Grade 12 English Unit 20: Power and Politics (with Grammar Solutions)- Language Development

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Reading

An Open Letter to Mary Daly

Working with words

A. Find the words from the text for these meanings. The first letters have been given for you.

a. r…………. unwillingness or disinclination to do something

b. r…………. preventing the expression or awareness of thoughts or desires

c. m………... the infliction of serious damage on something

d. g………... restricted to an isolated or segregated place, group, or situation

e. h………... history viewed from a female or specifically feminist perspective

f. g………... relating to the human or animal reproductive organs

g. h………... surgical operations to remove all or part of the uterus

h. p………... obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful

i. e………... thrusting forward of abdominal organs through the abdominal wall


B. Complete the chart. 


Verb

Noun

Adjective

                                                                                                                                committed

                                                nurturance

legitimize


                                                sterilization

oppress

                                                                                                                                alluding

                                                 defensiveness

                                                                                                                                victimized


C. Consult a dictionary and define these terms.

racism, lesbian, radical, feminist, patriarchy


D. Underline the consonant clusters in the following sentences.

a. Fluffy went flip-flop all over the floor.

b. The whites sing a song about the striking stars.

c. Here are some flowers and a flask of tea of your favourite flavour.

d. Smita fell ill with flu.

e. My friend is frightened of frogs.

f. Thumbelina stumbled out of the green bush.

g. She heard a rumble and a cry.

h. ‘Climb up’, said Tom.

i. Freedom needs to be strived for.

j. Children were munching crunchy French fries.


Grammar

Adjective order

A. Study the following qualifiers used with the word ‘house.’

A house                 A large house

A large white house         A large old white house

A beautiful large old white house         A beautiful large old rectangular white house


B. Choose the correct alternative.

a. an old foreign car/a foreign old car

b. a beautiful white dress/ a white beautiful dress

c. a nice tall young man/a tall nice young man

d. a big black wooden desk/ a black wooden big desk

e. a delicious Italian pizza/ an Italian delicious pizza

f. a huge brown bear/a brown huge bear

g. a purple cotton sleeping bag/ a cotton purple sleeping bag

h. a beautiful old Indian village/an old beautiful Indian village

i. a cute little kitten/ a little cute kitten

j. an expensive antique /an antique expensive table


C. Put the adjectives in the following sentences in the correct order.

a. I bought (red/ a /comfortable/new) scooter.

b. She reached home and sat on (relaxing/old/her/wooden) chair.

c. We ate (Chinese/delicious/some) food.

d. I need (golden/delicious/some/round) apples.

e. We like to live in a (calm/unmediated/remote) place for some time.

f. She is wearing (silver/beautiful / a(n)/ old) ring.

g. I am looking for (golden/stylish/a/Japanese) watch.

h. She dropped (old/china/attractive/a(n)) cup and smashed it.

i. He wants to marry (young/pretty/educated/a(n)/rustic) girl.

j. We stayed in a (luxurious/five star/new) hotel in Dubai.

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