ages
- sry i 4gt 2 call u
- hav U dn yor h/w?
- When r v gonna meet 4 dat work?
- That’s an aQr8 & balNsd RTcL
- Skools r off 2moro
- I h8 txt msgs.
- What ruup 2?
- lav 2 stay in 2 look after me bro
- We were gonna c a film. Dots G8.
- Im goin out w my bro & my best frNd 2moro 4 a walk
- pis come b4 its 2la8
- y r u sad?
- 18 rice 4 lunch.
- v r la8 2day
- c u I8r
- vrrdy2go.
- dis msg is 4u lly.
- do d hmwrk.
- R v going 2day?
Answers:
- Why are we here?
- Do you wantetoaeomp along?
- How are you? f haven’t seen you for ages.
- Sorry I forgot to call you.
- Have you done your homework?
- When are we going to meet for that work?
- That’s an accurate and balanced article.
- Schools are off tomorrow.
- I hate text messages.
- What are you up to?
- I have to stay in to look after my brother.
- We are going to see a film. That’s great.
- I am going out with my brother and my best friend tomorrow for a walk.
- Please come before it is too late.
- Why are you sad?
- I ate rice for lunch.
- We are late today.
- See you later.
- We are ready to go.
- This message is for you only.
- Do the homework.
- Are we going today?
Decoding SMS – List of short-forms
- Jst – just
- r – are
- N8 – night
- cum – come
- Is – once
- Satdy – Saturday
- y – why
- Evng – evening
- H8 – hate
- Wud – would
- Bk – back
- Yday – yesterday
- 1 – one, won
- Txt – text
- 2nite – tonight
- Rot – wrote
- s – yes
- Msg – message
- t – tea
- leav – leave
- d – the
- 2moro – tomorrow
- lettr – letter
- cnt – cannot
- u – you
- 2 – to, two
- skool – school
- wnt – want
- Hm – him, home
- Plz – please
- Cn – can
- Sis – sister
- Giv – give
- 4 – for, four
- Gt – got Yr your
- 8t% – 80%
- Evng – evening
- Frnd – friend
- n – and
- Zzz – sleep
- Wn – when
- 2nd – second
- wel – well
- Dt – that
- Tst – test
- Wrk – work
- Wt – what
- V – we
- Gud – good
- 2day – today
- Dts – that is
- Tst – test
- Bcz – because
- Wr – where
- Hmwrk – homework
- B/w – between
- gdn8 – goodnight
- Gm – good morning
- Ski – school
- Tnk u – thank you
- Zzzwel – sleep well
- B4 – before
- Hw – how
- 2nite – tonight
- 4m – from
- Fwd – forward
- Lol – laugh out loud
- OMG – oh my
- god Str8 – straight
- CUT – See you tomorrow
- J4F – Just for fun
- 04U – Only for you
- D8 – Date
- F8 – Fate
- L8 – Late
- L8R – Later
- GR8 – Great
- LOL – Laugh out loud
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