Diction and Idiomatic Phrasal Usage (Mod)
Description: Diction & Idiomatic-phrasal usage (Mod) | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Ashok Pandey | |
Tags: Diction & Idiomatic-phrasal usage (Mod) Idioms and Phrases |
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
He continued his singing, dancing and acting in plays since his school and college years but gradually got more and more involved in social work.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The White Cat, that we called it, lived at the back of a shelf at the darkest end of the inside attic which is nearly dark all over.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Not only speech enables man to handle and pass on more complicated ideas, it also enables him to accumulate them.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
In the early last century, villagers in India used firewood for cooking as well as lighting, doing it without electricity and cooking gas
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Mahatma Gandhi, in shunning violence, and managing to convince his followers, earned the grudging respect of the British.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The psychological consultant told the team that crippling fear of failure was holding them back.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The immigration of the family from the mother country occurred at an early day when the settlements in New England were infrequent and weak.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
According to statistics released last year, despite a decrease in unemployment, the number of people considering themselves poor increased nearly by 20 percent.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
With the intention to eat into the market share of Unilever, P&G has started giving free samples of Ariel to users of Surf; the formula of the detergent has been tweaked to give unparalleled brightness, and that is what it is.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Cellular Jail, built in 1896, was a highly controversial structure, because its construction had been approved by the British monarch, it was, nevertheless, allowed to stand.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Usage of 'Dirty Energy', electricity generated by burning coal, which causes ten times environmental degradation as compared to hydro-electric power generation, caused Facebook to be targeted by Greenpeace, an environmental protection group.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Agricultural scientists have noticed an increase in Stem Borer infestation in Indian coffee plants, the pattern consistent with findings reported from other countries in South Asia.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
You will be sorry by the time I have finished you up.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Scientists are still a long way of a cure for AIDS.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Mother Nature helps us survive in this world; something as simple as a tree provides us with so much - food, shade, wood and oxygen - and expects nothing in return.