NCERT Solutions Class 6th English Grammar Antonyms – Word Power

NCERT Solutions Class 6th English Grammar Antonyms – Word Power

NCERT Solutions Class 6th English Grammar Antonyms – Word Power

English Grammar

Antonyms -Word Power

Practice Exercises

This chapter includes antonyms (opposite), single word for a group of words and the same word used both as Noun and Verb.

A. Antonyms (Opposites)

B. Single word for a Group of Words

1.  One who believes in the existence of God – Theist.
2.  The yearly return of a date – anniversary.
3.  An assembly of listeners    – audience.
4.  One who plays for pleasure – amateur.
5.  The life history of a person written by himself – autobiography.
6.  The science of plant life – botany.
7.  The life history of a person written by another – biography.
8.  A person who lives at the same time as an other – contemporary.
9.  Done without any preparation – extempore.
10.  One who believes in fate    – fatalist.
11.  A room containing many books    – library.
12.  A period of hundred years – century.
13.  A period of two weeks – fortnight.
14.  Resulting in death – fatal.
15.  One who makes a powerful public speech – orator.
16.  That which lives on another – parasite.
17.  Happening at the same time –    simultaneous.
18.  A list of books – catalogue.
19.  A place for burial of dead bodies – cemetry.
20.  Of or from all parts of the world – cosmopolitan.
21.  Government formed by the representatives of the people – democracy.
22.  Contrary to law – illegal.
23.  Bad beyond reform – incorrigible.
24.  A play that ends in death – tragedy.
25.  A light amusing drama or play – comedy.
26.  One who takes a bright view of things – optimist.
27.  One who takes a dark view of things – pessimist.
28.  A child born after the death of his father – posthumous.
29.  A piece of writing before it is published – manuscript.
30.  One who speaks for others – spokesman.
31.  Performing work without pay – honorary.
32.  Government carried on by an absolute ruler – dictatorship.
33.  That which cannot be read – illegible.
34.  One who does not know how to read and write – illiterate.
35.  That which cannot be heard – inaudible.
36.  A child whose parents are dead – orphan.
37.  A woman whose husband is dead – widow.
38.  A man whose wife is dead – widower.
39.  One who lives on vegetables or plant food – vegetarian.
40.  Science of the life of animals – zoology.
41.  Subject to death – mortal.
42.  Government by a king – monarchy.
43.  One who does not believe in the existence of God – atheist.
44.  A cure of all diseases – panacea.
45.  An instrument for measuring temperature – thermometer.

C. Words used both as a Noun and Verb

Exercise 1

Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in the box.

heavy ,dry ,withdraw ,.rejected ,wide ,forget ,enemy ,late ,war ,major

1. My towel is wet but yours is ______________ .
2. He never comes early, he is always ______________ .
3. I hoped that he would accept my proposal but finally he ______________ it.
4. Deposit the amount and ______________ it whenever you need.
5. Peace is always good, ______________ is always bad.
6. My box is light but yours is ______________ .
7. I have only friends and no ______________ .
8. My brother is minor. Next year he will become ______________ .
9. I always remember happy days and want to ______________ bad ones.
10. This road is ______________ but that road is narrow.

Аnswers:
1. My towel is wet but yours is dry.
2. He never comes early, he is always late.
3. I hoped that he would accept my proposal but finally he rejected it.
4. Deposit the amount and withdraw it whenever you need.
5. Peace is always good, war is always bad.
6. My box is light but yours is heavy.
7. I have only friends and no enemy.
8. My brother is minor. Next year he will become major.
9. I always remember happy days and want to forget bad ones.
10. This road is wide but that road is narrow.

Write one word for the following group of words.

1. That which cannot be heard.
2. One who believes in fate
3. A cure of all diseases.
4. One who speaks for others.
5. A period of hundred years.
6. One who doesn’t know how to read and write
7. One who believes in the existence of God
8. One who doesn’t believe in the existence of God
9. The life history of a person written by himself
10. The life history of a person written by another

Аnswers:
1. inaudible
2. fatalist
3. panacea
4. spokesman
5. century
6. illiterate
7. theist
8. atheist
9. autobiography
10. biography

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