question_answer 13)

One word is italicized in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks. Spending, shut, destory, subtract, increase    (i) You were required to keep the door open, not   (ii) Pupil : What make did I set in yesterday's Maths last?  Teacher : You get what you get when you add five and five and .......... ten from the tolal.   (iii) Run four kilometres a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to .......... it.   (iv) If a doctor adivses a lean and lanky patient to reduce his weight further, be sure he is doing it to ............ his income.   (v) The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and ............. we lay waste our powers. (Wordsworth)  

Answer:

i. shut, ii. subtract, iii. destroy, iv. increase, v. spending.