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1. Suchanactwouldnotbekinditwerejust.
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A) asifB)evenifC)inorderthatD)asthough
2. HeisweakEnglish.
C) for
D) for
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3. Heenquiredmethematter.
A) atB)in
A) of,aboutB)into,aboutC)of,intoD)into,of
A) fairlyB)rather
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4. Thelecturewasbadlyattended.
5. Mathewwasn'tathome.He(justgo)out.
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A) goneB)hadgoneC)hadjustgoneD)gonejust
6. DonotworrydadIdoit?
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A) WillB)WouldC)CouldD)Shall
7. Likehumans,zooanimalsmusthaveadentisttheirteeth.
A) fillB)filledC)fillingD)tobefilled
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8. Thedramatistmustcaterthetasteoftheaudience.
A) to
B) for
9. Theaudiencewatchedtheclownstheiract.
A) performsB)performC)performedD)areperforming
10. Thepenwritesblue.
A)inB)with
11.Hediedfatigue.
A)FromB)of
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12.Thewoodcutterhasrecentlythistree.
A)fellB)felledC)fallenD)falled
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13.IgotoMexicoeveryyearsoISpanish.
14.Heinvitedmedinnerat8:00p.m.
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A)toB)onC)atD)for
A)usedtospeakB)amusedtospeakingC)hastohavecalledD)musthavecalled
15.Thefurnituretobedeliveredtoday.
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A)isB)haveC)areD)were
16.Wethrewoutsomeoldfurnituresothatnewtelevisionsetenough
space.
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A)hasB)hadC)willhave
17.Thechairman,aswellasthemembers,tobeblamedforthismisfortune.
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A)isB)areC)wereD)has
18.Howdotheygotothepubliclibrary?
A)usuallyB)muchC)moreD)often
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19.Thestreetsarelightedelectricity.
A)withB)byC)onD)in
20.Wealllaughedtheaffair.
A)overB)aboutC)forD)on
21.Makesuretoreadthesecondbook,isthebestoneintheseries.
A)whichB)that
22.Hewillgoabus.
23.Shethesouptoseeifitneedsmoresalt.
A)tastesB)willbetastingC)hadbeentastingD)istasting
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24.Hewalksheisslightlylame.
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A)withB)toC)inD)at
A)asthoughB)ifC)providedthatD)sothat
25.Hekilledtwobirdsoneshot.
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A)byB)inC)with
26.WheatisnotnativetoIndiaandbarley.
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A)isn'teitherB)iseitherC)isneitherD)isn'tneither
27.IfIhadn'tcomealongatthatmoment,Rahimtheonearrestedinstead
oftherealthief.
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A)mightbeenB)mayhavebeenC)canhavebeenD)couldhavebeen
28.Theinspectorofexcisehastoconductregularchecksandtovisitthe
unitatleastonceaday.
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A)RequiredB)IsrequiredC)Requires
29.Itisifwecanorganizeanotherexamthismonth.
A)DoubtfulB)Unlikely
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30.Youhaveallcomewellprepared.Iyoutopassthisexam.
A)WishB)HopeC)Expect
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1.EVENIF(option'B').EVENIF=despitethefactthat.EVENIFisusedinconditional
clauses,whentheconditionhasnoeffectontheotherclause.SUCHANACTWOULDNOTBE
KINDistheotherclausehere.TheconditionisEVENIFITWEREJUST.Hinditranslation:
Yadiyeuchitbhihotatoaisakaaryakoibadhiyaanahinhota.TheverbafterITisplural
unrealweusepluralverbwithsingularsubjectifthetenseissimplepast.
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becauseit'sunreal,meansthetimehaspassedandnot,therefore,possiblenow.Whenit'spast
2.IN(option'B').Whenoneisnotgoodatsomething,thecorrectprepositionwithWEAKis
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IN,notAT.WeuseATafterGOOD.
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3.OF,ABOUT(option'A').WhensomethingisaskedfromsomebodyweuseOFafter
ENQUIRE.SoitwillbeOFinthefirstblank.Toasksomebodyforsomeinformationweuse
ABOUT(notINTO).ENQUIREandINQUIREarethesamething.
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4.RATHER(option'B').Withfavorableadjectives/adverbsRATHERisused,otherwise
FAIRLY.BADLYisanunfavourableadverb,soitwillbeRATHER.
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5.HADJUSTGONE(option'C').toexpressthataneventhappenedaveryshorttimebeforewe
useJUSTinthepastperfecttense.
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6.WILL(option'A').Infuture,weuseSHALLwithfirstperson,butwhenwehavetoexpress
anintention,thecorrectisWILL.
7.FILLING(option'C').HAVE+OBJECT+PRESENTPARTICIPLEcanbeusedforcausative
actionswhensomekindofpersuasionisthere.Hinditranslation:Aadmiyonkitrhaazoo
animalskepaasbhiaisedoctorhonechaahiyenjounkedaantokobharwaasakenyaabhar
sken.
8.FOR(option'B').CATERFOR=a)toprovidethethingsthataparticularpersonorsituation
needsorwantse.g.theclasscatersforallabilityrangesb)toprovidefoodanddrinksfora
socialevente.g.Mostofourworknowinvolvescateringforweddings.
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CATERTO=toprovidethethingsthataparticulartypeorpersonwants,especiallythingsthat
youdonotapproveofe.g.Theyonlypublishnovelswhichcatertothemassmarket.
9.PERFORM(Option'B').WATCHinthestructureVERB+OBJECTtakesbareinfinitive(first
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formoftheverbwithoutTO).HereWATCHEDistheverbandTHECLOWNSistheobjecte.g.
Iwatchedhimdriveoff.
Iwatchedhimleavetheroom.
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NOTE:InthisstructurewithWATCHwecanusepresentparticiple(verb+ing)also,e.g.
Theaudiencewatchedtheclownsperformingtheiract.
SomeoftheothersuchverbsareSEE,HEAR,FEELe.g.
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Isawhimleavingtheroom.ORIsawhimleavingtheroom.
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Iheardhimmakearrangementsforhisjourney.ORIheardhimmakingarrangements
forhisjourney.
Ifeltthecarskid.ORIfeltthecarskidding.
10.IN(option'A').Whensomethingisusedasamediumtodosomethingweusethe
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prepositionWITH.HereBLUEisnotanymedium/instrument,soitwillbeIN.WecansayI
WRITEWITHAPENbutyoucan'tsayMYPENWRITESWITHBLUE.
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11.FROM(option'A').WhenthecauseofdeathisadeceaseweuseDIEDOFifit'sanyother
causeweuseDIEDFROM.FATIGUEisnotanydiseaseitmeansfeelingofbeingextremely
tired,usuallybecauseofhardworkofexercise.
12.FELLED(option'B').FALLandFELLaretwodifferentverbs.FALLisintransitivewhile
FELListransitive(havinganobject).OtherwisealsoFELL=tocutdownatree.Thethree
formsoftheseverbs:
FALLFELLFALLEN
FELLFELLEDFELLED
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13.AMUSEDTOSPEAKING(option'B').USEDTO=anypasthabit.Meanssomething
happenedinthepastcontinuouslyorfrequentlyduringaperiodinthepast,e.g.Iusedto
smoke.(ButIdon'tdoitnow.)
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ButUSEDTODOINGisusedtotalkaboutsomethingthatyouarefamiliarwithsothatitno
longerseemsneworstrangetoyou.SointhesentenceIGOTUSEDTODRIVINGONTHE
RIGHTWHENIWASINAMERICAIGOTUSEDTODRIVINGiscorrect.
Alsoseethisformoreclarification
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14.FOR(option'D').WithINVITEboththeprepositionsTOandFORarepossible.Weuse
FORwhenitreferstoanactivitye.g.Heinvitedmefortea.TEAheremeanstotakeacupof
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tea,notonanoccasion.WeuseTOwhenitreferstoaplaceorevente.g.Heinvitedmetotea.
TEAhereisamealhostedasanoccasion,saybirthday,marriageoranyother.Inthesentence
aboveit'sclearfromthecontextthatitwasjustasimpleactivity,notanyevent.
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Haveyoubeeninvitedtotheparty?
Ihaveinvitedhimforlunchintherecess.
Allparentsareinvitedtocoffeeattheschool.
ForformalinvitationsweuseFORe.g.
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Successfulcandidateswillbeinvitedforinterviewnextmonth.
15.IS(option'A').FURNITUREisanuncountablenoun.uncountablenounsarealways
singular,andhencetakesingularverbs.
16.HAD(option'B').Thefirstclausei.e.Wethrewoutsomeoldfurnitureisinpasttense,
whichsuggeststhatitshouldbeapasttenseinthenextclausealso.
17.HAS(option'D').WordsjoinedtoasingularsubjectbyASWELLAS,WITH,INADDITION
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TO,etcarecalledparenthetical(providingextrainformation)theverbthereforeissingular.
BEalsoissingular,butit'snotpossiblehere.BETO(isto,amto,areto,wasto,wereto)isused
HeISTOstayheretillwereturn.(order)
SheISTObemarriednextmonth.(plan)
Theexpeditionistostartinaweek'stime.(plan)
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toconveyordersorinstructions,orconveyaplane.g.
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HASTO(haveto)isusedeitherforDEDUCTIONS(formingofopinionsaboutsomething
basedontheinformationavailable)orOBLIGATIONS(thestateofbeingforcedtodo
somethingbecauseitisyourduty,orbecauseoflaw,oryouhavehavepromised,etc)e.g.
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Thereisatallgreybirdfishingintheriver.ItHASTObeaheron.(deduction)
Thereisaknockonthedoor.ItHASTObeMohan.(deduction)
IHAVETOwipemyfeeteverytimeIcomein.(obligation)
ApreventiveofficerHASTOwearuniformonduty.(obligation)
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Hereinthesentenceit'sadeduction,soHASTOiscorrect.
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DEDUCTION=theprocessofusinginformationyouhaveinordertounderstandaparticular
situationortofindtheanswertoaproblem.
18.OFTEN(option'D').OFTENisusedtosayhowmanytimesathingisdone.HOWOFTEN=
howmanytimesi.e.howfrequently(kitnibaar).
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HOWMUCHisusedtoaskabouttheamountofsomethinge.g.
Howmuchwaterdoyouneed?
19.BY(option'B').WeuseBYwhenwetalkaboutwhatactionwetaketodosomething.Weuse
WITHwhenwetalkaboutwhatweusetodosomething,meansaphysicalthinge.g.
ShesucceededBYsheerwillpower.
HegotthismedalBYhardwork.
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Ididn'thaveabottleopener,soIhadtoopenitWITHascrewdriver.
Itoldhimthathecouldn'thopetocatchabigfishWITHasmallrodlikethat.
ShecuttheappleWITHaknife.
NOTE:WeuseBYincertaincommonphraseslikeBYMISTAKE,BYACCIDENT,BYPHONE,
BYBUS/CAR/TRAIN,BYAIR/ROAD/RAIL/LAND/SEA,BYCHEQUE/CREDITCARD,BY
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HEART,BYFORCE,BYHAND,BYPOST/FAX/EMAILe.g.
IturnedthecomputeroffBYMISTAKEandlostallmywork.
[However,iftheisadeterminer/adjectivebeforethenounorifthenounisplural,weusea
prepositionotherthanBYe.g.
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IthinksheiscomingONthetrain.]
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IordereditONthephone.(adjectiveTHEisbeforethenounPHONE)
IlearntaboutitINanemailfromtheboss.
SheturnedupINhernewcar.
InevertravelINbuses.(BUSESisapluralnoun)
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20.ABOUT(option'B').WecanusebothATandABOUTwiththeverbLAUGH.WeuseAT
whenwearemakingfunofsomebodyorsomethingbecauseit'sridiculesweuseABOUTwhen
wefeelamusement,meanswhenwefeelhappy.Hereinthesentencethecontextisnot
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showingwhatitis,butintheoptionsABOUTonlyisthere.SoABOUTisquitecorrect.
21.WHICH(option'A').Thisisanondefiningclausewecan'tuseTHATasarelativepronoun
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innondefiningclause.
22.IN(option'B).WeuseBYincertaincommonphraseslikeBYMISTAKE,BYACCIDENT,
BYPHONE,BYBUS/CAR/TRAIN,BYAIR/ROAD/RAIL/LAND/SEA,BYCHEQUE/CREDIT
CARD,BYHEART,BYFORCE,BYHAND,BYPOST/FAX/EMAILe.g.
Ithinksheiscomingbytrain.
CanIpaybycreditcard?
Theparcelissobigitwouldcostafortunetosenditbyair.
Ispoketoherbyphone.
IturnedthecomputeroffBYMISTAKEandlostallmywork.
Ithinksheiscomingonthetrain.(notBYTHETRAIN)
CanIpaywithmycreditcard?(notBYMYCREDITCARD)
IordereditONthephone.(notBYTHEPHONE)
IlearntaboutitINanemailfromtheboss.(notBYANEMAIL)
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However,ifthereisadeterminer/adjectivebeforethenounorifthenounisplural,weusea
prepositionotherthanBYe.g.
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SheturnedupINhernewcar.(notBYHERNEWCAR)
InevertravelINbuses.(BUSESisapluralnounthereforenotBYBUSES)
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23.ISTASTING(option'D').Thesecondclausei.e.'ifitneedsmoresalt'isinthepresenttense,
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sothetenseofthefirstclauseshouldalsobepresent.AstheactiontoldbytheverbTASTE
referstoanactiongoingonatthetimeofspeaking,thepresentcontinuoustenseisneeded.
Presentsimpletenseisusedmainlyforhabitualactionsoruniversaltruths.
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24.ASTHOUGH(option'A').Forexplanationseeit
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25.WITH(option'A').TheprepositionWITHhereisusedonthebasisoftheidiomKILLTWO
BIRDSWITHONESTONE.Hereit'snotkillingbirdsinactual,ratheritmeansTOACHIEVE
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TWOTHINGSATTHESAMETIMEWITHONEACTION.AsSHOTisanounhere,it'sathing
ofcourse.SHOTmeansBULLETSorFIRINGFROMAGUNetc.Yes,INcanbeusedifit's
relatedtoscreeningofashotinfilmsetce.g.
Theactionwasfilmedinasingleshot.
26.ISN'TEITHER(option'A').It'scaseofADDITIONOFAREMARKtoanegativeremarks.
Additiontoanegativeremarkcanbeaffirmativeaswellasnegative.Youcannotuseaffirmative
additionhereasadditiontoanegativeremarkifisaffirmativeitmustbeginwiththeword
BUT,soyoucannotuseISEITHERhere.Nowweleftwithonlyoneoptioni.e.usingof
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Well,anegativeadditiontonegativeremarkcanbeusedeitherbyNEITHER/NOR+
HELPINGVERB+SUBJECTorSUBJECT+NEGATIVEHELPINGVERB+EITHER.Inthe
givensentencethesubject(BARLEY)isgiven,sowe'llusethesecondoptioni.e.ISN'T
EITHER.
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27.COULDHAVEBEEN(option'D').It'saconditionaltypeIIIsentenceinwhichtheverbin
theifclauseisinpastperfectandverbinthemainclauseis(WOULD+HAVE+VERBIII).
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Butifit'sanabilityorpossibilityinthemainclauseweuseMIGHTorCOULDinplaceof
WOULD.MIGHTBEENisnotpossibleasanymodalmustfollowfirstformoftheverbyousee
BEENisnotthefirstform.Yesoption'D'isquitecorrect.
FormoreclarificationseeCONDITIONALSENTENCESTYPEIIIhere
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28.ISREQUIRED(option'B').REQUIREmeanstoneedsomethingortodependon
something,e.g.Irequireurgenttreatment.Butwhensomethingisneededtodoasaruleor
regulation,weuseBE+REQUIREDe.g.ThewearingofseatbeltsisrequiredinDelhi.
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29.DOUBTFUL(option'A').WhentheotherclausebeginswithIFweuseDOUBTFUL,not
LIKELY.
30.EXPECT(option'C').WISH=towantsomethingtohappenortobetrueeventhoughitis
unlikelyorimpossible.HOPE=towantsomethingtohappenandthinkitispossible.EXPECT
=tothinkorbelievethatsomethingwillhappenorthatsomebodywilldosomething.The
contextisnotsayingthatit'saWANTalso.SoEXPECTisonlycorrect.
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