English Language Test - 9

The correct spelling is 'Aggressive'.

Aggressive: ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression

For example: You'd better keep the two aggressive people apart.

The other words are incorrectly spelled.

The correct spelling is 'Accommodate'.

Accommodate: to have enough space for somebody/something, especially for a certain number of people; to provide somebody with a place to stay, live or work.

For example: The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height.

The other words are incorrectly spelled.

The correct answer is 'Challenged'.

Impugned: disputed the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement.

For example: His motives have been scrutinized and impugned.

Challenged: used to indicate that someone or something is lacking or deficient in a specified respect.

For example: He challenged the orthodox views on education.

Burning question: an important question that requires an answer.

The meaning of the phrase "take with a grain of salt" means not taking something too seriously.

Example: The Indian players took the issue of racism with a grain of salt.

This is the boy who scored the highest marks.

The most suitable pronoun for the given blank is 'who'. A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun to avoid its repetition.

A relative pronoun is one which is used to refer to nouns mentioned previously, whether they are people, places, things, animals, or ideas" (i.e. Who, whom, that, which, etc.). Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.

For example:  Jack is the one who wants to go.

'Treachery' is nearest in meaning to the underlined word 'Betrayal'.

Betrayal: the action of betraying someone or something; breaking or violation of trust, or confidence that produces moral and psychological conflict within a relationship amongst individuals or organizations, disloyalty.

For example: She felt that what she had done was a betrayal of Patrick.

Treachery: betrayal of trust; the quality of being deceptive, behavior that deceives or is not loyal to someone who trusts you.

For example: I was shocked by the treachery of my best friend.

Giving money to the poor is a/an benevolent act of service to the poor.

Benevolent: kind and helpful, giving money or help to people or organizations that need it.

According to the given sentence, giving money to the poor is an act of charity. Therefore, we need a word whose meaning is close to kind/helpful.

​So, according to the context of the sentence, 'benevolent' fits appropriately in the given blank.

Everything in this store is for sale.

The most appropriate preposition for the given blank is 'in.'

A preposition is a word or group of words used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object. To refer to a place, use the prepositions "in".

Here, in the given blank, the preposition 'in' is used to show the place where everything is for sale.

For example: They will meet in the lunchroom.

The activity that you are doing should peak your interest.

In this blank, we need a word whose meaning is close to 'to reach the highest point.'

• Peak: to reach the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill.
• Pique: to excite or cause interest.
• Peek: to look, especially for a short time or while trying to avoid being seen.
• Peke: a small dog with long, soft hair and a wide, flat nose.