Proficiency in English Language Test - 3

The grammatically correct sentence would be “It is time the 2 year old learnt how to walk and run”.

Among all the given options the incorrectly spelt word is 'Leneage'.

Its correct form is Lineage.

Lineage means derivation, heritage, etc. Ex: Their lineage goes back a long way.

• Nonetheless means nevertheless, even to, etc.
• Morality means ethics, correctness, etc.
• Sororal means sisterly, sisterlike, etc.

Paul Kennedy is the author of the book - 'Preparing for the Twenty - First Century'.

The suffix “en” is added at the eng of the given adjectives to make them verb form. The verb form of the given adjective are Darken, weaken, sweeten, and soften.

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters added to the end of a word to alter its meaning or to ensure it fits grammatically into a sentence. Suffixes (added to the back of words) contrast with prefixes (added to the front). Suffixes and prefixes are known as affixes.

Some suffix are: -able, -ible, -al, -ial, -ed, -en, and -er, etc.

Passive form-The highway has to be made their home every year by the flood victims of Assam.

Present perfect tense-

Active voice – subject +has/have +V³ +object

Passive voice – object + has/have +been + V³+by+ subject {contradiction(in case if situation is repeating): object + has/have +to +be + V³+by+ subject}

The use of 'went' indicates the use of the past tense.

So, we can simply rule out options (A) and (B) as option (A) does not have any auxiliary verb with it and option (B) is in present tense.

'Was' is used with singular nouns whereas 'were' is used with plural nouns.

'They' is a plural noun. So, 'were playing' is the correct form of verb.

Complete sentence: They were playing chess when I went to see them.

"Sentimentalist" is correctly spelt.

Robber word can be made plural by using suffix 's'.

The plural of 'robber' is 'robbers'. (robber + s)

The marked option robber means a person who steals things.

Example: The robber broke into the house and stole the gold ring lying on the table.

The correct sentence is: They like the food in that restaurant, therefore they go there very often.

'Therefore' means for that reason; consequently. 

• Example: He was injured and therefore unable to play.

In the given sentence they like the food of a restaurant as a result of which they go there very often.

Therefore, the most appropriate conjunction in the given blank is 'therefore'.

Mary passed me on her bicycle.

Pass on: to give something to someone, after someone else gave it to you.

Example: Some organizations passed on substantially less money to the candidates.

The rest of the prepositions don't add up with the given verb.

So, according to the given rule, we will use 'on' in the blank part.