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Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

I wish that they would stop _________

  1. to quarrel

  2. quarreling

  3. in quarreling

  4. from quarreling


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Rani left for Delhi by the ______ train.

  1. half past five

  2. five fifteen

  3. five fifteen o'clock

  4. fifteen minutes past five


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Trains are referred to by their departure time and as such 'five fifteen' is correct. The same would apply if the departure time is at 4:30 pm; then it would be the 'four thirty train' or the 'two fifty five train', and so forth.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

I don't think she knows _________

  1. to swim

  2. how to swim

  3. in swimming

  4. swimming


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 "How to swim" is the correct answer as the infinitive form is used with verbs of thinking.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Don't be in _______ hurry.

  1. so

  2. such

  3. such a

  4. a such


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

He killed the lion _______ a gun.

  1. from

  2. in

  3. of

  4. with


Correct Option: D

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

My teacher _______ me that I should have informed him.

  1. say

  2. said

  3. told

  4. is telling


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sentence is in reported speech. Hence, 'told' will be used.

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Sona cannot remember where _______ her coat.

  1. she left

  2. she would have left

  3. she is leaving

  4. had left


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

She was ______ of all her valuables.

  1. stole

  2. robbed

  3. stolen

  4. pinched


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

He asked me to take the book which __________ on the table.

  1. lie

  2. lay

  3. lied

  4. laid


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Hema talked so softly that nobody could _________ what she said.

  1. listen

  2. listen to

  3. hear

  4. hear to


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The ointment should be _______ on the affected part.

  1. rubbed

  2. scrubbed

  3. dropped

  4. rub


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The child was ______ my hand so tightly that I could not pull it away.

  1. catching

  2. holding

  3. seizing

  4. holded


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The milk is cold. Please ______ it.

  1. warm

  2. heat

  3. fire

  4. hot


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

You are a _______

  1. afraid man

  2. coward

  3. modest

  4. brave


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

As Ravi _______ the tap, water gushed out.

  1. open

  2. opened

  3. turned on

  4. turned around


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

I took _______ on his condition..

  1. sympathy

  2. kind

  3. pity

  4. kindness


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The money I have given _______ him to complete his studies.

  1. abled

  2. enabled

  3. entitled

  4. performed


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

He ______ if he would be able to sing properly.

  1. surprised

  2. thought

  3. wondered

  4. think


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

She is very ________ that she is not afraid of going out alone.

  1. coward

  2. brave

  3. strong

  4. healthy


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

He ________ that he can speak Tamil fluently.

  1. proposed

  2. suggested

  3. boasted

  4. asked


Correct Option: C

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Get out, she ordered ________

  1. sharply

  2. hardly

  3. heavy

  4. heavily


Correct Option: A

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The students _________ through the ground on Independence day.

  1. loitered

  2. marched

  3. strayed

  4. ran


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

Sugar _______ in water, but sand doesn't.

  1. dissolve

  2. dissolves

  3. melts

  4. drowns


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

The leaves of the trees ________ as the wind blows.

  1. hissed

  2. rustle

  3. crack

  4. cracked


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate word/phrase from the given options and fill in the blank.

They _______ when they are out of breathe.

  1. pants

  2. pant

  3. sigh

  4. blow


Correct Option: B
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