One word is italicised in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks. Spending; shut; destroy; subtract; increase (i) You were required to keep all the doors open, not _________ (ii) Pupil: What mark did I get in yesterday's Maths test? Teacher: You got what you get when you add five and five and _________ten from the total. (iii) Run four kilometre a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to _________it. (iv) If a doctor advises 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. Greeting and _________we lay waste our powers.

Question

Philoid · Accepted Answer

i) You were required to keep all the doors open, not shut

ii) Pupil: What mark did I get in yesterday's Maths test?

Teacher: You got what you get when you add five and five and subtract ten from the total.

iii) Run four kilometre a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to destroy it.

iv) If a doctor advises a lean and lanky patient to reduce his weight further, be sure he is doing it to increase His income.

v) The world is too much with us; late and soon.

Greeting and spending we lay waste our powers.