Third conditional
Study the tenses in the third conditional sentence given below. If I had been younger, I would have cried. Third conditional sentences are used to talk about imaginary or hypothetical situations. In the third...
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Too…to… and so…that…
Study the following sentence. I was too angry to speak. This means the same as: I was so angry that I could not speak. Rewrite the following sentences using so…that… 1. I was too...
Using ought to and should
The words ought to and should have the same meaning. Study the following sentence. What ought I to do? This means the same as? What should I do? Rewrite the following sentences using ‘ought...
Making negative commands
Study the following sentence. It is a command. Go there. We can convert this into a negative command by putting ‘don’t’ at the beginning. Don’t go there. More examples are given below. Go near...
Confident and confidant
These words are often confused. A confidant is a trusty companion, or intimate friend. You can confide your personal thoughts and feelings to your confidant. The feminine gender of this word is confidante. You...
Conscience and conscious
Conscience means moral sense, ethical feelings or one’s sense of right and wrong. His conscience wouldn’t let him steal. Note that conscience is spelled with science at the end. Conscience is a noun; conscious...
Contemptible and contemptuous
Many people confuse the words contemptible and contemptuous. Contemptible means despicable. If something is contemptible, it is deserving of contempt. Spreading gossip is contemptible. All terrorists are contemptible. Contemptuous means feeling contempt for someone...
CBSE Class 10 vocabulary exercise
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. Choose your answers from the options given below. (consequence, connotations, construe, consolation, conservation, consternation, conspiracy, contaminated, contingency, constitutional) 1. While the speech wasn’t openly...
Congenital and hereditary
The words congenital and hereditary are often confused. They have slightly different meanings. Congenital means those traits, marks or defects that one develops before or during birth. Congenital defects, for example, are not inherited...
Vocabulary worksheet for CBSE class 10
Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. The lovers get united at the ………………… of the play. (conclude) 2. The ………………… of the plan occurred...