English Test - 5

The correct answer is 'dumbest.'

Key Points

• To describe, quantify, modify or identify nouns/pronouns, adjectives are used or reused.
• Adjectives have their own degrees called degrees of adjectives or degrees of comparison that compare one thing/person to another.  
• We should use same degree of comparison for the subject in a sentence to make the sentence grammatically correct.
  • Example: She is the prettiest and the most talented girl.
• In the given question, as the first part of the sentence has superlative degree 'brightest' for the subject 'You', therefore the second part of the sentence should also have a superlative degree.
• Therefore, the correct answer is 'dumbest.'
  • ​Correct sentence: You are the brightest and dumbest man I've ever met.

Additional Information

• When two items/people are compared, a comparative degree is used by putting ‘er’ to the adjective word in association with the word ‘than’.
• In some cases ‘more’ is used.
  • Example: She is smarter than her sister.
                     She is more cheerful than her sister.

The correct answer is "Deceit".

Key Points 

• The word 'Guile' means the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
• The synonyms of the word 'Guile' are "deceit, artifice, cheating".
• From the synonym of the given word, we can say that the word 'Deceit' is the same in meaning.
• The word 'Deceit' means the action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth.

Hence, the correct answer is option 4. Let's see the meaning of other given options-

 Additional Information

• The antonyms of the word 'Guile' are "honesty, probity, sincerity".
• Example of 'Guile' in a sentence:
  • Wann advised me to use whatever kind of guile I can come up with to make my son a Mets fan.

The error lies in part B of the sentence. Therefore, the correct answer is option 2.

Explanation:

• Some nouns are always in the plural form and they don’t have a singular form. The plural verb must be used with them.
  For Example: Alms, Police,  Annals, Archives, Ashes, Arrears, Wages, Species, Scissors, Gentry, Trousers, Pants, etc.
  Example: Alms were given to the beggars.
• Thus, the usage of 'archive' is wrong here. 'archives' must be used instead.

Additional Information

• Wages can be used in both singular and plural forms.
  Example: Wages are paid in cash. (Here 'Wages' means 'Labour)
                   Wages of hard work is sweet. (Here 'Wages' means 'Result')

Correct Sentence: So instead of holding a traditional opening, the archives will provide a live video tour of the exhibition on its Facebook page at 6 p.m.

The correct answer is: Option 1 i.e. Forget about something.

Key Points

• The idiom "Slip your mind" means to forget about something. (भूल जाना)
  • Example: I'm sorry I didn't call you back, it completely slipped my mind.
• "Forget about something" refers to failing to remember something that one was supposed to do. (किसी चीज़ को भूल जाना)
  • Example: She forgot about the meeting and missed it entirely.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Option 1 i.e. Forget about something.

Additional Information

Here are the other options explained along with their Hindi meanings and example sentences:

• Immediately think of something (तुरंत किसी चीज़ के बारे में सोचना):
  • Example: When I saw the picture, I immediately thought of our trip to Paris.
• Can't think of anything to say (कहने के लिए कुछ भी नहीं सोच पाना):
  • Example: When he asked me that question, I couldn't think of anything to say.
• Think about something for a short time (थोड़े समय के लिए किसी चीज़ के बारे में सोचना):
  • Example: I thought about the proposal for a short time before making a decision.

The correct answer is "mustn't".

Key Points

• In the given sentence, the usage of the modal verb "needn't" is incorrect.
• The modal verb "needn't" is a contraction of "need not".
• We use the modal verb "needn't" in a sentence where an action has already been done that was needless.
  • Example: You needn't have watered the plants as it was about to rain.
• ​The word "won't" is a contraction of "will not" used for future tense. The word "won't" is more of an informal usage in spoken English.
• The word "wouldn't" is a contraction of the modal verb "would not". We use the modal verb "would not" to talk about imaginary situations in the past tense.
• ​We use the modal verb "mustn't" in prohibitory statements.
  • Example: You mustn't wear that dress to school.
• The given statement is a warning from the speaker to not light the matches as the room is full of gas. So we should use the modal verb "musn't" in the given statement.​

The correct sentence is: You mustn't light a match, the room is full of gas.

Hence, the correct answer is option 3.

The correct answer is: must be used to feed

Key Points

• The original sentence contains a grammatical error in the use of the preposition "for" after "used."
• The correct construction in this context is "used to" when indicating the purpose or function of something.
• The verb "used" is typically followed by "to" to express the intended action or purpose.
• "For" is often used to express the beneficiary or recipient of an action.
  • Example: Technology must be used to feed the changing forces in society.
• ​Corrected Sentence: In today’s world, technology must be used to feed the changing forces in society.
• The corrected sentence uses "to" after "used" to indicate the purpose or function of technology. This construction is more grammatically accurate.

Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.

The correct answer is option 3.

The error in the sentence is in part C.

The sentence compromises the rule of parallelism. Here, there are two adjectives (cheerful and energetic) and a verb phrase ‘couldn't wait’. Hence, we need a third adjective here.

Thus, the sentence will result as follows:

‘On the morning of his first day at school, Vikram was cheerful, energetic and eager to take the bus.’

The correct answer is option 1) i.e. A

• The error lies in first part A of sentence, as 'much'  is used for uncountable nouns.
• But people is used as a countable noun here so, much should be replaced with many (which is usually used for countable nouns) and people can be counted.

​Hence, the correct sentence will be- “There were many people in the bookshop which made the place crowded and created problem for old aged people.”

The correct answer is: would have looked

Key Points

• In the given sentence, "would have looked" is the appropriate construction.
• It is the past perfect form used to express a hypothetical situation or a condition that did not occur.
• It is commonly used to talk about unrealized possibilities or missed opportunities in the past.
  • Structure: Subject + Modal + Main Verb + Object.
• "Would have" is a modal auxiliary verb used to express the hypothetical or unrealized nature of the action.
• "Looked" is the main verb, indicating the action of appearing or being visually attractive.
• The compliment "gorgeous in ethnic apparel" provides additional information about how Adyasha would have looked.
• Corrected Sentence: Adyasha would have looked gorgeous in ethnic apparel.
• The correction involves removing the unnecessary "been" and retaining the past participle "looked" after the modal "would have" to form a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

Thus, option 2 is the correct answer.

The correct answer is 'if.'

Key Points

• W e often use if to introduce possible or impossible situations or conditions and their results.
• The situations or conditions can be real, imagined, or uncertain.
  • Example: I usually make a sandwich to take to work if I have enough time.
• In this sentence, the use of 'though', 'unless', and 'until' would be incorrect.​
  • Though: Though means ‘in spite of something.’ 
    • It is a subordinating conjunction.
    • This means that the clause which they introduce is a subordinate clause, which needs a main clause to make it complete.
    • When the though clause comes after the main clause, it can also mean ‘but it is also true that …’
      • Example: We didn’t make any profit though nobody knows why.
  • Unless: We use the conjunction unless to mean ‘except if.'
    • Example: They won’t come unless you invite them.
  • Until: We use until as subordinating conjunction to connect an action or an event to a point in time.
    • Example: We played chess until midnight. ​
• Hence, the word, 'if' should be used to make the sentence grammatically correct.
• Hence, the correct answer is 'if.'
  • ​The Correct Sentence: Your brother will be failed if he does not come tomorrow.

Additional Information 

• A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence.
• Coordinating conjunctions join equals to one another.
  • Example: Most children like sweets and cookies.
• Coordinating conjunctions go in between items joined, not at the beginning or end.
  • Example: I like coffee, but I don't like tea.