English Test - 2

The word 'Predicament' means a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

• Thesynonymsof the word 'Predicament' are"dilemma,crisis, difficulty".
• Fromthesynonymof the given word, we can say that the word 'dilemma' is thesameinmeaning.
• The word'dilemma'meansa difficult situation or problem.

Let's see the meaning of other given options:

The most appropriate word one-word for the given group of words is 'Polyglot'.
Polyglot- speaking or using several different languages.
Polygamist-someone who is married to more than one person at the same time.
Agnostic- someone who does not know, or believes that it is impossible to know if a god exists.
Bilingual- able to use two languages equally well.

In the given question, the phrase 'in cold blood' refers to 'emotionlessly and heartlessly; with deliberate cruelty or callousness'.

Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question:

Option (C), 'ruthlessly', refers to 'in a ruthless manner; in a ruthless manner. Therefore, option (C) is correct as it is synonymous to that of 'in cold blood's' definition.

Option (A), 'coldly', refers to 'lacking the warmth of feeling; in a cold, unemotional manner'. So, option (A) is incorrect as it is not at all similar to what the definition of 'in cold blood' says.

Option (B), 'boldly', refers to 'with boldness, in a bold manner'. Therefore, option (B) is incorrect as it is not similar tothe meaning of 'in cold blood'.

Option (D), 'deliberately', refers to 'with intention; in an intentional manner. Thus, option (D) is incorrect as it is not similar to what 'in cold blood' means.

The preposition 'at' is a Simple Preposition.

Simple prepositions are the short words used to show the relationship between nouns, pronouns, or to join parts of a clause or sentence.

The preposition 'at' is used for expressing a particular state or condition. Here his state of being surprised.

The preposition 'by' means ‘as a means of’ something or someone. This preposition often comes in a passive sentence.

The preposition 'with' means ‘accompanied by’ something or someone.

The preposition 'on' is used to indicate the state of something.

Complete Sentence: He was surprised at what she said?

From the given options, the correct choice to fill in the blank is 'you.'

• We know that, ifall the three-personor two out of three come in asingle sentence, the order is231.
  • ​Example:HeandIhave completed our work.
• In the given sentence, in thefirst place,eitherthe second or third personcan be used.
• ​From the above mentions information, it is clear that 'you'is the correct answer.

Thus the correct sentence is: You, he and I shall prepare for the birthday party.

Let us know the meanings of the words in each option:

• Ability means talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area.
• Concern means to relate to; be about.
• Possibility means a thing that may happen or be the case.
• Delusion means an idiosyncratic belief or impression maintained despite being contradicted by reality or rational argument, typically as a symptom of a mental disorder.

A magic touch means a special ability to do something very well.

Correct sentence- The film's success will please the director who was rumoured to have lost his magic touch. A magic touch is a phrase used to refer to a special ability to do something well.

Option (A) will have left: This option is correct because in the given sentence, 'before we reach the station' indicatesan event that will occur or is expected to occur in the future. 'Will have' is a verb form used to indicate future presentperfect tense and so the most appropriate answer is will have left.

Option (B) should have left: This option is not correct because the given sentence indicates an event that will occur or is expected to occur in the future. So, this option does not fit the sentence. This option is incorrect.

Option (C) left: This option is not correct because the given sentence indicates an event that will occur or is expectedto occur in the future. So, this option does not fit the sentence. This option is incorrect.

Option (D) is leaving: This option is not correct because the given sentence indicates an event that will occur or isexpected to occur in the future. So, this option does not fit the sentence. This option is incorrect.

The word 'loss' is a noun and it means 'the fact that you no longer have something or have less of something'. It is the most suitable option according to the context of the given sentence.

Example: He suffered a gradual loss of memory.

The correct sentence is- He suffered hearing loss from testing aircraft engines.

In the given sentence, the noun 'emergency room' is specific or particular.

• The definite article 'the' is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.

Also in the sentence, 'bomber' and 'town' are unspecified general nouns.

• 'A' and 'an' are indefinite articles, which means that they refer to, or introduce, an unspecified noun. In other words, we use an indefinite article in front of a noun when we're not referring to a particular person, place, thing or idea, but we want to convey that we're talking about any person, place, thing or idea.

We use 'a' before a consonant sound (here bomber, town), and we use 'an' before a vowel sound.

Therefore, as per the rules and given context the most appropriate articles to be placed in the sentence are "A, the, a".

Let us explore the given options:

• The conjunction 'so' means and for this result; therefore.
• Theconjunction 'because'meansfor the reason that; since.
• Theconjunction 'yet'meansbut at the same time; but nevertheless.
• Theconjunction 'but'isused to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting with what has already been mentioned.

Here, in the given sentence, 'so' is used to tell the result of the main clause. The main clause is 'the pain was unbearable' hence we need to tell the result what he has done after this and the result is 'I went to see a specialist'.

Let's see an example:

• There was nobody at home,sothe postman didn't deliver the letter.

Complete Sentence: The pain was unbearable so I went to see a specialist.