General English Practice Question and Answer

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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.    

He admired the speed with which Koti completed the work and appreciating the method adopted by him

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    appreciate the method being adopted
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    appreciated the method adopted
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    appreciate the method of adoption
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    appreciate the adopting method
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "appreciated the method adopted"

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Answer : 4. "predilection"

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Daniel sat on / his new bike / and went afar / a ride.

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    a ride
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    his new bike
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    and went afar
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    Daniel sat on
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Answer : 3. "and went afar"
Explanation :

The correct form is "Daniel sat on his new bike and went for a ride." The preposition "for" is needed after "went afar" to indicate the purpose of going afar.


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Directions: Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (E), i.e., 'No correction required' as the answer.    

The poor Brahmin led a hand to mouthful existence and could use any job which paid him a little.

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    handful to mouthful existence
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    hand to mouth existence
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    handing for mouthful existing
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    hand and mouth exist
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    No correction required
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Answer : 2. "hand to mouth existence"

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

We can buy books online from Amazon.

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    Books were to be bought online from Amazon.
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    Books are bought online from Amazon.
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    Books can be bought online from Amazon.
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    Books could be bought online from Amazon.
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Answer : 3. "Books can be bought online from Amazon. "

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Direction: In the following questions, a passage given in the below. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question.

As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some magazines to read on the journey, I made my way to the luggage office to collect the heavy suitcase I had left there three days before. There were only a few people waiting, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I emptied the contents of the wallet, and the railway tickets, money, scraps of paper, and photographs tumbled out of it; but no matter how hard I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

I explained the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me suspiciously as if to say he had heared this type of story many times and asked me to describe the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking object no different from the many suitcases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me form and told me to make a list of the contents of the case. If they were correct, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down.

After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there and for one dreadful moment , it occurred to me that if someone had picked the receipt up , he could easily have  claimed the case already , Fortunately this had not happened , for after a time , I found the case lying on its side high up in the corner . After examining the articles inside, the assistant gave me the case . 

I took out my walled to pay him. I pulled out a ten-shilling note and out slipped my “lost” receipt with it! I could not help blushing . The assistant noded his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen too!!

The writer felt foolish because

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    he could not find his receipt
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    he hadn’t really lost his receipt at all
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    he had to fill in a form
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    the assistant eyed him suspiciously
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Answer : 2. "he hadn’t really lost his receipt at all"

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