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English grammar covers how words, phrases and clauses combine to form correct sentences. It includes tenses, parts of speech, prepositions, articles, voice, reported speech, agreement, infinitives, gerunds, adverb position, transitions, punctuation, sentence structure and inversion, with special attention to distinctions such as phrases versus clauses and active versus passive voice.

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  • A. enhanced...pristine
  • B. invaded...flawed
  • C. altered...unmarred
  • D. redeemed. hallowed
  • E. devastated...bland

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. invaded...flawed Explanation: The sentence suggests that Shehnaz Begum's art often presents an idyllic vision invaded…

Correct answer: invaded...flawed
  • A. counteract
  • B. intensity
  • C. imagine
  • D. forecast
  • E. excuse

Explanation: Correct Answer: A. counteract Explanation: The sentence suggests that Ghafoor Merani's proposal on local trade would not merely imagine or…

Correct answer: counteract
  • A. eclectic
  • B. simplistic
  • C. invidious
  • D. impromptu
  • E. dogmatic

Explanation: Correct Answer: A. eclectic Explanation: The sentence suggests that since teachers draw on material from various sources, their approach…

Correct answer: eclectic
  • A. liberality... doctrinaire
  • B. independence...autonomous
  • C. intransigence...authoritative
  • D. fundamentalism...arrogant
  • E. legitimacy...ambiguous

Explanation: Correct Answer: D. fundamentalism...arrogant Explanation: The sentence suggests that despite its apparent liberality, much of early Greek…

Correct answer: fundamentalism...arrogant
  • A. defeated
  • B. unbroken
  • C. difficult
  • D. aggressive

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. unbrokenExplanation: The sentence suggests that until its defeat by Ireland, the Pakistani team had an unbroken streak…

Correct answer: unbroken
  • A. denied by
  • B. attributed to
  • C. adapted from
  • D. submitted to

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. attributed toExplanation: The sentence suggests that some sculptures, formerly denied by the Hindu artist, are now…

Correct answer: attributed to
  • A. hidden
  • B. spurious
  • C. transparent
  • D. taxable

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. spuriousExplanation: The sentence suggests that because the chief accountant altered figures and fabricated others, the…

Correct answer: spurious
  • A. versatile
  • B. sophisticated
  • C. . old fashioned
  • D. solo

Explanation: Correct Answer: A. versatileExplanation: The sentence suggests that Tahira is both versatile and original in creating songs for various…

Correct answer: versatile
  • A. challenging
  • B. exclusive
  • C. normal
  • D. mutual

Explanation: Correct Answer: D. mutualExplanation: The sentence suggests that the benefits of the cooperative program are mutual, with both companies…

Correct answer: mutual
  • A. week... sell to
  • B. trivial... boost
  • C. stylistic... irritate
  • D. essential... limit

Explanation: Correct Answer: D. essential... limitExplanation: The sentence suggests that the author monotonously numerates the essential points of…

Correct answer: essential... limit
  • A. edition
  • B. Volume
  • C. fraction
  • D. chapter

Explanation: Correct Answer: C. fractionExplanation: The sentence suggests that only a small fraction of the full Love and Cheating edition has ever…

Correct answer: fraction
  • A. donor
  • B. benefactor
  • C. promoter
  • D. rich

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. benefactorExplanation: The sentence suggests that the editorial anonymously praised the generosity of a benefactor who…

Correct answer: benefactor
  • A. iron made
  • B. impenetrable
  • C. prominent
  • D. oval

Explanation: Correct Answer: B. impenetrableExplanation: The sentence suggests that officials claimed the Titanic's hull was impenetrable, but it sank…

Correct answer: impenetrable
  • A. evidence
  • B. tribute
  • C. testimony
  • D. memory
  • E. Remainder

Explanation: Correct Answer: C. testimonyExplanation: The sentence suggests that a single wall stood in mute testimony to nature's force.Why other…

Correct answer: testimony
  • A. silent
  • B. modest
  • C. vary
  • D. vocal
  • E. suspicious

Explanation: Correct Answer: D. vocalExplanation: The sentence suggests that our objections, being vocal, got us thrown out of the examination hall.Why…

Correct answer: vocal
  • A. harshness
  • B. rhythm
  • C. cries
  • D. sound
  • E. whisper

Explanation: Correct Answer: C. criesExplanation: The sentence suggests that over the wail of the sirens, you could still hear the hoarse cries of his…

Correct answer: cries
  • A. legends
  • B. pastimes
  • C. occupations
  • D. rituals
  • E. stories

Explanation: Correct Answer: E. storiesExplanation: The sentence suggests that myths serve to explain a people's values by examining their favorite…

Correct answer: stories
  • A. Imperative sentence
  • B. Interrogative sentence
  • C. Exclamatory sentence
  • D. Optative sentence

Explanation: Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions or excitement. They often use exclamation marks!

Correct answer: Exclamatory sentence
  • A. Simple sentence
  • B. Compound sentence
  • C. Complex sentence
  • D. Compound complex sentence

Explanation: A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Correct answer: Complex sentence
  • A. Simple sentence
  • B. Compound sentence
  • C. Complex sentence
  • D. Compound complex sentence

Explanation: The sentence has two independent clauses ("I passed the test" and "I would have gotten a perfect score") and one dependent clause ("if I…

Correct answer: Compound complex sentence