Q1.
Match the following.
Word: Dribble, Boast, Rustle, Grab
Meaning: a soft crackling sound / take something with a sudden movement / moving a ball with small taps while playing hockey / to speak too proudly
Answer
Here are the four correct matches.
| Word | Meaning | The line in the story |
|---|---|---|
| Dribble | moving a ball with small taps while playing hockey | “Ramani dribbled the ball with the stick and it went to Jay.” |
| Boast | to speak too proudly | “Deepak boasted that his father had bought him a brand-new football…” |
| Rustle | a soft crackling sound | “he heard something rustling past…” |
| Grab | take something with a sudden movement | “Manoj grabbed it and tossed it over to Deepak.” |
How to match without guessing: Go back to the line in the story and read it with the meaning put in its place. “Ramani moved the ball with small taps with the stick” — that makes sense, so dribble is right. If the sentence sounds odd, the match is wrong.
Now use them yourself:
- Dribble — Ravi can dribble the ball past three players.
- Boast — She never boasts about her marks, even when they are the highest.
- Rustle — I heard the rustle of the newspaper behind me.
- Grab — He tried to grab the last laddoo from the plate.
A word worth keeping: Boast is not the same as being happy about something you did. Telling a friend, “I scored a goal today,” is sharing good news. Saying it again and again so that others feel small is boasting.