English Practice Question and Answer
8 Q:Recognise the erroneous part in the given sentence and choose the most appropriate answer from the options given to ensure a meaningful sentence.
As she kept walking to me, my heart skipped a beat.
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645a1b414e367dedfc2e9389- 1As she kept walking within me, my heart skipped a beat.false
- 2As she kept walking from me, my heart skipped a beatfalse
- 3As she kept into me, my heart skipped a beat.false
- 4As she kept walking towards me, my heart skipped a beat.true
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Answer : 4. "As she kept walking towards me, my heart skipped a beat."
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace
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648711d9a33e0f47b783bbc1- 1Ambletrue
- 2Strutfalse
- 3Rompfalse
- 4Prancefalse
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Answer : 1. "Amble"
Explanation :
Amble refers to a leisurely and unhurried walk or movement.
Q:Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who thinks that bad things are more likely to happen or who emphasises the bad part of a situation
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64903740e8d2170cb3c0f734- 1Misanthropistfalse
- 2Complainerfalse
- 3Pessimisttrue
- 4Optimistfalse
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Answer : 3. "Pessimist"
Explanation :
A pessimist is someone who tends to see the negative side of things and expects unfavorable outcomes
Q:Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Sit on the fence
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64916dfedad6f2e01f50ad0b- 1Poke fun at peoplefalse
- 2Protect somethingfalse
- 3Create conflictsfalse
- 4Avoid making a decisiontrue
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Answer : 4. "Avoid making a decision"
Explanation :
"Sit on the fence" means to remain neutral or undecided in a situation where a decision is required.
Q:Choose the correct alternative which will improve the part of the sentence given in quotes.
The decision ''will leaving her" in a peculiar predicament.
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6331838c2ff7535af66beed8- 1Will left herfalse
- 2Will leave hertrue
- 3Leavefalse
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 2. "Will leave her"
Q:Rewrite the sentence in indirect speech.
Rahim said, "I will have completed my project."
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6332ecc3bf6167733bdbd24c- 1Rahim said that he would complete his projectfalse
- 2Rahim said that he would have completed his projecttrue
- 3Rahim said that he had completed his projectfalse
- 4Rahim said that he has completed his projectfalse
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Answer : 2. "Rahim said that he would have completed his project "
Q: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Exorcise
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6458e58d39143d085f4cf270- 1Inventfalse
- 2Expeltrue
- 3Introducefalse
- 4Expectfalse
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Answer : 2. "Expel"
Q: Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order.
A. It then came to the main road and smashed all the stalls selling fruits, mud pots and clothes.
B. Finally, the elephant entered a school ground, breaking through the brick wall.
C. The people on the main road ran helter-skelter in panic.
D. The wild elephant first reached the outskirts of our town, breaking down fences like matchsticks.
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62fe02a2047feb07926a1d5a- 1DACBtrue
- 2CBDAfalse
- 3BDACfalse
- 4CADBfalse
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