Question 14 of 18beginner💡 UnderstandMatching6 marks

Match the words from the text given in Column 1 with their opposites in Column 2. Column 1:

  1. strange
  2. dawn
  3. launch
  4. bulging
  5. float
  6. lading

Column 2: (i) halt (ii) emptying (iii) sink (iv) dusk (v) ordinary (vi) shrinking

Correct Answer
  1. strange - (v) ordinary
  2. dawn - (iv) dusk
  3. launch - (i) halt
  4. bulging - (vi) shrinking
  5. float - (iii) sink
  6. lading - (ii) emptying
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Explanation

This vocabulary exercise matches words from the poem with their antonyms. 'Strange' means unusual or unfamiliar, opposite to 'ordinary.' 'Dawn' is sunrise, opposite to 'dusk' (sunset). 'Launch' means to start or send off, opposite to 'halt' (stop). 'Bulging' means swelling outward, opposite to 'shrinking' (becoming smaller). 'Float' means to stay on surface, opposite to 'sink' (go below). 'Lading' means loading cargo, opposite to 'emptying.'