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English Grammar Test 157
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English Grammar Test 157
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  • Question 1/10
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    Directions For Questions

    Identify the kind of sentence given below.

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    While Sana was doing her homework, her father cooked the dinner and her mother was asleep in front of the television.

    Solutions

    A compound-complex sentence is made with at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Here, in the sentence given above, ‘her father cooked the dinner’ and ‘her mother was asleep in front of the television’ are two independent clauses separated by the conjunction ‘and’. ‘Sana was doing her homework’ is a dependent clause with a subordinate conjunction ‘while’. So, the correct answer is: Compound-complex sentence.

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    Change the following sentence into a negative sentence:

    Merriam’s daughter is good in sports.

    Solutions

    The correct negative form of the given sentence is: “Merriam’s daughter is not good in sports.” Any sentence which states that something is false or something is not actually what it is perceived to be or something should not be done is an example of negative sentence. Negative sentence usually contain the word “not”.

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    In the following sentence change the verb to the future continuous tense:

    We say our prayers in the evening.

    Solutions

    Future continuous tense tells us the continuity of an action in the future time. It shows that an action will be happening or going on (in progress) at a particular time in the future. We use will be or shall be +ing verbs (subject + will be/shall be +verb +ing+ object) to form continuous sentence. We use ‘shall be’ when I or we is the subject. We use ‘will be’ with he, she, it, you, and them.

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    Choose the correct indirect form of the sentence
    The man said, “Let me have the first chance.”
    Solutions
    Indirect speech of the given sentence will be 'The man proposed to have the first chance'. In the case of indirect sentence, the message of the speaker is conveyed or reported in our own words.
    Hence, option B is the correct one.
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    Choose the plural form of the word ‘Goose’.
    Solutions
    The plural of 'goose' is ‘geese’. Thus, option A is correct.
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    Choose the singular form of the given word.

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    leaves
    Solutions
    The singular word is leaf.
  • Question 7/10
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    In the following questions, a sentence has been divided into six parts 1, P, Q, R, S, 6 . The positions of 1 and 6 remain unchanged. Arrange the remaining four parts in a logical sequence.

    1). Even though he had prepared well

    P. in the examination hall

    Q. and could not do well

    R. in the examination

    S. he got nervous

    6). as well as he had hoped to do.

    Solutions
     The correct sequence of the sentence is “Even though he had prepared well in the examination, he got nervous in the examination hall and could not do well as well as he had hoped to do” Hence C is the correct answer.
  • Question 8/10
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    He could not pull out with any other person.

    In which of the following sentences has the above sentence been correctly improved?

    Solutions
    In the given sentence modal verb is used. Pull for is a phrasal verb which means to use force to move somebody/ something towards yourself and from the above phrasal verbs in given sentence , pull for is the appropriate one. Hence the correct sentence will be “ He could not pull for with any other person” 3 is the answer.

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    Choose the correct adjective of comparative degree for the given word:

    ‘Utter’

    Solutions

    We use adjectives of comparative degree when we have to compare two things or persons. There are some adjectives that do not follow any rule while forming their adjective of degree. Here, ‘utmost’ is comparative of adjective ‘utter’. All other given options are inappropriate. So, the correct answer will be: ‘Utmost.’

  • Question 10/10
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    Pick out the sentence which has the same meaning as the following:

    The University of Delhi is larger than any other University in India.

    Solutions

    For interchange of comparative to superlative degree, the rule that is followed: ‘Subject + the + superlative degree + modifier.’ The given sentence is in comparative form. All other options are inappropriate. So, the correct answer will be: ‘The University of Delhi is the largest university in India.’

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