Worksheet #1A

Name: Section:

Abash (v) to make ashamed; to embarrass.

Noor-ul-ain felt abashed when she forgot her speech.

Abate (v) to subside; to reduce( used for something bad or under able).

The storm abated after three hours. The noise abated when the crowd dispersed.

Abdicate (v) to step down from a position of power or responsibility.

The king abdicated his throne as he was seriously ill.

Aberration (n) a deviation from standard; something not typical.

A snowstorm in June is an aberration; snow doesn’t normally fall in June.

Abnegate (v) to deny oneself things; to renounce.

Mrs. Morris abnegated desserts for one month after getting on the scale.

Abortive (adj) unsuccessful.

Fred’s attempt to climb the mountain was abortive; he fell when he was half way up.
Abridge (v) shorten (used for books, plays or other written work).

The editor abridged the massive book by removing the boring parts.

I need an abridged version of the novel “Jane Eyre”.

Sheet #2 Words with A

Abhor (v) to detest; to hate very much.

Haider abhors violence; he is a very polite

child.

Absolve (v) to forgive or free from blame; to free from sin.

The priest absolved the sinner who had come to the church to confess his sins.

Abstinent (adj) voluntarily not doing something pleasant that is bad for you.

Harris used to be a chain smoker but now he is abstinent.

Accolades (n) an award; an honour (used in the plural).

Shakespeare’s plays won the accolades of the critics as well as of the fans.

Accost (v) to approach and speak to someone aggressively.

She was accosted in the street by a complete stranger.

Adamant (adj) stubborn; completely inflexible.

The president is adamant that he will not resign.

Admonish (v) to scold gently; to warn.

Mother admonished the boys not to eat the pie she just baked.
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WORK SHEET #2B

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Banal (adj) unoriginal; ordinary.

The dinner conversation was so banal that Amanda slept in her dessert dish.

Bane (n) poison; source of suffering (used figuratively).

My strict and rude boss is the bane of my existence; he poisons my enjoyment of life.

Beget (v) to give birth to; to create; to cause.

One lie often begets another lie.

Belabor (v) to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent.

For more than an hour, the boring speaker belabored his point about the challenge of foreign
competition.

Beleaguer (v) to surround; to harass.

Oscar felt beleaguered at work. The attacking army beleaguered the city.
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Belie (v) to give a false impression of.

His smile belied the grief in his heart.

Belittle (v) to put someone down; to criticize.

The boss was disliked by all the employees because he always belittled their efforts.

Belligerent (adj) quarrelsome; waging war.

All the students were afraid of the belligerent boy.

Bemused (adj) confused.

He stood bemused in the middle of the parking lot, trying to remember where he had parked his
car.

Benevolent (adj) generous; doing good deeds.

Giving money to the poor is a benevolent act.

MCQ,s
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. A

Q/A
1. The animals want to talk in secret and old Major needs to talk to them about his dream. The animals met at night because they
did not want to be detected by Mr Jones. They knew that Jones would not approve of their meeting.
2. At the barn, he shot six bullets, because he thought that there was a fox.
OR
A fox. He thought the animals were making noise because a fox was in the hen house. He fired his gun to scare away the fox.
3. Milk, eggs, wheat, corn, fruits, and vegetables.
4. Hopefully sooner than later.
5. According to Old Major, Rebellion is the path to freedom. Overthrowing the human race would make animals “rich and free”
almost instantly. Old Major begs the other animals to devote the rest of their lives to the cause of Rebellion and to reject the
idea that they have co-dependence on Man. Furthermore, the animals must be united in order to overthrow man: “All men are
enemies. All animals are comrades.
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 MCQ,S
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. A

Q/A
1. Their system has lots of ideas. Most of the animals are concerned only with very
practical matters. They were ignorant.
2. The objections some animals raise to the principles of Animalism in Animal Farm include
their duty of loyalty to Mr. Jones, the prospective unavailability of luxuries after the
revolution, the prospect that the revolution will not occur until after they are dead, and
the idea that it will happen anyway without them having to do anything.
3. When the animals woke up the morning after the rebellion, they realized the farm
belonged to them and inspected

OR
The animals kick the humans out when they get tired of being neglected and abused.
Jones and his men flee. When they wake up the next morning, at first they have
forgotten what happened. As they wake up, they remember that the humans are gone
and the farm belongs to them now. They look at it with new eyes, as if they have never
seen it before, because now it is Animal Farm and not Manor Farm.