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Parts of speech classify words according to their function as nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. Questions may test a word that changes class by context, such as a noun used as a verb or an adjective formed from a participle.
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- A. Knows
- B. Knew
- C. No
- D. New
Explanation: Option A; Both is the subject of your sentence, and it is what the verb should agree with.
Correct answer: Knew1362. It seldom _ in Feburary
- A. Rains
- B. None of these
- C. Rained
- D. Raining
Explanation: 'Rains' would be the correct option here, since the sentence does not describe a present continuous tense or a past tense.
Correct answer: Rains- A. Break
- B. Breaks
- C. Broken
- D. Broke
Explanation: The auxiliary verb 'did' is always followed by the first form of a verb. Hence the correct option is 'break'.
Correct answer: Break- A. Try
- B. Tries
- C. Tried
- D. Is trying
Explanation: This is the correct answer. "Is trying" is the present progressive (continuous) tense form of the verb "try," used to indicate an action…
Correct answer: Is trying1365. The dogs _ escaped.
- A. Did
- B. Has
- C. Had
- D. Will
Explanation: The sentence should read: "The dogs had escaped."The verb "had escaped" is in the past perfect tense, indicating that the dogs' escape…
Correct answer: Had- A. Has
- B. Have
- C. Be
- D. Been
Explanation: The sentence should read: "The police have arrested the suspect."
Correct answer: Have- A. Sue took from the window the cover.
- B. Sue cover from the window took the cover.
- C. Sue took the cover from the window.
- D. Sue the cover took from the window.
Explanation: The correct answer is (c) Sue took the cover from the window.This sentence has the correct word order:- Subject (Sue)- Verb (took)- Object…
Correct answer: Sue took the cover from the window.- A. Work all day, my father doesn't have much time to spare.
- B. Working all day, my father don't have much time to spend.
- C. Working all day, my father doesn't have much time to spend.
- D. Working all day, my father doesn't have much time to spent.
Explanation: "Working" is the participle, and "doesn't" agrees with "father." "Spend" is correct, not "spent."
Correct answer: Working all day, my father doesn't have much time to spend.- A. To kill
- B. Kills
- C. Kill
- D. Killed
Explanation: "Made" is a causative verb, so the correct structure is "made me kill."
Correct answer: Kill- A. Will graduate
- B. Graduated
- C. Will be graduating
- D. Will have graduated
Explanation: "Will have graduated" indicates completion before a specified future time.
Correct answer: Will have graduated- A. Needs
- B. Need
- C. Needed
- D. Has needed
Explanation: The sentence is expressing a general statement about what someone needs to do to get an idea of the horrors of rabies.
Correct answer: Need- A. Had
- B. Will
- C. Have
- D. Will have
Explanation: "Will have" is the correct answer as it accurately expresses the future perfect continuous tense and indicates that by 2030, people will…
Correct answer: Will have- A. Lives
- B. Am living
- C. Is living
- D. Shall living
Explanation: In this sentence, the subject 'I' requires the first-person singular form of the verb 'to live'.
Correct answer: Am living- A. Furry
- B. Fairly
- C. Fairy
- D. Ferry
- E. Fury
Explanation: Option D is correct. This option is correct. Ferry is a boat or ship that carries people or goods across a body of water, making it the…
Correct answer: Ferry1375. The soup _ good
- A. Taste
- B. Tastes
- C. Is tasting
- D. Has taste
Explanation: The correct answer is 'Tastes.' In the sentence 'The soup tastes good,' 'tastes' is the present simple form of the verb, which is used to…
Correct answer: Tastes- A. A few
- B. The few
- C. Few
- D. Fewer
Explanation: A is the correct option. This phrase indicates some words that are spoken seriously, which fits well in the context of the sentence…
Correct answer: A few- A. Resign
- B. Resignation
- C. Resigning
- D. To resign
Explanation: This is the correct answer. After "has planned," the infinitive form "to resign" appropriately completes the sentence, indicating what…
Correct answer: To resign- A. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fall from the bicycle.
- B. My father is talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fall from the bicycle.
- C. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fell from the bicycle.
- D. My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I am falling from the bicycle.
Explanation: This sentence is correct. It uses past continuous ("was talking") for an ongoing action and simple past ("fell") for an action that…
Correct answer: My father was talking to his friend on mobile phone when I fell from the bicycle.- A. Has climbed
- B. Have climbed
- C. Had climbed
- D. Was climbing
Explanation: This option is correct. "Had climbed" is past perfect tense, which is used to show an action completed before another past action or…
Correct answer: Had climbed- A. To arrive
- B. Arriving
- C. Be arriving
- D. To have arriving
Explanation: The phrase "about to" is correctly followed by the base form of the verb, as in "arrive." This construction is grammatically accurate and…
Correct answer: To arrive