Emotional Intelligence Skills: My Financial career
Vocabulary
Development:
Meaning
in Context:
# Look up a dictionary and find the meaning of the words and phrases below, as they are used in the context of the story.
1. Dragging:
Pulling something with effort or difficulty/ Tedious/ Tiresome
2. Hollow:
Having a space or cavity inside / Empty
3. Solemnly: Seriously/ In a formal, dignified manner; seriously, without any humor or playfulness
4. Clutched:
Grasped or seized tightly; held onto something closely / Grabbed tightly
5. Turn
in: To submit or hand over something
6. Interruption: An act of breaking the continuity of an ongoing event, process, or action
7. Mysterious:
Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify
8. Rival: A person or thing
competing with another for the same objective or
superiority in the same field of activity /
Enemy
9. Conjuring: The act of calling upon or commanding a spirit or magic, usually by means of a magical ritual / magical
10. Reckless:
Without thinking or caring about the consequences of an action /
thoughtless
11. Misery:
A state or feeling of great distress or discomfort of mind or body / Sadness
12. Astonished:
Greatly surprised or impressed; amazed
13. Wretched:
In a very unhappy or unfortunate state; of poor quality; very bad /
worthless
14. Dryly:
In a matter-of-fact or humorously ironic manner / ironically
15. Shyly : timidly, nervously, fearfully
• Adverbial
Suffixes:
Underline
adverbial suffixes:
1. Leacock
looked at the clerks shyly.
2. He wanted
to open a fairly large account.
3. He left
the bank very fearfully.
Use the following adverbs, adjectives in sentence:
1. Shyly:
She looked down shyly when he
complimented her dress.
2. Fairly:
The test was fairly easy for
most of the students.
3. Fearfully:
He glanced fearfully at the dark sky,
anticipating a storm.
4. Just:
She had just finished her
meal when the phone rang.
5. Too:
This coffee is too hot to
drink right now.
6. Seldom:
We seldom go to the movies.
7. Almost:
She almost missed the bus, but
luckily caught it at the last moment.
8. Also:
I love reading books, and I
also enjoy writing.
9. Already:
I've already completed my
assignment.
10. Well:
She performed well on the
test, scoring above 90%.
11. Quite:
The movie was quite
interesting.
• Words Used as
Adverbs and Adjectives:
Leacock looked at the clerk shyly.
(how?)
He wanted to
open a fairly large account. (what kind?)
He left
the bank very fearfully. (how?)
He walked fast (how?) because
he had missed the fast bus.
He got to the
meeting late because he was a late riser.
He worked hard
especially at the hard subjects.
Tendulkar
hits the ball hard. He hardly (seldom) plays football.
He does not
go to the stadium late in the night.
Lately he has had a number of accidents.
Rewrite the following sentences using the adverbial forms
of the words in Italics:
Example: When I entered the bank. I was nervous.
I entered the
bank nervously.
1. The
accountant said with certainty that he would bring the manager.
- The
accountant said certainly that he would bring the manager.
2. The
manager was cold when he greeted the customer.
- The
manager greeted the customer coldly.
3. The
clerks were happy to send the customer out.
- The
clerks happily sent the customer out.
4. He said
he would read the book at leisure.
- He
said he would read the book leisurely.
5. Some
students are fortunate to get jobs as soon as they pass out from college.
-
Some
students fortunately get jobs as soon as they pass out from college.
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