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English Grammar Test 225
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English Grammar Test 225

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    Direction: Answer the following question by selecting the most appropriate option.Fill in the blank with the correct idiom/phrase from the options given below -

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    Joey faced a lot of difficulties right from his childhood but he was always very optimistic because that’s _________.

    Solutions
    ‘The way a cookie crumbles’ is an idiom which means to accept a situation no matter how bad it seems. Joey was optimistic and accepted everything that came his way. So, the complete statement is - Joey faced a lot of difficulties right from his childhood but he was always very optimistic because that’s the way a cookie crumbles. ‘Once in a blue moon’ is used to describe something that happens rarely. The idiom ‘to be caught red-handed’ means to be caught (with proper evidence) while someone is committing a crime. ‘To serve a lesson’ means to make someone understand something in such a way that they won’t repeat a mistake again. Hence, the correct option is A.
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    Fill in the blank with appropriate idiom or phrase:

    Next month is our annual reporting, you better ________________, else you will be in big trouble.

    Solutions
    The correct answer is option C, i.e., get your act together. The complete sentence with the correct idiom is: Next month is our annual reporting, you better get your act together, and else you will be in big trouble. The idiom ‘get your act together’ means to work better or leave.
    The idiom ‘to break the stone’ means to put forth the maximum amount of effort or strain. The idiom ‘to hit the sack’ means to go to bed.
    The idiom ‘off the hook’ means no longer in difficulty or trouble.
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    Which among the following words mean the same as the sentence given below:

    A study of evolution of man as an animal.

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    For the given sentence ‘anthropology’ is the suitable option. All other given options are inappropriate.
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    Which among the following word mean the same as the sentence given below:

    A person who is interested in reading books and nothing else-

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    For the given sentence ‘bookworm’ is the suitable option. All other given options are inappropriate.
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    Find the correct spelling from below:
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    The correct answer is A. The right spelling is ‘Entrenched’ which means confirmed.
  • Question 6/10
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    Find the correct spelling from below:
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    The correct answer is B. The right spelling is ‘abrogation’ which means invalidation.
  • Question 7/10
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    Find the opposite / antonym word of ‘amortization’
    Solutions
    The correct answer is B. The word amortization means ‘reduction’

    Increment means addition.

    Penalty means debt.

    Serious means grave.

    Hence we can conclude that ‘penalty’ is the word antonym to ‘amortization’.

  • Question 8/10
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    Find the opposite / antonym word of ‘Siphoned’
    Solutions
    The correct answer is A. The word ‘Siphoned’ means suck.

    Hoard means save.

    Encounter means meet.

    Distress means sorrow.

    Hence we can conclude that ‘hoard’ is the word antonym to ‘siphoned’.

  • Question 9/10
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    Which of the following word is a compounded word?
    Solutions

    If we use compounding we add two or more bases together to produce a new term. Typically a main feature of the second word is defined in the first object. The word ‘throwback’ is a compound word made from throw and back. The word ‘rhino’ is a clipped word from rhinoceros.

  • Question 10/10
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    The word ‘brunch’ is blended from ___________.
    Solutions
    The word ‘brunch’ is blended from Breakfast + lunch. Abbreviation involves shortening a term. There are three key ways we can do this: clipping, acronyms, and blends. Blended words are formed when we blend sections of existing word to form a new word. They are also known as portmanteau.

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