CLASS 10 · WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 2 · CHAPTER 3
Original simple answers and sample responses for the activities in Unit 3.
15 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages Reading and Comprehension
Question Let’s Begin
1(a), 2(c), 3(a), 4(a) is not true; 5: False, True, True, False.
1(a), 2(c), 3(a), 4(a) is not true; 5: False, True, True, False.
Question Let’s Begin
Use the story detail or language rule, then give a clear example.
(1) Destination: England. (2) Weather: a storm. (3) Guide: a black aeroplane. (4) Landing: a small airfield. (5) Mystery: who piloted the other plane?
Question Text I: All about a Dog
Board bus → dispute and stop → passengers leave → woman takes dog upstairs → engine fails and she returns inside → conductor sees dog and stops again → she is sent upstairs again → narrator explains the spirit of rules.
The conductor insists that the dog go to the top of the bus. Some passengers leave without getting their fares back. The woman twice goes upstairs and slips back in while the conductor is distracted. The narrator explains that rules need common sense and goodwill.
Question Look Up and Understand
Use the story detail or language rule, then give a clear example.
Bitterly: with strong anger or sadness; embittered: made resentful; evidently: clearly or apparently; malice: a wish to harm; avalanche: a mass rushing down a slope; imperiously: in a bossy way; imperturbably: calmly, without being disturbed; indignant: angry at unfair treatment; quarterdeck: the raised rear part of a ship’s deck.
Textbook pages Vocabulary
Question Vocabulary
angrily; vaguely; indignantly; threateningly; hurriedly. Example: She protested indignantly.
angrily; vaguely; indignantly; threateningly; hurriedly. Example: She protested indignantly.
Question Vocabulary
impossible, imperfect, impatient, impolite, immature, improper, imbalance, impractical; illegal, illogical, illiterate, illegitimate, illegible; incorrect, incomplete, inactive, insecure, invisible.
impossible, imperfect, impatient, impolite, immature, improper, imbalance, impractical; illegal, illogical, illiterate, illegitimate, illegible; incorrect, incomplete, inactive, insecure, invisible.
Question Vocabulary
walk in=enter; walk out=leave; take away=remove; take up=begin; take in=understand; take out=remove; give away=donate; give in=stop resisting; give up=quit; put in=insert; put away=store; put out=extinguish.
walk in=enter; walk out=leave; take away=remove; take up=begin; take in=understand; take out=remove; give away=donate; give in=stop resisting; give up=quit; put in=insert; put away=store; put out=extinguish.
Textbook pages Grammar
Question Grammar
(a) was built; (b) is transmitted; (c) has been solved / have been arrested; (d) were destroyed; (e) are prevented; (f) has been converted.
(a) was built; (b) is transmitted; (c) has been solved / have been arrested; (d) were destroyed; (e) are prevented; (f) has been converted.
Question Grammar
Use a comma inside the quote before “the Principal said”; use a comma before the quote after “said”; place a comma after an introductory clause.
Use a comma inside the quote before “the Principal said”; use a comma before the quote after “said”; place a comma after an introductory clause.
Question Grammar
Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in July 1937. Her wreckage was never found. Her disappearance remains a great unsolved mystery.
Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Earhart disappeared over the Pacific in July 1937. Her wreckage was never found. Her disappearance remains a great unsolved mystery.
Textbook pages Editing
Question Editing
Separate the long passage into complete sentences; capitalise sentence beginnings; use commas after introductory phrases; write “evidence” as an uncountable noun.
Separate the long passage into complete sentences; capitalise sentence beginnings; use commas after introductory phrases; write “evidence” as an uncountable noun.
Textbook pages Listening
Question Listening
Take goat over; return alone; take wolf over and bring goat back; take cabbage over; return alone; take goat over.
Goat over; return alone; wolf over; goat back; cabbage over; return alone; goat over.
Question Listening
Move the large monkey with a small monkey twice, sending the large monkey back each time; then move two humans, bring one human and one small monkey back; move two humans, return the large monkey; then shuttle the large and small monkeys until all reach the far bank.
There is no valid solution under the stated rules: the available crossings either leave humans outnumbered or require a small monkey to row. Check whether the puzzle has a missing or misstated rule.
Textbook pages Writing and Project
Question Article Writing
Rules should be followed for their purpose. The conductor follows the rule about dogs but ignores kindness and passenger comfort. Apply rules fairly, with common sense.
Rules should be followed for their purpose. The conductor follows the rule about dogs but ignores kindness and passenger comfort. Apply rules fairly, with common sense.
Question Project
Use the story detail or language rule, then give a clear example.
Collect riddles from family or neighbours with permission, write answers separately, group by topic, and credit contributors.