English Practice Question and Answer

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Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. 
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers. 

The author believes that –

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    It’s now too late to do anything about the problem
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    Language is a natural growth and cannot be shaped for our won purpose
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    The decline in the language can be stopped
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    The process of an increasingly bad language cannot be stopped
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Answer : 3. "The decline in the language can be stopped"

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Answer : 3. "draw, pertaining "

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

He was taken to the hospital by his friends.

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    His friends had taken him to the hospital.
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    His friends have taken him to the hospital.
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    His friends take him to the hospital.
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    His friends took him to the hospital.
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Answer : 4. "His friends took him to the hospital."

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

I bought her a necklace. 

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    A necklace was bought by me for her.
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    A necklace was bought for her by me.
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    A necklace is being bought for her by me.
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    A necklace is being bought by me for her.
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Answer : 3. "A necklace is being bought for her by me. "

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Direction: In the question a sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expressed the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.

The singer was singing an old melody. 

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    An old melody was being sung by the singer.
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    An old melody were sung by the singer.
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    An old melody is sung by the singer.
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    An old melody was sung by the singer.
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Answer : 1. "An old melody was being sung by the singer. "

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Identify the part of the sentence that has an error:
I couldn't able to ask my dad permission to watch a movie.

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    I couldn't able
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    to ask my dad
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    permission to
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    watch a movie.
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Answer : 1. "I couldn't able"

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In these questions read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. If there is no error, the answer is (D).

Many a man (A) / have come to India from Bangladesh (B) / to live here permanently. (C) / No error. (D) 

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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Answer : 2. "B"

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Answer : 5. "E"
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