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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. The students were
- B. Awaiting for
- C. The arrival of
- D. The chief guest.
Explanation: Note that await does not take the preposition 'for'. For example, we are awaiting his call. (We will NOT say: We are awaiting for his call)
Correct answer: Awaiting for- A. The officer is angry
- B. On the clerk
- C. For not completing the job
- D. On time
Explanation: "On" is used to refer to specific places or addresses or indicates something "on" top of another.
Correct answer: On the clerk- A. On
- B. Of
- C. In
- D. Around
Explanation: 'Of' is a preposition used when we want to show that people or things relate to other things or people.
Correct answer: Of4744. One should do his duty.
- A. (A) One should do one duty.
- B. One should do one's duty.
- C. (C) One should does one's duty.
- D. (D) One should do their duty.
Explanation: "One should do one's duty" is a grammatically correct and more formal way to express the idea.
Correct answer: One should do one's duty.- A. we enjoyed ourselves during the holidays
- B. we ourselves enjoyed during the holidays.
- C. we enjoyed during the vacations
- D. we enjoyed during the holidays.
Explanation: This option is grammatically correct and conveys that the speaker had a good time during the holidays.
Correct answer: we enjoyed ourselves during the holidays- A. (A) Any one can does it if he tries.
- B. (B) Any one can do it if he try.
- C. (C) Any one can do it if one try.
- D. Any one can do it if he tries.
Explanation: Option (d) is the correct choice because it uses the correct subject-verb agreement.
Correct answer: Any one can do it if he tries.- A. (A) She absented her from the class,
- B. (B) She absented herself of the class.
- C. (C) She absent from the class.
- D. She absented herself from the class.
Explanation: Option (d) correctly uses the reflexive pronoun "herself" to indicate that the action of absenting was performed by the subject "she."…
Correct answer: She absented herself from the class.- A. (A) One should do her duty..
- B. (B) One should do their duty.
- C. One should do one's duty.
- D. (D) One should do our duty,
Explanation: In English, the pronoun "one" is typically followed by the possessive pronoun "one's" to indicate ownership or possession.
Correct answer: One should do one's duty.- A. (A) She enjoyed himself at the party.
- B. She enjoyed herself at the party.
- C. (C) She enjoyed herself on the party.
- D. (D) She herself enjoyed in the the party.
Explanation: The correct option is (B) "She enjoyed herself at the party."
Correct answer: She enjoyed herself at the party.- A. which
- B. who
- C. what
- D. as
Explanation: Who: This pronoun refers to people. In this sentence, we're talking about people who believe in superstitions.
Correct answer: who- A. anaphoric reference
- B. cataphoric reference
- C. cross reference
- D. lexical reference
Explanation: Cataphoric reference refers to a linguistic device in which a word or phrase refers to something mentioned later in the discourse.In the…
Correct answer: cataphoric reference4752. One must always be aware of _ duties. The correct possessive form of the indefinite pronoun will be:
- A. one's
- B. his
- C. hers
- D. theirs
Explanation: One is a singular indefinite pronoun, so the possessive form should also be singular.
Correct answer: one's- A. which
- B. what
- C. who
- D. as
Explanation: Who: This pronoun refers to people. In this sentence, we're talking about people who believe in superstitions.
Correct answer: who- A. oneself
- B. himself
- C. herself
- D. themselves
Explanation: Oneself is a reflexive pronoun that refers back to a singular indefinite pronoun like "one" in a general sense.
Correct answer: oneself- A. Its
- B. It's
- C. Their
- D. its'
Explanation: In this case, the home belongs to the ant, so we need to express ownership. It's is a contraction, while its expresses ownership.
Correct answer: Its- A. Anyone
- B. Many persons
- C. Not everyone
- D. Somebody
Explanation: This sentence refers to the lack of people having knowledge of a topic. 'Anyone 'means any person or people.
Correct answer: Not everyone- A. then
- B. won't
- C. women
Explanation: "Then (inverted comma should be used when stating a qoute)
Correct answer: then- A. yes,
- B. Jean
- C. were
- D. that answer
Explanation: Jean, (name of a person separated with a comma)
Correct answer: Jean- A. your sister's
- B. else
- C. fails
- D. at home
Explanation: fails, (comma used to separate two related but independent clauses)
Correct answer: fails- A. go,
- B. me;
- C. speak;
- D. me
Explanation: speak, (comma should be used to separate two clauses)
Correct answer: speak;