Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM//MBA/MBS & +2)

EXPRESSING PREFERENCES  Vocabulary in use  Supply the correct word from the box below after each definition.  pr eoccupied or filled the mind of (someone) continually and to a troubling extent: obsessed  the activity of looking at goods displayed in shop windows especially without intending to buy anything: windowed shopping   very silly or unreasonable: ridiculous a large belly: stomach   changed or caused to change direction abruptly: swerved hiding so as to wait in ambush for someone or something: lurking having or showing offensive desire: evil spoke with sudden involuntary pauses repeating the initial letters of words: stammered Reading comprehension  Read the extracts given below, and answer the questions that follow.  “I’m not a girl…I mean I’m not a girl for the girl…I mean the friend I am going to meet.”  Who said this and to whom? Anuja said this to her father What does ‘the girl’ refer to? It refers to a particular girl i.e., Anuja's

  Words Meanings Insurgent  A person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)/freedom-fighter  Utopian  A perfect place; an imaginary state in which everything is perfect; idealistic Ideal Satisfying one’s conception of what is perfect; most suitable Two-pronged Separated into parts Oppression Unjust exercise of or power Intertwined One involved with the other and vice versa Ultimatum A final demand/the rejection of which will result in retaliation or a breakdown in relation Expunged Removed completely Parity The state or condition of being equal, especially as regards status Convention An assembly of people/large meeting or conference Feminist A person who supports or recommends the rights of women Vocabulary in Use Find the words from the text above that give similar meaning to the following. having

Excursion : a journey taken for pleasure Orchard : Garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth Nectar : Fruit juice especially when undiluted Prickly : Very irritable, Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. Plummy : very desirable Pulpy :  Like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness  Spurts : The occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)/discharge  Bumpy : Covered with or full of bumps Enrich Your Vocabulary (page 126) Find the words from the text to describe an orange for each set. test- delicious, sweet, sour, juicy sight- tempting, large, small, green, ripe, attractive, plummy touch- prickly, pulpy, hard, bumpy smell- sweet, fragrant, pleasant Read and Match  (page 127) Match the nouns in column ‘A’ with their suitable describing words in column ‘B’. orchard - heaven like                                        oranges trees - big and small                          orange leaves - green