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English Easy

Choose the correct preposition to complete: 'They arrived ___ the airport on time.'

  • Ain
  • Bat
  • Con
  • Dto
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Correct Answer: Option B — at
Explanation: 'Arrive at' is used with specific locations such as airports, stations, or buildings, making 'arrived at the airport' the correct prepositional usage.
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English Easy

Choose the correct preposition to complete: 'He apologized ___ being late.'

  • Afor
  • Bof
  • Cwith
  • Dabout
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Correct Answer: Option A — for
Explanation: The phrase 'apologize for' is the standard collocation used to express regret for an action, making 'apologized for being late' the grammatically correct choice.
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English Easy

Choose the correct preposition to complete: 'She is good ___ mathematics.'

  • Ain
  • Bat
  • Con
  • Dfor
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Correct Answer: Option B — at
Explanation: The correct preposition to express proficiency or skill in a subject is 'at', as in 'good at mathematics', a common collocation in English usage.
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English Medium

Choose the correctly formed sentence using a gerund as the subject.

  • ATo swim is good exercise.
  • BSwimming is good exercise.
  • CSwim is good exercise.
  • DSwimming are good exercise.
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Correct Answer: Option B — Swimming is good exercise.
Explanation: A gerund, formed by adding '-ing' to a verb, can function as a noun and act as the subject of a sentence, making 'Swimming is good exercise' the correct construction.
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English Medium

Choose the correct sentence regarding parallel structure.

  • AShe likes reading, writing, and to swim.
  • BShe likes reading, writing, and swimming.
  • CShe likes to read, writing, and swim.
  • DShe likes read, write, and swimming.
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Correct Answer: Option B — She likes reading, writing, and swimming.
Explanation: Parallel structure requires consistency in grammatical form among listed items. Using the gerund form throughout, as in 'reading, writing, and swimming', maintains correct parallelism.
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English Medium

Choose the correctly formed question using a tag question.

  • AShe is coming, isn't it?
  • BShe is coming, isn't she?
  • CShe is coming, doesn't she?
  • DShe is coming, is she?
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Correct Answer: Option B — She is coming, isn't she?
Explanation: A tag question must agree with the subject and auxiliary verb of the main clause. Since the subject is 'she' and the auxiliary is 'is', the correct tag is 'isn't she?'.
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English Medium

Choose the sentence that correctly uses 'few' versus 'a few'.

  • AI have few friends, so I feel lonely.
  • BI have a few friends, so I never feel lonely.
  • CI have a little friends, so I feel happy.
  • DI have much friends, so I feel happy.
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Correct Answer: Option B — I have a few friends, so I never feel lonely.
Explanation: 'A few' indicates a small but sufficient number, giving a positive connotation, whereas 'few' alone often implies an inadequate number, making option B the contextually correct choice.
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English Medium

Identify the correct indirect (reported) speech of: He said, 'I am going to school.'

  • AHe said that he was going to school.
  • BHe said that he is going to school.
  • CHe said that he go to school.
  • DHe said that he going to school.
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Correct Answer: Option A — He said that he was going to school.
Explanation: In reported speech, present continuous tense ('am going') shifts to past continuous ('was going') when the reporting verb is in the past tense, making option A correct.
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English Easy

Identify the correctly formed comparative sentence.

  • AShe is more taller than her sister.
  • BShe is taller than her sister.
  • CShe is tallerer than her sister.
  • DShe is the taller than her sister.
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Correct Answer: Option B — She is taller than her sister.
Explanation: For one-syllable adjectives like 'tall', the comparative form is created by adding '-er', resulting in 'taller', without using 'more' or doubling the comparative suffix.
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English Easy

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a relative pronoun.

  • AThe man which helped me is my neighbor.
  • BThe man who helped me is my neighbor.
  • CThe man whom helped me is my neighbor.
  • DThe man whose helped me is my neighbor.
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Correct Answer: Option B — The man who helped me is my neighbor.
Explanation: 'Who' is the correct relative pronoun for referring to people as the subject of a relative clause, making 'The man who helped me' grammatically correct.
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