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Comprehension involves understanding a passage, completing sentences logically, detecting grammatical or usage errors and interpreting figurative language. You need to identify the main idea, supporting details, tone, implied meaning and the relationship between clues in the passage and the answer choices.

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  • A. Entitled
  • B. 56 days rest
  • C. On full salary
  • D. Giving birth

Explanation: "Entitled to" will be the correct expression. The correct sentence is Female workers are entitled to 56 days rest on full salary before…

Correct answer: Entitled
  • A. to
  • B. the
  • C. in
  • D. by

Explanation: The correct phrase should be "conscious of" instead of "conscious to". Therefore, the sentence should be: "Amjad was not conscious of the…

Correct answer: to
  • A. Quite
  • B. From
  • C. By
  • D. His

Explanation: The correct preposition to use in this context is 'of' instead of 'from'.

Correct answer: From
  • A. of
  • B. were
  • C. up
  • D. at

Explanation: The correct phrase should be "upto" instead of "up at." Therefore, the sentence should be: "The prime minister fired a broadside at the…

Correct answer: at
  • A. which
  • B. as
  • C. an
  • D. peerless

Explanation: The key to this question is choosing the correct relative pronoun to indicate possession.

Correct answer: which
  • A. excused
  • B. of
  • C. also
  • D. restored

Explanation: The correct answer is Option A: excused. In this context, the correct verb should be "exonerated." The word "exonerated" is used in legal…

Correct answer: excused
  • A. Along with
  • B. Is the factor
  • C. Take
  • D. Towards
  • E. No error

Explanation: The correct answer is option B: 'Is the factor'. In this case, the subject is plural ('three factors'), which requires the verb to be…

Correct answer: Is the factor
  • A. Let's
  • B. The
  • C. Is
  • D. To

Explanation: The error lies in the use of the preposition 'to'. The correct preposition should be 'for', as it indicates the direction or destination…

Correct answer: To
  • A. We were
  • B. Up the
  • C. To saw this
  • D. In the

Explanation: There is a grammatical error in option C: "happened to saw this".We always use the present tense of the verb so it should be "see" not…

Correct answer: To saw this
  • A. When
  • B. I
  • C. Get
  • D. Frighten

Explanation: The sentence contains a grammar error where the verb 'frighten' is incorrectly used in place of the adjective 'frightened'.

Correct answer: Frighten
  • A. Was
  • B. So that
  • C. Could spend
  • D. In the country

Explanation: Instead of 'was', 'were' should have been used. We wish today were sunny..These phrases are never correct: I wish I was, I wish it was, he…

Correct answer: Was
  • A. Is well what
  • B. Said the
  • C. When he had
  • D. The story

Explanation: The correct phrase should be "All is well when it ends well". 'What' doesn't make sense here as it does not refer to a time frame.

Correct answer: Is well what
  • A. Upon which
  • B. Had swing in the backyards
  • C. Suspended like
  • D. In the

Explanation: "Had swing" is wrong. We always use the third form of the verb with has/have/had.

Correct answer: Had swing in the backyards
  • A. Fully
  • B. Sitting in
  • C. Kitchen table
  • D. No error

Explanation: Dressed is past tense while "sitting" is present continuous tense making the sentence incoherent.

Correct answer: Sitting in
  • A. The three
  • B. Like his
  • C. Was a
  • D. When he

Explanation: "The three" is a wrong use as "the" is not used to describe a proper noun like it is done in this case.

Correct answer: The three
  • A. By later
  • B. Become the
  • C. Whose remains
  • D. In and after

Explanation: The sentence is in past tense so the verb should also be in past tense hence it is wrong to use "become" instead we should use "became".

Correct answer: Become the
  • A. It fun
  • B. To watch
  • C. Make
  • D. Carefully spoonful

Explanation: The correct answer is 'Careful spoonful'. The error in the sentence lies in the phrase 'mixing carefully spoonful from different caddies'.

Correct answer: Carefully spoonful
  • A. Common
  • B. On
  • C. Of
  • D. His

Explanation: This segment contains the mistake that needs to be corrected. The correct preposition to use in this sentence is "of" instead of "on." The…

Correct answer: Of
  • A. Showed
  • B. Capable of
  • C. Looking beneath
  • D. Dependent

Explanation: It should be dependent upon instead of in hence D is the correct answer.

Correct answer: Dependent
  • A. He was
  • B. He were
  • C. Used to
  • D. To send him

Explanation: In a past continuous tense, we use was with He, She, and It hence B is the correct answer.

Correct answer: He were