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Working in pairs give antonyms of the following words.

kind- hearted

unscrupulous

forgiving

stern

benevolent

credulous

generous

pious

suspicious

sympathetic

understanding

wild

innocent

penitent

clever

brutal

cunning

caring

sentimental

trusting

protective

concerned

honourable

embittered

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(1) Kind Hearted − nasty, unkind

(2) Unscrupulous − ethical, moral, good

(3) Forgiving − censure, charge, punish

(4) Stern − cheerful, funny, lenient

(5) Benevolent − greedy, malevolent, mean, selfish

(6) Credulous − skeptical, suspecting, suspicious

(7) Generous − greedy, mean, miserly

(8) Pious - atheist, impious, irreligious

(9) Suspicious − innocent, trustworthy, trusty

(10) Sympathetic − callous, merciless, uncaring, unconcerned

(11) Understanding − misunderstanding, intolerant

(12) Wild − civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle

(13) Innocent − bad, blamable, corrupt

(14) Penitent − happy, unashamed

(15) Clever − awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant,

(16) Brutal − generous, humane, kind, nice

(17) Cunning − gullible, kind, naive

(18) Caring − disregarding, ignoring, neglecting

(19) Sentimental − hard-hearted, indifferent, pragmatic, unemotional

(20) Trusting- disagree, dispute, reject, renounce

(21) Protective − attacking, harmful, hurtful, injurious

(22) Concerned − happy, undisturbed, unperturbed

(23) Honourable − not respectful, unhonourable

(24) Embittered − pleasant, content, genial


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(a) Working in pairs give antonyms of the following words.

kind hearted

benevolent

suspicious

innocent

cunning

protective

unscrupulous

credulous

sympathetic

penitent

caring

concerned

forgiving

generous

understanding

clever

sentimental

honourable

stern

pious

wild

brutal

trusting

embittered

(b) Select words from the above box to describe the characters in the play as revealed by the following lines from the play.

Lines from the play

Speaker

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1. “You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly.”`

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2. ……… “take my comforter, it will keep you warm.”

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3. “If people lie to me they are poorer, not I.”

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4. “You are like a child. I can’t trust you out of my sight. No sooner my back is turned than you get that minx Marie to sell the silver salt-cellars.”

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5. “My dear there is so much suffering in the world, and I can do so very little.”

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6. “My mother gave them to me on—on her death bed just after you were born, and − and she asked me to keep them in remembrance of her, so I would like to keep them.”

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7. “I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff.”

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8. “You have your soul to lose, my son.”

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9. “Give me food or I’ll stick my knife in you both and help myself.”

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10. “…they have made me what I am, they have made me a thief. God curse them all.”

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11. “Why the devil are you kind to me? What do you want?”

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12. “I --- I --- didn’t believe there was any good in the world…but somehow I --- I --- know you’re good, and --- and it’s a queer thing to ask, but could you, would you bless me before I go?”

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