X Unit-1 Prose Synonyms

1. The young seagull was alone on his ledge.

• shelf

• floor

• tree

• nest

2. They were beckoning to him.

• begging

• inviting

• waiting

• signalling

3.His old brother catch his first herring and devour it.

• cover

• eat

• shallow

• favour

4.Now, there was not a single scrap of food left.

• slice

• rough

• metal

• stone

5.He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge.

• pink

• bright

• finish

• edge

6. His long gray legs stepping daintily.

• slowly

• hastily

• delicately

• angrily

7.The sun was now ascending the sky.

• rising

• setting

• soared

• shining

8.His father was preening the feathers.

• modify

• dreaming

• cleaning

• showing

9.His mother had swooped upwards.

• scaled

• divide

• swim

• flew

10.As father and mother had come around calling to him shrilly.

• loudly

• showed

• chilly

• gainly