 
# Test Your English

(Useful English Exercises)

By Manik Joshi

Copyright Manik Joshi 2016

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Table of Contents

01. Conditional Sentences

02. Causative Sentences

03. Interrogative Sentences

04. Imperative Sentences

05. Beginning of a Sentence

06. Using Tenses

07. Collective Nouns

08. Reflexive Pronouns

09. Verb Forms

10. Prepositions -- I

11. Prepositions -- II

12. Idioms and Phrases -- I

13. Idioms and Phrases -- II

14. Idiomatic Comparisons

15. Repetition of Words -- I

16. Repetition of Words -- II

17. English Verb -- "BE"

18. English Verb -- "DO"

19. English Verb -- "Have"

20. English Modal Verbs

21. English Verb -- "Get"

22. English Past Verbs

23. Transitional Expressions

24. Common English Phrases -- I

25. Common English Phrases -- II

26. One-word Substitutes -- I

27. One-word Substitutes -- II

28. Complete the words -- I

29. Complete the words -- II

30. Complete the words -- III

31. Choose the Correct Spelling

32. English Synonyms

33. English Antonyms

34. Homophones

35. Compound Words -- I

36. Compound Words -- II

37. Compound Words -- III

38. Literary Terms

39. Informal Words -- I

40. Informal Words -- II

41. Phrasal Verbs -- I

42. Phrasal Verbs -- II

43. English Idioms -- I

44. English Idioms -- II

45. English Word Exercise -- I

46. English Word Exercise -- II

47. English Word Exercise -- III

48. English Word Exercise -- IV

49. English Word Exercise -- V

50. English Word Exercise -- VI

About the Author

BIBLIOGRAPHY

# 01. Conditional Sentences

"Conditional sentences" express factual implications, or hypothetical situations and their consequences.

Match the two halves of the sentences:-

PART \-- 1

01. Had the government taken action on that report at that time,

02. If anybody considers himself above the constitution

03. If given the opportunity,

04. If they fail to report to the department with a fortnight,

_05._ _If_ we can engage with the great issues of our age,

06. If I had not had to do that extra work, and concentrated on myself

07. If there had been an engagement, it must have been a highly secretive affair and

08. They would socially boycott us

09. He could not have pitched tents inside graveyard

10. He said police need not upgraded his security and that he won't blame it

11. I will not stop telling the truth,

12. If they require assistance,

13. Industrialists said if cash flow did not increase in the coming days,

14. If we went to the house of a worker and he was not present,

15. I can't turn off my email notifications, because my boss will think

PART \-- 2

(A). he would join the army and serve the nation.

(B). not only me but most of the others are unaware about it.

(C). even if you burn me alive.

(D). if something untoward were to happen to him.

(E). if we continued with our demand to raze the statue.

(F). we would not be caught in this situation today.

(G). even if he owned the land.

(H). I'm not working if I don't respond to him within five minutes.

(I). their service will be terminated.

(J). it might have been a different story coming into the final few days.

(K). more and more factories would have no option but to shut down.

(L). we can leverage the interest and attention of the millennial generation.

(M). we will provide immediately.

(N). then it is wrong.

(O). he can come at the camp for registration.

Answers to the Exercise 01:

01. (F) || 02. (N) || 03. (A) || 04. (I) || 05. (L) || 06. (J) || 07. (B) || 08. (E) || 09. (G) || 10. (D) | 11 (C) || 12. (M) || 13. (K) || 14. (O) || 15. (H)

# 02. Causative Sentences

In a causative, a person or thing does not perform an action directly. The subject (person or thing) causes it to happen by forcing, persuading, assisting, etc. an agent (another person or thing) to perform it.

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. His victory had out burst the country people across in the celebration.

02. They make her but tried to talk failed.

03. We might know how to live to get people to be a hundred years old.

04. We understand to make tried him that he is not at fault.

05. One day she got stumbled fell and her fractured hand.

06. He had chopped off her right hand at the shoulder by assailants.

07. He made withdrawal slips the villagers taken and sign the bunch along.

08. Climate change is causing to melt at an alarming rate Himalayan glaciers.

09. They had held have a wedding recently.

10. She got exchanged producing the currency after his valid ID.

11. Authorities run the deer towards a safety net before made tranquilizing it safely.

12. Unable to get to respond to his plea the school authorities and take action, he submitted a written complaint with the police on Friday.

13. An ultra-modern forensic lab has been set up in the city to crack police criminal cases help faster.

14. A problem is kids sit on the making floor.

15. You feel as though I am talking to a person I have made known for me long.

Answers to the Exercise 02:

01. His victory had the people across the country burst out in celebration.

02. They tried to make her talk but failed.

03. We might know how to get people to live to be a hundred years old.

04. We tried to make him understand that he is not at fault.

05. One day she stumbled, fell, and got her hand fractured.

06. He had her right hand chopped off at the shoulder by assailants.

07. He made the villagers sign withdrawal slips and taken the bunch along.

08. Climate change is causing Himalayan glaciers to melt at an alarming rate.

09. They have had a wedding held recently.

10. She got the currency exchanged after producing his valid ID.

11. Authorities made the deer run towards a safety net before tranquilizing it safely.

12. Unable to get the school authorities to respond to his plea and take action, he submitted a written complaint with the police on Friday.

13. An ultra-modern forensic lab has been set up in the city to help police crack criminal cases faster.

14. Making kids sit on the floor is a problem.

15. You made me feel as though I am talking to a person I have known for long.

# 03. Interrogative Sentences

Interrogative Words \-- What, When, Where, Which, Who, Whom, Whose, Why, How

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. are often people missing How found alive?

02. having are they a Why referendum and is it significant?

03. have dogs Why tails do?

04. do their holiday Where online will consumers shopping?

05. violence when against women Ending: if not today?

06. need to tackle What Africa climate change does?

07. has in the playoffs Which the best chance to beat team Dallas?

08. What are you giving medication me?

09. Who will his colleagues now trust him or?

10. Whose is defence impressive the most?

11. whom To the constitution does belong?

12. What carrots are purple and did they come where from?

13. Who first agriculture invented?

14. more important is \-- your work, or your life What?

15. will the limit bank withdrawal be reviewed When?

16. are in our village people all the good Where?

17. What on the astronauts do all day international space station do?

18. Which pension lump sum is better: or annuity?

19. What is what do unified payment interface and can a user with the app?

20. How snoopers can protect myself from I?

Answers to the Exercise 03:

01. How often are missing people found alive?

02. Why are they having a referendum and is it significant?

03. Why do dogs have tails?

04. Where will consumers do their holiday online shopping?

05. Ending violence against women: if not today, when?

06. What does Africa need to tackle climate change?

07. Which team has the best chance to beat Dallas in the playoffs?

08. What medication are you giving me?

09. Who will trust him or his colleagues now?

10. Whose defence is the most impressive?

11. To whom does the constitution belong?

12. What are purple carrots and where did they come from?

13. Who invented agriculture first?

14. What is more important \-- your work, or your life?

15. When will the bank withdrawal limit be reviewed?

16. Where are all the good people in our village?

17. What do astronauts do all day on the international space station?

18. Which is better: lump sum or pension annuity?

19. What is unified payment interface and what can a user do with the app?

20. How can I protect myself from snoopers?

# 04. Imperative Sentences

Imperative sentences are used to give commands, suggestion, instruction, warning or advice.

Choose the correct verbs to make imperative sentences:-

act, be, believe, check, create, disfigure, educate, embarrass, ensure, focus, hand over, handle, help, inform, keep, let, live, pass, submit, take

01. .................... fire crackers with care.

02. Don't .................... yourselves.

03. .................... yourselves

04. .................... worthy of yourselves.

05. Don't .................... disturbance.

06. .................... extra measures to avoid such incident.

07. .................... on your business.

08. Don't .................... a statue

09. .................... your bank account statements.

10. .................... in plurality and diversity.

11. .................... cyber crime.

12. Don't .................... personal information to them.

13. .................... that passengers are safe.

14. .................... people selflessly.

15. .................... patients about preventive measures.

16. .................... a record of your patients.

17. .................... on my email to them.

18. .................... in harmony and concord.

19. .................... organized and cooperative.

20. .................... compassion guide your actions.

Answers to the Exercise 04:

01. handle | 02. embarrass | 03. educate | 04. act | 05. create | 06. take | 07. focus | 08. disfigure | 09. submit | 10. believe | 11. check | 12. don't hand over | 13. ensure | 14. help | 15. inform | 16. keep | 17. pass | 18. live | 19. be | 20. let

# 05. Beginning of a Sentence

Choose the correct word to begin a sentence:-

aimed, breaking, cautioning, even as, fondly, for, for last one week, holding, in a bid, pronouncing, rushing, sending, whether, with, without

01. ..................................... to prevent accidents due to appalling condition of rural roads, the public works department had decided to undergo massive repairs at 50 stretches.

02. ..................................... those indulging in illegal usage of the demonetized currency, finance minister said authorities will take stringent action against any unlawful activity.

03. ..................................... on to government accommodation even one day after leaving the post is a bad thing to do.

04. ..................................... at revamping the public perception of police officers, SP asked his entire team to be more conscious about their appearance.

05. ..................................... a clear message to agencies building infrastructure projects that he doesn't want any delay, chief minister said he would in future lay the foundation stone of any project only when it is ready to take off.

06. ..................................... the past couple of days, we have been surviving on just water.

07. ..................................... remembering him as a bright, intelligent and hardworking student, they said he used to travel 50 miles one way from his home town every day to attend his classes, and had a bright future.

08. ..................................... the judgement, Judge exonerated all the accused in the case, stating the prosecution had failed to establish their guilt.

09. ..................................... administration has initiated probe, mystery still shrouds at the disappearance of two youth.

10. ..................................... his silence over the continuing squabble among the top leadership of the party, its general secretary said that the situation had hurt him the most.

11. ..................................... obtaining a non-objection certificate from the pollution control board, no construction for such an establishment can be carried out.

12. ..................................... headlong into a major project without thinking through consequences is unwise.

13. ..................................... people like it or not, there should be fear of law among them.

14. ..................................... the passage of time, mobile technology has undergone a sea change.

15. ....................................., we have been visiting the bank, but the officials turned us away, saying they don't have any sufficient cash.

Answers to the Exercise 05:

01. in a bid | 02. cautioning | 03. holding | 04. aimed | 05. sending | 06. for | 07. fondly | 08. pronouncing | 09. even as | 10. breaking | 11. without | 12. rushing | 13. whether   
| 14. with | 15. for last one week

# 06. Using Tenses

Choose the correct answer:-

01. I ........................... a single drop of water to spare for anyone.

(a). am not | (b). didn't have | (c). was | (d). haven't has

02. An interconnected world ........................... enormous advantages.

(a). were | (b). does | (c). has | (d). didn't

03. Our problem ........................... to persist for the next few months.

(a). had gone | (b). has been | (c). is going | (d). was being

04. City temperatures ........................... dipping every single day.

(a). was going | (b). has being | (c). is being | (d). have been

05. He ........................... to have a press conference.

(a). had allow | (b). was not allowed | (c). didn't allowed | (d). will be allow

06. Hundreds of people ........................... any cash despite standing in queues for hours.

(a). couldn't get | (b). wouldn't got | (c). did got | (d). will be get

07. The sale of fertilizers in the region ........................... nearly six times compared to last year.

(a). have been dropped | (b). have dropped | (c). are dropping | (d). has dropped

08. People kindness toward me ........................... overwhelming.

(a). has | (b). is | (c). have | (d). being

09. His move ........................... as an attempt from him to assert his authority in the administration.

(a). was to seen | (b). has been saw | (c). is being seen | (d). being saw

10. We ........................... down before anyone.

(a). have bow | (b). are being bow | (c). were bow | (d). will not bow

11. He fought back fiercely every time he ........................... into a corner.

(a). was pushed | (b). had pushed | (c). would push | (d). had being pushed

12. We ........................... any intention to show disrespect to the national anthem.

(a). had not been | (b). do not have | (c). aren't had | (d). aren't being

13. Children of all classes ........................... to wait in the foyer after the school decided to suspend classes for the day after the first period.

(a). had not made | (b). has made | (c). are being making | (d). were made

14. Employees ........................... to leave if they wished to.

(a). had being told | (b). had told | (c). were told | (d). been telling

15. I ........................... any personal enmity with him.

(a). had not have | (b). have not has | (c). was not have | (d). do not have

Answers to the Exercise 06:

01.-- (b). didn't have | 02.-- (c). has | 03.-- (c). is going | 04.-- (d). have been | 05.-- (b). was not allowed | 06.-- (a). couldn't get | 07.-- (d). has dropped | 08.-- (b). is | 09.--(c). is being seen | 10.-- (d). will not bow | 11.-- (a). was pushed | 12.-- (b). do not have | 13.-- (d). were made | 14.-- (c). were told | 15.-- (d). do not have

# 07. Collective Nouns

Collective Noun refers to the group of people, animals, or things, etc.

Choose the correct words:-

array, barrage, chain, fleet, gaggle, huddle, mishmash, panel, procession, sheaf

01. a .................... of ships

02. a .................... of ideas

03. a .................... of moss

04. a .................... of mourners

05. a .................... of examiners

06. a .................... of restaurants

07. a .................... of complaints

08. a .................... of guests

09. a .................... of wheat

10. a .................... of tables and chairs

Answers to the Exercise 07:

01. FLEET [meaning: a group of vehicles, or similar things travelling together or owned by the same organization]

02. MISHMASH [meaning: a confused mixture of different kinds of things, etc.]

03. CLUMP [Meaning: a close or complicated mass of things]

04. PROCESSION [meaning: a number of people moving forward in an orderly way]

05. PANEL [meaning: a group of specialists; a group of people who discuss topics of interest on television]

06. CHAIN [meaning: a series of connected things or people]

07. BARRAGE [meaning: a sudden and aggressive occurrence of large number of something that are directed at somebody]

08. GAGGLE [meaning: a group of noisy people, etc]

09. SHEAF [meaning: a number of pieces of something tied or held together]

10. HUDDLE [meaning: an unorganized and small group of people, objects or buildings that are close together]

# 08. Reflexive Pronouns

Complete the sentences using reflexive pronouns--

(myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves)

01. We've always been focused on putting .................... in the best position to win.

02. An analysis suggests the cosmos could gradually tear .................... apart, galaxy from galaxy and atom from atom.

03. During that dark and difficult time, I had to remind .................... that just like everything else; this will require some time to heal.

04. She should be proud of .....................

05. How can we protect .................... from these acts of violence?

06. I have to play well every weekend and look after .................... so I can perform really well.

07. It can be hard to take care of .................... as an adult.

08. Have we forgotten how to laugh at ....................?

09. It requires a conscious effort to grow as a leader and simultaneously position .................... as a high-performing professional.

10. Negotiation is about getting the best solution for .................... and your business.

11. She shared a picture of .................... wearing a diamond bracelet.

12. Taking a selfie with a loaded gun ended tragically, when a man accidently shot .................... in the face while taking a picture.

13. They are thinking of .....................

14. Team managers said to the team members, "You can be really proud of ....................."

15. I will stay true to .....................

16. Two people were taken to the hospital after accidentally shooting .................... in the foot.

17. Unfortunately, we have found .................... in a society full of keen competition and very cruel comparison.

18. They learned many things about .................... and each other.

19. Who is going to protect us from ....................?

20. He said to them, "You have nobody to blame but ......................"

Answers to the Exercise 08:

01. ourselves | 02. itself | 03. myself | 04. herself | 05. ourselves | 06. myself | 07. yourself | 08. ourselves | 09. yourself | 10. yourself | 11. herself | 12. himself | 13. themselves | 14. yourselves | 15. myself | 16. themselves | 17. ourselves | 18. themselves | 19. ourselves | 20. yourselves

# 09. Verb Forms

Write the past tense and past participle form of the following verbs:

01. accompany | 02. allay | 03. amble | 04. amplify | 05. annul | 06. baffle | 07. bedeck | 08. beset | 09. billow | 10. commemorate | 11. commit | 12. comprehend | 13. declassify | 14. deter | 15. diversify | 16. fib | 17. flee | 18. forbear | 19. forbid | 20. freeze | 21. guarantee | 22. inlay | 23. interweave | 24. jockey | 25. leapfrog | 26. mislead | 27. mutiny | 28. outsell | 29. outwit | 30. overcome | 31. overfeed | 32. panic | 33. rethink | 34. rewind | 35. scarify | 36. slide | 37. snub | 38. splay | 39. split | 40. steady | 41. sweep | 42. swing | 43. thrust | 44. twiddle | 45. unbend | 46. underlie | 47. veil | 48. vilify | 49. withstand | 50. zigzag

Answers to the Exercise 09:

01. accompany \-- accompanied \-- accompanied

02. allay \-- allayed \-- allayed

03. amble \-- ambled \-- ambled

04. amplify \-- amplified \-- amplified

05. annul \-- annulled \-- annulled

06. baffle \-- baffled \-- baffled

07. bedeck \-- bedecked \-- bedecked

08. beset \-- beset \-- beset

09. billow \-- billowed \-- billowed

10. commemorate \-- commemorated \-- commemorated

11. commit \-- committed \-- committed

12. comprehend \-- comprehended \-- comprehended

13. declassify \-- declassified \-- declassified

14. deter \-- deterred \-- deterred

15. diversify \-- diversified \-- diversified

16. fib \-- fibbed \-- fibbed

17. flee \-- fled \-- fled

18. forbear \-- forbore \-- forborne

19. forbid \-- forbade \-- forbidden

20. freeze \-- froze \-- frozen

21. guarantee \-- guaranteed \-- guaranteed

22. inlay \-- inlaid \-- inlaid

23. interweave \-- interwove \-- interwoven

24. jockey \-- jockeyed \-- jockeyed

25. leapfrog \-- leapfrogged \-- leapfrogged

26. mislead \-- mislead \-- mislead

27. mutiny \-- mutinied \-- mutinied

28. outsell \-- outsold \-- outsold

29. outwit \-- outwitted \-- outwitted

30. overcome \-- overcame \-- overcome

31. overfeed \-- overfed \-- overfed

32. panic \-- panicked \-- panicked

33. rethink \-- rethought \-- rethought

34. rewind \-- rewound \-- rewound

35. scarify \-- scarified \-- scarified

36. slide \-- slid \-- slid

37. snub \-- snubbed \-- snubbed

38. splay \-- splayed \-- splayed

39. split \-- split \-- split

40. steady \-- steadied \-- steadied

41. sweep \-- swept \-- swept

42. swing \-- swung \-- swung

43. thrust \-- thrust \-- thrust

44. twiddle \-- twiddled \-- twiddled

45. unbend \-- unbent \-- unbent

46. underlie \-- underlay \-- underlain

47. veil \-- veiled \-- veiled

48. vilify \-- vilified \-- vilified

49. withstand \-- withstood \-- withstood

50. zigzag \-- zigzagged \-- zigzagged

# 10. Prepositions \-- I

Rewrite the following sentences in Correct Word Order:-

(Note-- End a sentence with a preposition.)

01. Eye floaters can be a issue with very frustrating health to deal.

02. He may about as not have off much to show.

03. He failed find for what he to was looking.

04. He tested positive a banned substance but with alleged that his sample has been for tampered.

05. Singing good is at the one thing I am unquestionably.

06. They were found be involved anti-social activities which approve no will of in to society.

07. Gunshots, explosions and scenes about devastation are of only thing they talk.

08. He is not archetype out politician so some of his statements didn't come to he the way intended.

09. Whatever issues looked anybody will raises they into have to be.

10. He laid with comply three conditions that they who worked with have to outsiders.

11. Heavy police force flare up has been in the villages to ensure that communal tension does not deployed.

12. We will make with sure dealt the contingency is soon.

13. We will evaluate to and continue those steps that are required to undertake.

14. Many children try to make talk to virtual friends because to real world they have in few people.

15. She has to a care old of one-year take child.

Answers to the Exercise 10:

01. Eye floaters can be a very frustrating health issue to deal with.

02. He may not have much to show off about.

03. He failed to find what he was looking for.

04. He tested positive for a banned substance but alleged that his sample has been tampered with.

05. Singing is the one thing I am unquestionably good at.

06. They were found to be involved in anti-social activities which no society will approve of.

07. Gunshots, explosions and scenes of devastation are only thing they talk about.

08. He is not archetype politician so some of his statements didn't come out the way he intended to.

09. Whatever issues anybody raises, they will have to be looked into.

10. He laid three conditions that they who worked with outsiders have to comply with.

11. Heavy police force has been deployed in the villages to ensure that communal tension does not flare up.

12. We will make sure the contingency is soon dealt with.

13. We will evaluate and continue to undertake those steps that are required to.

14. Many children try to make virtual friends because in real world they have few people to talk to.

15. She has a one-year old child to take care of.

# 11. Prepositions \-- II

Use a preposition (ABOUT, BY, FOR, IN, INTO, OUT, THROUGH ) in each blank:-

01. Many questions cropped ....................... over the encounter.

02. The collision between truck and bus was so severe that the tractor broke ....................... two.

03. Another day went ....................... without any trace of the missing student.

04. Police rolled ....................... fleet of patrol cars.

05. Police officials have been roped ....................... for the survey operations.

06. The security personnel roughed ....................... the photographers.

07. Burglars tunneled ....................... a concrete wall into a jeweller shop.

08. An Army column was rushed to the accident site to speed ....................... the rescue operations.

09. After the jailbreak, security agencies were sent ....................... high alert.

10. A little more than a half of his statements are ....................... the unemployment.

11. He held a wad of cash he didn't know what to do ........................

12. The composition of the delegation is still being worked ........................

13. He didn't have money to pay ....................... food.

14. Many citizens have their gripes (complaints) ....................... the government.

15. State authorities set ....................... relief camps for migrants.

Answers to the Exercise 11:

01. up | 02. into | 03. by | 04. out | 05. in | 06. up | 07. through | 08. up | 09. into | 10. about | 11. with | 12. out | 13. for | 14. about | 15. up

# 12. Idioms and Phrases \-- I

Choose the Correct Idioms/phrases:-

carried away, full account, full of holes, get too big for your boots, hit troubled waters, in my hand, in terms of ifs and buts, in the eye of a storm, large heart, left with egg on its face, out of bounds, shut their eyes and ears, speaking his mind, took pride, touched the soul of the nation

01. College campus had been made .....................................................for former students.

02. He got .....................................................by emotions.

03. He .....................................................in his daughter's decision to join navy.

04. I am doing everything that is .....................................................

05. I may not agree with him on everything but I admire him for .....................................................

06. Many companies seem to have .....................................................even before it has started functioning.

07. Many politicians are .....................................................over allegations of corruption.

08. He gave the police a .....................................................of the incident.

09. She was a great person with a .....................................................

10. We should not talk .....................................................

11. His story was .....................................................

12. Opposition party .....................................................after Prime Minister proved his majority in the House.

13. They ..................................................... to political developments.

14. You need to keep your feet on the ground and not ......................................................

15. When policeman's bullet targeted the one-year-old child, it ......................................................

Answers to the Exercise 12:

01. out of bounds | 02. carried away | 03. took pride | 04. in my hand | 05. speaking his mind | 06. hit troubled waters | 07. in the eye of a storm | 08. full account | 09. large heart | 10. in terms of ifs and buts | 11. full of holes | 12. left with egg on its face | 13. shut their eyes and ears | 14. get too big for your boots | 15. touched the soul of the nation

# 13. Idioms and Phrases \-- II

Choose the Correct Idioms/phrases:-

an open book, arrows in his quiver, beyond words, came to the fore, draw a bead, fell into hard times, given the green light, keep a cool head, oxygen of currency, pull my hair, river of cash, the other way, stand up, tide over, went dry,

01. They thought if they ....................................................., I will stop and not take any further action against them.

02. We can ..................................................... on the enemy soldiers.

03. An eyewitness account ..................................................... of how the events unfolded on that night.

04. ATMs ..................................................... in a few hours.

05. Cracker shop-owners flouted all norms while the administration looked ......................................................

06. I was shocked ..................................................... at the happenings at the board meeting.

07. ..................................................... from some of the biggest donors had begun to flow down to House races in the final days of the election campaign.

08. Emotional nationalism might be one of many ......................................................

09. There had been no arrangements by the administration to ..................................................... the food crisis.

10. I do ..................................................... for my rights and other people's rights.

11. Vegetable prices \-- both wholesale and retail \-- have crashed as the ..................................................... has been suddenly sucked out.

12. He ran a flourishing trade in shoes, but ..................................................... after he was diagnosed with cancer.

13. His life has pretty much been ..................................................... through her entire career

14. Plans to build more houses on a former pub site have been ..................................................... by Council's Planning Committee.

15. Football players should manage to ..................................................... in the penalty shootouts.

Answers to the Exercise 13:

01. pull my hair | 02. draw a bead | 03. came to the fore | 04. went dry | 05. the other way | 06. beyond words | 07. river of cash | 08. arrows in his quiver | 09. tide over | 10. stand up | 11. oxygen of currency | 12. fell into hard times | 13. an open book | 14. given the green light | 15. keep a cool head

# 14. Idiomatic Comparisons

Choose the correct words:-

bitter, bounteous, clear, delicate, docile, flabby, gaudy, imitative, light, mute, obstinate, opposite, quick, regular, round, slender, slippery, solid, still, transparent

01. as .................... as a mule

02. as .................... as a lamb

03. as .................... as a peacock

04. as .................... as a sphere

05. as .................... as a statue

06. as .................... as crystal

07. as .................... as gall

08. as .................... as the poles

09. as .................... as water

10. as .................... as a flower

11. as .................... as a thread

12. as .................... as a feather

13. as .................... as ice

14. as .................... as nature

15. as .................... as a rock

16. as .................... as a monkey

17. as .................... as a flash

18. as .................... as a sponge

19. as .................... as sunrise

20. as .................... as a fish

Answers to the Exercise 14:

01. obstinate | 02. docile | 03. gaudy | 04. round | 05. still | 06. clear | 07. bitter | 08. opposite | 09. transparent | 10. delicate | 11. slender | 12. light | 13. slippery | 14. bounteous | 15. solid | 16. imitative | 17. quick | 18. flabby | 19. regular | 20. mute

# 15. Repetition of Words \-- I

Repetition in English language is the repeating of a word or phrase, within a sentence in order to provide emphasis.

Examples: Facts are facts.

We learn to just enjoy every day and enjoy the process.

Choose the correct Words:-

absurdity, changed, daughters, different, dream, extend, horse, impact, paid, pity, plantation, president, run, thief, train

01. This is a situation that can be ............................. and must be ..............................

02. All of a sudden a wave of people came towards us shouting ............................., ............................., ..............................

03. Monsoon creates ............................. on consumers that in turn, has a significant ............................. on business.

04. A passenger ............................. rammed into a stationary freight ..............................

05. ............................. times call for ............................. measures.

06. We shouldn't fight ............................. with ..............................

07. Whatever happens my ............................. are still my ..............................

08. You cannot become a .............................man until you have fallen off a ..............................

09. Each of the 6,000 odd ............................. sites was photographed pre-............................., during ............................. and post-..............................

10. ............................. Cabinet department has been abolished; ............................. significant society program had been eradicated.

11. I am a .............................er and I never stop .............................ing.

12. Everyone was yelling, "............................., ............................., .............................".

13. Whatever ............................., should not have ..............................

14. We cannot ............................. them, because they will not ............................. us.

15. We .............................ed deadline many times and we can't keep .............................ing it.

Answers to the Exercise 15:

01. changed [Complete sentence \-- This is a situation that can be changed and must be changed.] | 02. run | 03. impact | 04. train | 05. desperate | 06. absurdity | 07. daughters | 08. horse | 09. plantation | 10. not a single | 11. dream | 12. thief | 13. happened | 14. pity | 15. extend

# 16. Repetition of Words \-- II

Re-write the following sentences in correct word order:-

01. The president has the authority and only the president use to of order the nuclear weapons.

02. He looked hoping around against desperately, hope that he finds someone who can help him.

03. No equal hate! No more great hate! Let's more be, let's be.

04. I have the strongest felt a lot of earthquakes but that was felt I have ever.

05. The biggest signing up to become donors deterrent to people seems to be a lack of knowledge about the signing up to process of become a donor.

_06._ _Whatever, happen; that's kind of my mindset happens_ _._

07. It is not unusual for senior different couples to different levels need of care at times.

08. They say many workers won't any more than they are today get paid, and paid may in fact be less.

09. As technologies have advanced, and smaller planets have smaller found been.

10. Hand to arm, to shoulder to walk, we arm hand forward, shoulder.

11. Fertilizers play a critical role during the period immediately sowing before and up to sowing a few weeks after.

12. Government took demonetization to opposition of opposing task.

13. TV crews kept up to minute coverage of her minute deteriorating health.

14. Our bigger expenses and are getting bigger, and the money coming in is getting and bigger less.

15. Digital hand payments and Internet hand shutdowns cannot go in.

Answers to the Exercise 16:

01. The president and only the president has the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons.

02. She looked around desperately, hoping against hope that she finds someone who can help her.

03. No more hate! No more hate! Let's be equal, let's be great.

04. I have felt a lot of earthquakes but that was the strongest I have ever felt.

05. The biggest deterrent to people signing up to become donors seems to be a lack of knowledge about the process of signing up to become a donor.

_06._ _Whatever_ _happens_ _,_ _happen_ _; that's kind of my mindset_ _._

07. It is not unusual for senior couples to need different levels of care at different times.

08. They say many workers won't get paid any more than they are today, and may in fact be paid less.

09. As technologies have advanced, smaller and smaller planets have been found,

10. Hand to hand, arm to arm, shoulder to shoulder, we walk forward.

11. Fertilizers play a critical role during the period immediately before sowing and up to a few weeks after sowing.

12. Government took opposition to task of opposing demonetization.

13. TV crews kept up minute to minute coverage of her deteriorating health.

14. Our expenses are getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and the money coming in is getting less.

15. Digital payments and Internet shutdowns cannot go hand in hand.

# 17. English Verb \-- "BE"

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. A map was showing deployment of security force from his recovered possession.

02. We totally unaware of the situation were about the gravity.

03. He and a handful of supporters accompanied by was his personal staff.

04. What is transpired at the meeting not known yet.

05. He found roaming in suspicious circumstances and tried to escape on was observing the movement of the police party.

06. He appointed was a free hand promised when he was chairman.

07. He interested quiet and least in was others' work.

08. Scale-covered anteater is rampant poaching threatened with because of extinction.

09. "Out of service" boards put at some ATMs was in the city were as cash deposited not in them.

10. Weak enforcement mechanism for the alarming air quality is in the many cities related to pollution control a key reason.

11. I myself to engage in my am work and trying other activities.

12. Rail affected services are by heavy rain and flight and strong winds.

13. We and them in constant touch with are assessing the situation.

14. Some posted messages laden with expletives and were profanities.

15. Tattered floors were uneven carpets laid out on.

Answers to the Exercise 17:

01. A map showing deployment of security force was recovered from his possession.

02. We were totally unaware about the gravity of the situation.

03. He was accompanied by his personal staff and a handful of supporters.

04. What transpired at the meeting is not yet known.

05. He was found roaming in suspicious circumstances and tried to escape on observing the movement of the police party.

06. He was promised a free hand when he was appointed chairman.

07. He was quiet and least interested in others' work.

08. Scale-covered anteater is threatened with extinction because of rampant poaching.

09. "Out of service" boards were put at some ATMs in the city as cash was not deposited in them.

10. Weak enforcement mechanism related to pollution control is a key reason for the alarming air quality in the many cities.

11. I am trying to engage myself in my work and other activities.

12. Rail and flight services are affected by heavy rain and strong winds.

13. We are in constant touch with them and assessing the situation.

14. Some messages laden with expletives and profanities were posted.

15. Tattered carpets were laid out on uneven floors.

# 18. English Verb \-- "DO"

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. He does not part to with his want gold coins.

02. Railways scrutiny did of the whole track for videography.

03. He did indeed did deny not the fact that the meeting take place.

04. According to a research, ants farming much before started humans did doing it.

05. What did happens when you voted differently than your family?

06. A solar storm does earth's magnetic damage field?

07. A great power strength does not dominating or demonizing show by other countries.

08. We know that millennials do marriage at increasingly are delaying higher rates.

09. There you can some things are alleviate to do your anguish.

10. Do I focus on focus helping or I do people on money?

11. Poor did not visibility caused by dense fog allow our helicopter to land for an hour.

12. Many proper knowledge of technology have to reap farmers do not bigger gains from farming and horticulture.

13. He like live want to a life I do does not.

14. He tried something I do was to and did unsuccessful in accomplishing.

15. We pay do enough have not cash to our staff.

Answers to the Exercise 18:

01. He does not want to part with his gold coins.

02. Railways did videography of the whole track for scrutiny.

03. He did not deny the fact that the meeting did indeed take place.

04. According to a research, ants did farming much before humans started doing it.

05. What happens when you voted differently than your family did?

06. Does a solar storm damage earth's magnetic field?

07. A great power does not show strength by dominating or demonizing other countries.

08. We do know that millennials are delaying marriage at increasingly higher rates.

09. There are some things you can do to alleviate your anguish.

10. Do I focus on helping people or do I focus on money?

11. Poor visibility caused by dense fog did not allow our helicopter to land for an hour.

12. Many farmers do not have proper knowledge of technology to reap bigger gains from farming and horticulture.

13. He does not want to live a life like I do.

14. He did something I tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing.

15. We do not have enough cash to pay our staff.

# 19. English Verb \-- "Have"

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. College adopted administration has a careless attitude towards the whole incident.

02. He has suspected at the district hospital for been admitted dengue.

03. His success with him has comparisons likes the earned of Maradona.

04. Medical have bill dented our budgets severely and we option but to have no other cut down on expenses.

05. They have being responded to very heavy firing which is resorted in the befitting manner.

06. It has been untrue bleeding that the ink of the notes was in some cases.

07. We scale ever have not a tragedy of this in seen our lives.

08. We together had a good have life.

09. It has not possible to name everyone that is a positive impact had in my life.

10. There containing been in the some progress wildfires has over the past 24 hours.

11. I had to pay my employees money from my friends to borrow.

12. I kept away always have remained private and from public life.

13. He has been giving up about on the current business and thinking starting with something new.

14. Money for measuring has become the importance, status and prestige yardstick.

15. I have in front of the camera never been comfortable.

Answers to the Exercise 19:

01. College administration has adopted a careless attitude towards the whole incident.

02. He has been admitted at the district hospital for suspected dengue.

03. His success has earned him comparisons with the likes of Maradona.

04. Medical bill have dented our budgets severely and we have no other option but to cut down on expenses.

05. They have resorted to very heavy firing which is being responded in the befitting manner.

06. It was untrue that the ink of the notes has been bleeding in some cases.

07. We have not seen a tragedy of this scale ever in our lives.

08. We have had a good life together.

09. It is not possible to name everyone that has had a positive impact in my life.

10. There has been some progress in containing the wildfires over the past 24 hours.

11. I had to borrow money from my friends to pay my employees.

12. I have always remained private and kept away from public life.

13. He has been thinking about giving up on the current business and starting with something new.

14. Money has become the yardstick for measuring importance, status and prestige.

15. I have never been comfortable in front of the camera.

# 20. English Modal Verbs

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. He used the college after classes got over instead of participating in sports and to leave cultural activities in the afternoon.

02. I should earlier to avoid left have the traffic.

03. Paddy of plenty irrigation needs.

04. He think of breaking would not even away from his family.

05. New technology X-rays to transmit data at high use could rates over vast distances in outer space,

06. The infant have an universe might different in speed of been light.

07. If I wave a magic wand I improve could rush hour would traffic.

08. She could did everything she have possibly to protect her children

09. He has have done not what he done could to get details of the project.

10. They collected tax at source will have to while deduct the making payments to suppliers.

11. I think each individual can contribute to the welfare of other in whichever capacity and should they can.

12. Measures undertaken to mitigate must be disruptions to air and rail travel.

13. Medical can emergencies both inside and outside of an office environment occur.

14. We did have what could he for her never done.

15. Effort will and work lead in the present us to a better future.

Answers to the Exercise 20:

01. He used to leave the college after classes got over instead of participating in sports and cultural activities in the afternoon.

02. I should have left earlier to avoid the traffic.

03. Paddy needs plenty of irrigation.

04. He would not even think of breaking away from his family.

05. New technology could use X-rays to transmit data at high rates over vast distances in outer space,

06. The speed of light might have been different in an infant universe.

07. If I could wave a magic wand I would improve rush hour traffic.

08. She did everything she possibly could have to protect her children

09. He has not done what he could have done to get details of the project.

10. They will have to deduct the tax collected at source while making payments to suppliers.

11. I think each individual can and should contribute to the welfare of other in whichever capacity they can.

12. Measures to mitigate disruptions to air and rail travel must be undertaken.

13. Medical emergencies can occur both inside and outside of an office environment.

14. We could have never done what he did for her.

15. Effort and work in the present will lead us to a better future.

# 21. English Verb \-- "Get"

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. We get cannot by all the noise distracted in the political environment.

02. We have some big issues we have got to got address.

03. They have stay to focused got.

04. If you want to listen to your idea get him to, keep the pitch short and sweet.

05. Customers get to their hands lined up on deals offering savings as much as dollar 100.

06. You can't get you always want what.

07. In our paced fast to get lives, it's often difficult what we look for online.

08. Many people, without realizing the big responsibility that comes with it get pets—only to panic and abandon them.

09. You at affordable get housing loans may terms.

10. To get your critics promoted, get from feedback.

Answers to the Exercise 21:

01. We cannot get distracted by all the noise in the political environment.

02. We have got some big issues we have got to address.

03. They got to stay focused.

04. If you want to get him to listen to your idea, keep the pitch short and sweet.

05. Customers lined up to get their hands on deals offering savings as much as dollar 100.

06. You can't always get what you want.

07. In our fast paced lives, it's often difficult to get what we look for online.

08. Many people get pets, without realizing the big responsibility that comes with it—only to panic and abandon them.

09. You may get housing loans at affordable terms.

10. To get promoted, get feedback from your critics.

# 22. English Past Verbs

Rewrite the following sentences in correct word-order:-

01. A tractor with a car while negotiating collided a sharp turn.

02. Cracks visible in the appeared ancient building.

03. He only interfered few friends and made a never in other people's affairs.

04. He ordering the students to punished the entire class by stand and raise their hands up.

05. She global prominence into catapulted after her victory in election.

06. Plumes billowed of tear gas in the air.

07. She her rifle her across slings shoulders.

08. They statue the in a white draped cloth.

09. Travelers had to faced at railway ticket counters where they struggle to buy tickets a harrowing time.

10. Reports of streamed chaos and scuffles at bank branches from in different parts of the country.

11. A high brought intensity blast down the concrete building.

12. We take up come forward to urged her to responsibility of being party General Secretary.

13. Civic workers uprooted battery-operated handheld used wood cutters to remove hundreds of trees.

14. Militants stormed in army cop uniform into unit.

15. Students numbers returning home in started large.

Answers to the Exercise 22:

01. A tractor collided with a car while negotiating a sharp turn.

02. Cracks appeared visible in the ancient building.

03. He only made a few friends and never interfered in other people's affairs.

04. He punished the entire class by ordering the students to stand and raise their hands up.

05. She catapulted into global prominence after her victory in election.

06. Plumes of tear gas billowed in the air.

07. She slings her rifle across her shoulders.

08. They draped the statue in a white cloth.

09. Travelers faced a harrowing time at railway ticket counters where they had to struggle to buy tickets.

10. Reports of chaos and scuffles at bank branches streamed in from different parts of the country.

11. A high intensity blast brought the concrete building down.

12. We urged her to come forward to take up responsibility of being party General Secretary.

13. Civic workers used handheld battery-operated wood cutters to remove hundreds of uprooted trees.

14. Militants in cop uniform stormed into army unit.

15. Students started returning home in large numbers.

# 23. Transitional Expressions

'Transitional expressions' are words or phrases that provide bridges between sentences, parts of sentences, paragraphs and sections.

Choose the Correct Transitional Words and Phrases:-

additionally, as a consequence, due to, even as, in a week, in spite of the, let alone, other than, particularly, shortly before, so that, such as, though, when, whereas, while

01. A plane had reported an electrical fault ....................................... it disappeared off radar screens.

02. A total of 20 flights were diverted, 200 were delayed and 10 were cancelled as the capital's airport saw visibility deteriorate during early morning hours. ......................................., 25 trains were delayed from the railway station while around 60 trains coming into the capital ran well behind schedule.

03. After more than a week of mild weather condition thick fog and chill forced locals to stay indoors .......................................many huddled around bonfires to keep themselves warm.

04. Burning of agriculture waste in open fields may lead to increased level of air pollution in the local and adjoining areas .......................................during adverse meteorological conditions like low temperature, poor wind speed and low mixing height.

05. Cold wave conditions intensified further ....................................... a fresh spell of snowfall.

06. Construction of the hospital is complete and it is expected to be functional ........................................

07. Give me their contact information ....................................... I can help them in whatever way I can.

08. He does not know how to use a credit card machine, ....................................... a mobile wallet.

09. He has not learned anything in life ....................................... making small parts of locks.

10. I was working in my field this morning, ....................................... I saw the helicopter flying at low height.

11. Some schools closed about half hour to 45 minutes earlier than usual. ....................................... most schools functioned yesterday, some private schools took independent decisions to remain closed.

12. The maximum and minimum temperatures reported on Friday were 15 degrees Celsius and 10 degree Celsius, respectively. ....................................... on Thursday, the maximum and minimum temperatures reported on were 25 degree Celsius and 8 degree Celsius respectively. ....................................... the minimum temperature on Friday was higher than that reported on Thursday, the maximum temperature on Friday was 10 degrees Celsius lower than that on Monday and hence the chill in the weather.

13. Unfortunately, and ....................................... progress she had made, her underlying health conditions inevitably meant the risk of further problems always remained.

14. Jobs in print journalism have been eliminated ....................................... of the massive transfer of advertising revenue to the Internet.

15. States control many government documents, ....................................... birth certificates and driver's licenses.

Answers to the Exercise 23:

01. shortly before | 02. Additionally | 03. even as | 04. particularly | 05. due to | 06. in a week | 07. so that | 08. let alone | 09. other than | 10. when | 11. While | 12. Whereas, Though | 13. in spite of the | 14. as a consequence | 15. such as

# 24. Common English Phrases \-- I

Choose the correct words to complete the phrases:-

assisted, attended, building, crunched, drawn, drenched, force, free, funded, guzzling, hit, intensity, like, making, marred, oriented, pelting, populated, powered, pronged, related, rending, resistant, run, stirring

01. doping-............................. offences

02. drug-............................. infections

03. doctor-............................. death

04. blood-............................. floors

05. cash-............................. students

06. delta-............................. structures

07. deluge-............................. people

08. development-............................. government

09. diesel-............................. vehicle

10. fully-............................. autonomous institute

11. soul-............................. stories

12. hand-............................. flag

13. heart-............................. incident

14. high-............................. wars

15. hurricane-............................. wind

16. largely-............................. public meeting

17. petrol-............................. private bus

18. plastic-............................. zones

19. pressure-............................. tactics

20. sound-............................. fireworks displays

21. sparsely-............................. region

22. stone-............................. mob

23. three-............................. action plan

24. violence-............................. protests

25. water-............................. wheat crop

Answers to the Exercise 24:

01. doping-related offences

02. drug-resistant infections

03. doctor-assisted death

04. blood-drenched floors

05. cash-crunched students

06. delta-like structures

07. deluge-hit people

08. development-oriented government

09. diesel-powered vehicle

10. fully-funded autonomous institute

11. soul-stirring stories

12. hand-drawn flag

13. heart-rending incident

14. high-intensity wars

15. hurricane-force wind

16. largely-attended public meeting

17. petrol-run private bus

18. plastic-free zones

19. pressure-building tactics

20. sound-making fireworks displays

21. sparsely-populated region

22. stone-pelting mob

23. three-pronged action plan

24. violence-marred protests

25. water-guzzling wheat crop

# 25. Common English Phrases \-- II

Choose the correct words to complete the phrases:-

anointed, armed, based, before, below, bound, called, communicable, crushing, eyed, filled, formation, friendly, growing, less, listed, near, old, oriented, repeated, revered, saving, scarce, spread, triggered

01. growth-............................. message

02. water-............................. ditches

03. .............................-legal age marriages

04. curfew-............................. city

05. heavily--............................. terrorists

06. life-............................. therapy

07. steely-............................. resolution

08. medal-............................. campaign

09. _never_ -.............................-seen photos

10. widely-............................. organization

11. non-............................. diseases

12. oft-............................. assumption

13. rain-............................. building collapse

14. self-............................. vigilantes

15. separatist-............................. shutdown

16. state-............................. day

17. student-............................. process

18. .............................-stampede situation

19. subsidy-............................. scheme

20. sugarcane-............................. season

21. centuries-............................. industry

22. tea-............................. state

23. wait-............................. passengers

24. diesel-............................. country

25. wide-............................. protests

Answers to the Exercise 25:

01. growth-oriented message

02. water-filled ditches

03. below-legal age marriages

04. curfew-bound city

05. heavily-armed terrorists

06. life-saving therapy

07. steely-eyed resolution

08. medal-less campaign

09. _never_ -before-seen photos

10. widely-revered organization

11. non-communicable diseases

12. oft-repeated assumption

13. rain-triggered building collapse

14. self-anointed vigilantes

15. separatist-called shutdown

16. state-formation day

17. student-friendly process

18. near-stampede situation

19. subsidy-based scheme

20. sugarcane-crushing season

21. centuries-old industry

22. tea-growing state

23. wait-listed passengers

24. diesel-scarce country

25. wide-spread protests

# 26. One-word Substitutes \-- I

Choose the correct one-word substitutes:

abbreviation, analogy, circumlocution, dendrology, dermatologist, fable, hallucination, introvert, invulnerable, lexicographer, manuscript, mercantile, monarchy, notary, pacifism, photophobia, quantitative, quarry, quotation, radiation, recession, sanctuary, sovereignty, statistics, topography

01. A person who keeps himself to himself \-- ............................................

02. The state of being a country with full freedom to rule \-- ............................................

03. A story that teaches a moral lesson \-- ............................................

04. A doctor who treats skin diseases \-- ............................................

05. Emission of light or heat from central point \-- ............................................

06. A period of time when economy of a country is in decline \-- ............................................

07. Connected with the amount or number of something \-- ............................................

08. A system of government by a king or queen \-- ............................................

09. Paper written in one's own handwriting \-- ............................................

10. A person who compiles dictionary \-- ............................................

11. An extreme fear or dislike of light \-- ............................................

12. Seeing or hearing something that is not actually present \-- ............................................

13. A person who is publically authorized to attest documents \-- ............................................

14. The physical features of an area of land \-- ............................................

15. A statement that shows cost of particular piece of work \-- ............................................

16. The scientific study of trees \-- ............................................

17. A place where wild birds and animals are protected \-- ............................................

18. A roundabout way of saying something \-- ............................................

19. That which cannot be harmed \-- ............................................

20. A place where stone, etc. are dug out of the ground \-- ............................................

21. Shortened form of a word or phrase \-- ............................................

22. Connected with trade and commercial affairs \-- ............................................

23. A comparison that shows similarities between two things \-- ............................................

24. Strict opposition to war and violence \-- ............................................

25. A collection of information shown in numbers \-- ............................................

Answers to the Exercise 26:

1. introvert | 2. sovereignty | 3. fable | 4. dermatologist | 5. radiation | 6. recession | 7. quantitative | 8. monarchy | 9. manuscript | 10. lexicographer | 11. photophobia | 12. hallucination | 13. notary | 14. topography | 15. quotation | 16. dendrology | 17. sanctuary | 18. circumlocution | 19. invulnerable | 20. quarry | 21. abbreviation | 22. mercantile | 23. analogy | 24. pacifism | 25. statistics

# 27. One-word Substitutes \-- II

Choose the correct one-word substitutes:

affluent, agnostic, complacent, cosmopolitan, diplomacy, epidemic, etiquette, etymology, extempore, immigrate, imponderable, impropriety, incombustible, insolvent, insulate, invincible, medley, megalomania, monopoly, oncologist, protractor, quarry, seismology, tactile, veteran

01. The scientific study of earthquakes \-- ............................................

02. A very strong desire of being important \-- ............................................

03. Connected with the sense of touch \-- ............................................

04. A person who regards the whole world as his country \-- ............................................

05. That which cannot be measured \-- ............................................

06. To move from one country to another \-- ............................................

07. A disease that spreads over a huge area \-- ............................................

08. Formal rules of correct behavior in society \-- ............................................

09. Dishonest, morally wrong and inappropriate behavior \-- ............................................

10. A doctor who treats cancer diseases \-- ............................................

11. That which cannot be conquered \-- ............................................

12. A person with a long experience of any occupation \-- ............................................

13. Having a lot of money and high standards of living \-- ............................................

14. The art practiced by statesmen and ambassadors \-- ............................................

15. Being unable to pay one's debt \-- ............................................

16. To protect from heat, electricity, or bad experience, etc. \-- ............................................

17. A place where stone, etc. are dug out of the ground \-- ............................................

18. Exclusive possession of the trade in some commodity \-- ............................................

19. A mixture of different kinds of things \-- ............................................

20. The scientific study of derivation of words \-- ............................................

21. A speech made without previous preparation \-- ............................................

22. That which cannot be burnt \-- ............................................

23. An instrument for measuring angles \-- ............................................

24. A person who is not sure of the existence of God \-- ............................................

25. The state of being completely satisfied with yourself \-- ............................................

Answers to the Exercise 27:

1. seismology | 2. megalomania | 3. tactile | 4. cosmopolitan | 5. imponderable | 6. immigrate | 7. epidemic | 8. etiquette | 9. impropriety | 10. oncologist | 11. invincible | 12. veteran | 13. affluent | 14. diplomacy | 15. insolvent | 16. insulate | 17. quarry | 18. monopoly | 19. medley | 20. etymology | 21. extempore | 22. incombustible | 23. protractor | 24. agnostic | 25. complacent

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# 28. Complete the words \-- I

Complete the following words by adding –ance, -ence, -ary, -ery, or -sion

01. accept............

02. planet............

03. deliver............

04. shrubb............

05. custom............

06. confid............

07. ero............

08. fraudul............

09. repul............

10. diverg............

11. revolution............

12. conclu............

13. intoler............

14. intend............

15. brav............

16. confu............

17. indulg............

18. inst............

19. compliment............

20. observ............

Answers to the Exercise 28:

01. acceptance | 02. planetary | 03. deliverance | 04. shrubbery | 05. customary | 06. confidence | 07. erosion | 08. fraudulence | 09. repulsion | 10. divergence | 11. revolutionary | 12. conclusion | 13. intolerance | 14. intendance | 15. bravery | 16. confusion | 17. indulgence | 18. instance | 19. complimentary | 20. observance

# 29. Complete the words \-- II

Complete the following words by adding auto-, bio-, eco-, fore-, mal-, self-

01. ............head

02. ............nomy

03. ............taught

04. ............mass

05. ............cratic

06. ............serving

07. ............diesel

08. ............formation

09. ............metric

10. ............esteem

11. ............see

12. ............nomics

13. ............name

14. ............assured

15. ............odorous

16. ............sphere

17. ............warn

18. ............mation

19. ............nourished

20. ............denial

Answers to the Exercise 29:

01. forehead | 02. autonomy | 03. self-taught | 04. biomass | 05. autocratic | 06. self-serving | 07. biodiesel | 08. malformation | 09. biometric | 10. self-esteem | 11. foresee | 12. economics | 13. forename | 14. self-assured | 15. malodorous | 16. biosphere | 17. forewarn | 18. automation | 19. malnourished | 20. self-denial

# 30. Complete the words \-- III

Complete the following words by inserting -ie or -ei in each blank:

01. abs........l

02. consc........ntious

03. simultan........ty

04. aggr........ved

05. al........n

06. bes........ge

07. caval........r

08. conc........t

09. acqu........sce

10. counterf........t

11. ebull........nt

12. f........rce

13. forf........t

14. grad........nt

15. f........gn

16. conc........rge

17. repr........ve

18. h........st

19. disembod........d

20. doss........r

21. impropr........ty

22. l........tmotif

23. var........gated

24. misconc........ve

25. omnisc........nt

26. pleb........an

27. sover........gn

28. r........mburse

29. inexped........nt

30. resil........nce

31. retr........ve

32. s........zure

33. subserv........nt

34. h........nous

35. surf........t

36. surv........llance

37. ob........sance

38. trans........nt

39. unv........l

40. w........rd

Answers to the Exercise 30:

01. abseil | 02. conscientious | 03. simultaneity | 04. aggrieved | 05. alien | 06. besiege | 07. cavalier | 08. conceit | 09. acquiesce | 10. counterfeit | 11. ebullient | 12. fierce | 13. forfeit | 14. gradient | 15. feign | 16. concierge | 17. reprieve | 18. heist | 19. disembodied | 20. dossier | 21. impropriety | 22. leitmotif | 23. variegated | 24. misconceive | 25. omniscient | 26. plebeian | 27. sovereign | 28. reimburse | 29. inexpedient | 30. resilience | 31. retrieve | 32. seizure | 33. subservient | 34. heinous | 35. surfeit | 36. surveillance | 37. obeisance | 38. transient | 39. unveil | 40. weird

# 31. Choose the Correct Spelling

Below are given words with four different spellings each. Choose the correct spelling of each word:

01. \-- (a). abdicete (b). abdecate (c). abdicate (d). abdicaet

02. \-- (a). abundent (b). abundant (c). abandant (d). abendant

03. \-- (a). asthetic (b). astheteic (c). aesthetic (d). aisthetic

04. \-- (a). alegiance (b). allegeance (c). alligeance (d). allegiance

05. \-- (a). antecedent (b). anticedent (c). anticident (d). antecident

06. \-- (a). aprreciate (b). appreciate (c). apreeciate (d). apreciatte

07. \-- (a). benavolent (b). banevolent (c). benevolent (d). banivolent

08. \-- (a). bounteous (b). bountious (c). baunteous (d). baounteous

09. \-- (a). catastrophi (b). catestrophe (c). catestrophi (d). catastrophe

10. \-- (a). cognetive (b). cognitiev (c). cognitive (d). cogenitve

11. \-- (a). comprehension (b). comprehencion (c). comprihension (d). comprehention

12. \-- (a). contimporary (b). cuntemporary (c). contemporary (d). contemporory

13. \-- (a). dilictabel (b). delectable (c). delictable (d). dilectabel

14. \-- (a). excasperate (b). exasperate (c). exaseperate (d). excaseperate

15. \-- (a). flabergasted (b). flabargasted (c). flaberghasted (d). flabbergasted

16. \-- (a). gregarious (b). gregareous (c). grigarious (d). greggarious

17. \-- (a). halucination (b). hallucenation (c). hallucination (d). halucinasion

18. \-- (a). ignomineous (b). ignominious (c). ignomenious (d). igneminious

19. \-- (a). jubeliantly (b). jubelantly (c). jubilantly (d). jubilently

20. \-- (a). ludecrous (b). ludicrous (c). ludicrush (d). leudicrous

21. \-- (a). memoribilia (b). memorobilia (c). memorabilia (d). memorybilia

22. \-- (a). navegational (b). naivigational (c). navegationel (d). navigational

23. \-- (a). obsequious (b). obsiquious (c). obsequeous (d). obsiqueous

24. \-- (a). perfanctory (b). purfunctory (c). purfanctory (d). perfunctory

25. \-- (a). pursuaisive (b). persuasive (c). pursuasive (d). parsuasive

26. \-- (a). pricarious (b). precaerous (c). pricarius (d). precarious

27. \-- (a). rammification (b). ramiffication (c). ramification (d). ramefication

28. \-- (a). reconnaissance (b). reconaissance (c). reconaisance (d). reconaiesance

29. \-- (a). sacharine (b). sachharine (c). saccharine (d). saecharine

30. \-- (a). scremptious (b). scramptious (c). scrumptious (d). scrimptious

31. \-- (a). sollicitous (b). soolicitous (c). solecitous (d). solicitous

32. \-- (a). scuimish (b). squeamish (c). squimish (d). squieamish

33. \-- (a). steriotype (b). stireotype (c). stirreotype (d). stereotype

34. \-- (a). simptomatic (b). simptiomatec (c). symptimatec (d). symptomatic

35. \-- (a). technocrat (b). technocret (c). technocrate (d). technicrate

36. \-- (a). trancendence (b). transendence (c). transcendence (d). transcendance

37. \-- (a). unconsconable (b). unconscionable (c). unconscinable (d). unconcsionable

38. \-- (a). uprorious (b). uproreious (c). uproarious (d). uprorieous

39. \-- (a). velediction (b). valedection (c). veladiction (d). valediction

40. \-- (a). wimsical (b). whimsical (c). whimsecal (d). whemsical

Answers to the Exercise 31:

01. \-- (c). abdicate | 02. \-- (b). abundant | 03. \-- (c). aesthetic | 04. \-- (d). allegiance | 05. \-- (a). antecedent | 06. \-- (b). appreciate | 07. \-- (c). benevolent | 08. \-- (a). bounteous | 09. \-- (d). catastrophe | 10. \-- (c). cognitive | 11. \-- (a). comprehension | 12. \-- (c). contemporary | 13. \-- (b). delectable | 14. \-- (b). exasperate | 15. \-- (d). flabbergasted | 16. \-- (a). gregarious | 17. \-- (c). hallucination | 18. \-- (b). ignominious | 19. \-- (c). jubilantly | 20. \-- (b). ludicrous | 21. \-- (c). memorabilia | 22. \-- (d). navigational | 23. \-- (a). obsequious | 24. \-- (d). perfunctory | 25. \-- (b). persuasive | 26. \-- (d). precarious | 27. –(c). ramification | 28. \-- (a). reconnaissance | 29. \-- (c). saccharine | 30. –(c). scrumptious | 31. –(d). solicitous | 32. \-- (b). squeamish | 33. \-- (d). stereotype | 34. \-- (d). symptomatic | 35. \-- (a). technocrat | 36. \-- (c). transcendence | 37. \-- (b). unconscionable | 38. \-- (c). uproarious | 39. \-- (d). valediction | 40. \-- (b). whimsical

# 32. English Synonyms

Choose the correct synonym of the word:

01. abhorrent \-- (a). desirable (b). detestable (c). pleasing (d). agreeable

02. abortive \-- (a). productive (b). creative (c). futile (d). artistic

03. absolve \-- (a). condemn (b). denounce (c). blame (d). forgive

04. baffling \-- (a). mysterious (b). apparent (c). evident (d). perceptible

05. brutality \-- (a). diplomacy (b). viciousness (c). gentleness (d). peacefulness

06. chubby \-- (a). lean (b). slant (c). plump (d). skinny

07. conservative \-- (a). extremist (b). radical (c). fanatic (d). traditional

08. cordial \-- (a). intimidating (b). aggressive (c). amiable (d). hostile

09. culpable \-- (a). guiltless (b). naive (c). liable (d). innocent

10. deficit \-- (a). surplus (b). scarcity (c). surfeit (d). excess

11. desolation \-- (a). jubilation (b). euphoria (c). exultation (d). misery

12. deteriorate \-- (a). recuperate (b). convalesce (c). worsen (d). advance

13. enthusiastic \-- (a). tepid (b). keen (c). apathetic (d). reluctant

14. feeble \-- (a). lusty (b). persistent (c). delicate (d). powerful

15. glorious \-- (a). dire (b). awful (c). ignominious (d). celebrated

16. heed \-- (a). overlook (b). disregard (c). ignore (d). attention

17. impatience \-- (a). tolerance (b). anxiety (c). forbearance (d). lenience

18. liberate \-- (a). unfetter (b). oppress (c). coerce (d). hamstring

19. meager \-- (a). luxuriant (b). extravagant (c). scanty (d). abundant

20. oblivious \-- (a). conscious (b). ignorant (c). sensitive (d). aware

21. postscript \-- (a). preface (b). preamble (c). appendix (d). addendum

22. prevalent \-- (a). rare (b). rampant (c). exceptional (d). addendum

23. reinstate \-- (a). rescind (b). annul (c). restore (d). terminate

24. ridiculous \-- (a). transcendent (b). sublime (c). absurd (d). uplifting

25. sacrilege \-- (a). reverence (b). adulation (c). worship (d). profanity

26. scanty \-- (a). numerous (b). lacking (c). myriad (d). many

27. sincerity \-- (a). earnestness (b). duplicity (c). hypocrisy (d). pretense

28. spoil \-- (a). revamp (b). refurbish (c). blemish (d). titivate

29. tangible \-- (a). ethereal (b). corporeal (c). ghostly (d). disembodied

30. tangible \-- (a). ethereal (b). corporeal (c). ghostly (d). disembodied

30. turbulent \-- (a). halcyon (b). untroubled (c). chaotic (d). calm

Answers to the Exercise 32:

01. \-- (b). detestable | 02. \-- (c). futile | 03. \-- (d). forgive | 04. \-- (a). mysterious | 05. \-- (b). viciousness | 06. \-- (c). plump | 07. \-- (d). traditional | 08. \-- (c). amiable | 09. \-- (c). liable | 10. \-- (b). scarcity | 11. (d). \-- misery | 12. \-- (c). worsen | 13. \-- (b). keen | 14. \-- (c). delicate | 15. \-- (d). celebrated | 16. \-- (d). attention | 17. \-- (b). anxiety | 18. \-- (a). unfetter | 19. \-- (c). scanty | 20. \-- (b). ignorant | 21. \-- (d). addendum | 22. \-- (b). rampant | 23. \-- (c). restore | 24. \-- (c). absurd | 25. \-- (d). profanity | 26. \-- (b). lacking | 27. \-- (a). earnestness | 28. \-- (c). blemish | 29. \-- (b). corporeal | 30. \-- (c). chaotic

# 33. English Antonyms

Choose the correct antonym of the word:

01. abridge \-- (a). curtail (b). shorten (c). enlarge (d). abbreviate

02. acumen \-- (a). insight (b). wisdom (c). perception (d). stupidity

03. arrogant \-- (a). conceited (b). humble (c). haughty (d). snooty

04. clumsy \-- (a). awkward (b). gauche (c). elegant (d). discomfited

05. comprehend \-- (a). grasp (b). realize (c). recognize (d). misinterpret

06. deflate \-- (a). prick (b). perforate (c). bloat (d). puncture

07. deplore \-- (a). endorse (b). reprimand (c). scold (d). censure

08. downbeat \-- (a). submissive (b). restrained (c). optimistic (d). subdued

09. edgily \-- (a). intolerantly (b). patiently (c). grouchily (d). crankily

10. erosion \-- (a). disintegration (b). accretion (c). corrosion (d). decomposition

11. fragile \-- (a). sturdy (b). delicate (c). frail (d). flimsy

12. generosity \-- (a). munificence (b). liberality (c). charity (d). avarice

13. intermittent \-- (a). alternating (b). incessant (c). discontinuous (d). sporadic

14. jinxed \-- (a). wretched (b). miserable (c). hapless (d). blessed

15. laudable \-- (a). terrible (b). creditable (c). upright (d). reputable

16. luxurious \-- (a). swish (b). lavish (c). austere (d). plush

17. mandatory \-- (a). requisite (b). discretionary (c). obligatory (d). necessary

18. novice \-- (a). tenderfoot (b). apprentice (c). veteran (d). greenhorn

19. preceding \-- (a). previous (b). subsequent (c). prior (d). former

20. provocative \-- (a). demanding (b). challenging (c). severe (d). conciliatory

21. reverent \-- (a). admiring (b). deferential (c). impudent (d). courteous

22. savage \-- (a). civilized (b). uncouth (c). coarse (d). crude

23. sluggish \-- (a). exhausted (b). speedy (c). lethargic (d). lackluster

24. spurious \-- (a). phony (b). imitation (c). authentic (d). counterfeit

25. substantial \-- (a). extensive (b). sizeable (c). paltry (d). considerable

26. trickle \-- (a). ooze (b). gush (c). drool (d). dribble

27. uplift \-- (a). reinforce (b). fortify (c). strengthen (d). degrade

28. variable \-- (a). erratic (b). constant (c). random (d). patchy

29. whisper \-- (a). mumble (b). murmur (c). shout (d). mutter

30. withdraw \-- (a). vacate (b). depart (c). quit (d). deposit

Answers to the Exercise 33:

01. \-- (c). enlarge | 02. \-- (d). stupidity | 03. \-- (b). humble | 04. \-- (c). elegant | 05. \-- (d). misinterpret | 06. \-- (c). bloat | 07. \-- (a). endorse | 08. \-- (c). optimistic | 09. \-- (b). patiently | 10. \-- (b). accretion | 11. (a). \-- sturdy | 12. \-- (d). avarice | 13. \-- (b). incessant | 14. \-- (d). blessed | 15. \-- (a). terrible | 16. \-- (c). austere | 17. \-- (b). discretionary | 18. \-- (c). veteran | 19. \-- (b). subsequent | 20. \-- (d). conciliatory | 21. \-- (c). impudent | 22. \-- (a). civilized | 23. \-- (b). speedy | 24. \-- (c). authentic | 25. \-- (c). paltry | 26. \-- (b). gush | 27. \-- (d). degrade | 28. \-- (b). constant | 29. \-- (c). shout | 30. \-- (d). deposit

# 34. Homophones

Homophone is a word that is pronounced like another word but has a different spelling or meaning.

Differentiate the following homophones:

01. (a). accede \-- ............................, (b). exceed \-- ............................

02. (a). awful \-- ............................, (b). offal \-- ............................

03. (a). base \-- ............................, (b). bass \-- ............................

04. (a). bough \-- ............................, (b). bow \-- ............................

05. (a). broach \-- ............................, (b). brooch \-- ............................

06. (a). career \-- ............................, (b). carrier \-- ............................

07. (a). chard \-- ............................, (b). charred \-- ............................

08. (a). chord \-- ............................, (b). cord \-- ............................

09. (a). currant \-- ............................, (b). current \-- ............................

10. (a). dine \-- ............................, (b). dyne \-- ............................

11. (a). discreet \-- ............................, (b). discrete \-- ............................

12. (a). elusive \-- ............................, (b). illusive \-- ............................

13. (a). faze ............................, (b). phase \-- ............................

14. (a). flounder \-- ............................, (b). founder \-- ............................

15. (a). gait \-- ............................, (b). gate \-- ............................

16. (a). glutinous \-- ............................, (b). gluttonous \-- ............................

17. (a). grisly \-- ............................, (b). grizzly \-- ............................

18. (a). hew \-- ............................, (b). hue \-- ............................

19. (a). hoard \-- ............................, (b). horde \-- ............................

20. (a). incite \-- ............................, (b). insight \-- ............................

21. (a). ingenious \-- ............................, (b). ingenuous \-- ............................

22. (a). knead \-- ............................, (b). need \-- ............................

23. (a). loath \-- ............................, (b). loathe \-- ............................

24. (a). medal \-- ............................, (b). meddle \-- ............................

25. (a). nay \-- ............................, (b). neigh \-- ............................

26. (a). ordinance \-- ............................, (b). ordnance \-- ............................

27. (a). pail \-- ............................, (b). pale \-- ............................

28. (a). plait \-- ............................, (b). plate \-- ............................

29. (a). queue \-- ............................, (b). cue \-- ............................

30. (a). rap \-- ............................, (b). wrap \-- ............................

31. (a). review \-- ............................, (b). revue \-- ............................

32. (a). right \-- ............................, (b). rite \-- ............................

33. (a). review \-- ............................, (b). revue \-- ............................

34. (a). shear \-- ............................, (b). sheer \-- ............................

35. (a). soar \-- ............................, (b). sore \-- ............................

36. (a). stock \-- ............................, (b). stalk \-- ............................

37. (a). tear \-- ............................, (b). tier \-- ............................

38. (a). vary \-- ............................, (b). very \-- ............................

39. (a). we \-- ............................, (b). wee \-- ............................

40. (a). yawn \-- ............................, (b). yon \-- ............................

Answers to the Exercise 34:

01. (a). accede \-- to agree, (b). exceed \-- to surpass

02. (a). awful \-- terrible, (b). offal \-- inside parts of an animal

03. (a). base \-- foundation, (b). bass \-- low tone

04. (a). bough \-- a large branch of a tree, (b). bow \-- to bend

05. (a). broach \-- to mention, (b). brooch \-- a piece of jewelry

06. (a). career \-- profession or vocation, (b). carrier \-- transporter

07. (a). chard \-- a type of vegetable, (b). charred \-- black and burnt

08. (a). chord \-- musical tones, (b). cord \-- string

09. (a). currant \-- a dried grape, (b). current \-- of the present time

10. (a). dine \-- to eat dinner, (b). dyne \-- a unit of force

11. (a). discreet \-- tactful, (b). discrete \-- separate

12. (a). elusive \-- unachievable, (b). illusive \-- not real

13. (a). faze \-- to confuse somebody, (b). phase \-- a part or stage

14. (a). flounder \-- to struggle, (b). founder \-- creator or inventor

15. (a). gait \-- a way of walking, (b). gate \-- door

16. (a). glutinous \-- sticky, (b). gluttonous \-- greedy

17. (a). grisly \-- horrifying, (b). grizzly \-- a bear

18. (a). hew \-- to cut, (b). hue \-- color or shade

19. (a). hoard \-- large amount of something, (b). horde \-- crowd

20. (a). incite \-- to provoke, (b). insight \-- understanding

21. (a). ingenious \-- original, (b). ingenuous \-- honest

22. (a). knead \-- to press, (b). need \-- necessity

23. (a). loath \-- unwilling, (b). loathe \-- to detest

24. (a). medal \-- an honor, (b). meddle \-- to interfere

25. (a). nay \-- no, (b). neigh \-- sound made by a horse

26. (a). ordinance \-- decree, (b). ordnance \-- armaments

27. (a). pail \-- bucket, (b). pale \-- light in color

28. (a). plait \-- hair, (b). plate \-- flat dish

29. (a). queue \-- a line of people, (b). cue \-- signal

30. (a). rap \-- sharp hit, (b). wrap \-- to enfold

31. (a). review \-- to appraise, (b). revue \-- a show in a theatre

32. (a). right \-- correct, (b). rite \-- ceremony

33. (a). review \-- to appraise, (b). revue \-- a show in a theatre

34. (a). shear \-- to cut off, (b). sheer \-- absolute

35. (a). soar \-- to rise quickly, (b). sore \-- painful

36. (a). stock \-- store or supply, (b). stalk \-- to follow

37. (a). tear \-- to slash, (b). tier \-- level

38. (a). vary \-- to differ, (b). very \-- extremely

39. (a). we \-- you and I, (b). wee \-- very small in size

40. (a). yawn \-- to gape, (b). yon \-- that

# 35. Compound Words \-- I

A compound word consists of two or more base words. Meaning of Compound word is often different from the separate base words.

Choose one word from list A and one word form List B to form a compound word:

List A

01. after | 02. any | 03. back | 04. bald | 05. big | 06. black | 07. boat | 08. candle | 09. care | 10. cart | 11. climb | 12. coal | 13. dash | 14. die | 15. dish | 16. end | 17. fact | 18. flood | 19. folk | 20. head | 21. hear | 22. high | 23. home | 24. in | 25. knee | 26. mind | 27. money | 28. news | 29. nick | 30. on | 31. post | 32. quick | 33. red | 34. round | 35. second | 36. snow | 37. some | 38. speed | 39. thunder | 40. world

List B

01. about | 02. black | 03. board | 04. board | 05. breaking | 06. built | 07. cast | 08. clap | 09. class | 10. class | 11. dance | 12. date | 13. deep | 14. down | 15. faced | 16. faced | 17. fall | 18. finding | 19. flash | 20. headed | 21. light | 22. light | 23. load | 24. long | 25. looker | 26. man | 27. name | 28. note | 29. sand | 30. saving | 31. say | 32. set | 33. stick | 34. taker | 35. time | 36. times | 37. water | 38. way | 39. word | 40. work

Answers to the Exercise 35:

01. afterword | 02. anytime | 03. back-breaking | 04. bald-faced | 05. big-headed | 06. blackboard | 07. boatman | 08. candle-stick | 09. caretaker | 10. cartload | 11. climb-down | 12. coal-black | 13. dashboard | 14. die-cast | 15. dishwater | 16. endnote | 17. fact-finding | 18. floodlight | 19. folk dance | 20. headlong | 21. hearsay | 22. highlight | 23. homework | 24. in-built | 25. knee-deep | 26. mindset | 27. money-saving | 28. newsflash | 29. nickname | 30. onlooker | 31. post-date | 32. quicksand | 33. red-faced | 34. roundabout | 35. second-class | 36. snowfall | 37. sometimes | 38. speedway | 39. thunderclap | 40. world-class

# 36. Compound Words \-- II

Choose one word from list A and one word form List B to form a compound word:

List A

01. awe | 02. bank | 03. bed | 04. birth | 05. blood | 06. board | 07. book | 08. brain | 09. broad | 10. brush | 11. bull | 12. butter | 13. by | 14. car | 15. cease | 16. check | 17. clear | 18. clock | 19. draw | 20. drop | 21. ear | 22. ear | 23. else | 24. free | 25. full | 26. good | 27. grass | 28. gun | 29. ill | 30. jam | 31. left | 32. lock | 33. mile | 34. more | 35. new | 36. rear | 37. short | 38. store | 39. view | 40. with

List B

01. advised | 02. back | 03. born | 04. child | 05. draw | 06. end | 07. fight | 08. fire | 09. hand | 10. handed | 11. headed | 12. headed | 13. hold | 14. inspiring | 15. land | 16. length | 17. looking | 18. mark | 19. mark | 20. milk | 21. minded | 22. off | 23. out | 24. out | 25. out | 26. over | 27. packed | 28. piece | 29. point | 30. pool | 31. rock | 32. roll | 33. room | 34. room | 35. stone | 36. stone | 37. stream | 38. where | 39. word | 40. work

Answers to the Exercise 36:

01. awe-inspiring | 02. bankroll | 03. bedrock | 04. birthstone | 05. bloodstream | 06. boardroom | 07. bookmark | 08. brainchild | 09. broad-minded | 10. brush-off | 11. bullheaded | 12. buttermilk | 13. byword | 14. carpool | 15. ceasefire | 16. checkout | 17. clear-headed | 18. clockwork | 19. drawback | 20. dropout | 21. earmark | 22. earpiece | 23. elsewhere | 24. free-hold | 25. full-length | 26. good-looking | 27. grassland | 28. gunfight | 29. ill-advised | 30. jam-packed | 31. left-handed | 32. lockout | 33. milestone | 34. moreover | 35. newborn | 36. rear-end | 37. shorthand | 38. storeroom | 39. viewpoint | 40. withdraw

# 37. Compound Words \-- III

Choose one word from list A and one word form List B to form a compound word:

List A

01. back | 02. brick | 03. broad | 04. burden | 05. cold | 06. computer | 07. cook | 08. country | 09. court | 10. cut | 11. door | 12. double | 13. down | 14. dry | 15. dumb | 16. duty | 17. extra | 18. five | 19. get | 20. hair | 21. hard | 22. hard | 23. high | 24. joy | 25. law | 26. lip | 27. long | 28. mouth | 29. nose | 30. old | 31. play | 32. proof | 33. pull | 34. sea | 35. short | 36. show | 37. tell | 38. trust | 39. war | 40. water

List B

01. book | 02. bound | 03. case | 04. cast | 05. clean | 06. core | 07. dive | 08. edged | 09. fall | 10. fashioned | 11. found | 12. group | 13. judicial | 14. list | 15. literacy | 16. lost | 17. man | 18. martial | 19. over | 20. piece | 21. port | 22. profile | 23. read | 24. right | 25. some | 26. star | 27. step | 28. stick | 29. stick | 30. style | 31. suit | 32. tale | 33. throat | 34. time | 35. together | 36. war | 37. ward | 38. work | 39. working | 40. worthy

Answers to the Exercise 37:

01. backward | 02. brickwork | 03. broadcast | 04. burdensome | 05. cold war | 06. computer-literacy | 07. cookbook | 08. countryman | 09. court martial | 10. cut-throat | 11. doorstep | 12. double-edged | 13. downright | 14. dry-clean | 15. dumbfound | 16. duty-bound | 17. extrajudicial | 18. five-star | 19. get-together | 20. hairstyle | 21. hard core | 22. hard-working | 23. high-profile | 24. joystick | 25. lawsuit | 26. lipstick | 27. long-lost | 28. mouthpiece | 29. nosedive | 30. old-fashioned | 31. playgroup | 32. proofread | 33. pullover | 34. seaport | 35. shortlist | 36. showcase | 37. telltale | 38. trustworthy | 39. wartime | 40. waterfall

# 38. Literary Terms

'Literary Terms' are typical of a work of literature and imaginative writing.

Choose a literary word from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. aphorism | A02. canto | A03. connotation | A04. couplet | A05. denouement | A06. diction | A07. doggerel | A08. encomia | A09. fustian | A10. homily | A11. idyll | A12. litotes | A13. meter | A14. parable | A15. phonetics | A16. prosody | A17. refrain | A18. revue | A19. saga | A20. sonnet | A21. subtext | A22. synchronic | A23. treatise | A24. verse | A25. zeugma

List B

B01. a line or number of lines of a song or poem that is repeated after each verse

B02. a long lecture on moral advice

B03. a long story about historical heroes, adventures and brave acts

B04. a phrase used to say something wise or true

B05. a poem that describes a peaceful and happy scene

B06. a poem with 14 lines, and a fixed pattern of rhyme

B07. a prose or verse that highly praises somebody/something

B08. a short, moral or spiritual story

B09. a theatrical show involving dances, songs, plays, etc.

B10. an idea suggested by a word in addition to its usual meaning

B11. badly written poetry

B12. language that sounds impressive but have little meaning

B13. one of the sections of a long poem

B14. strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry producing the rhythm

B15. the choice and use of words to create a specific effect in a literary work

B16. the end of a literary work when everything is explained

B17. the patterns of rhythms and sounds in poetry

B18. the study of sounds of speech

B19. two consecutive lines of poetry that are equal in length

B20. use of a negative statement to emphasize affirmative meaning

B21. a long and serious written composition to examine a particular subject

B22. a unit of a poem or song, comprising of a group of lines

B23. a hidden meaning in a literary work

B24. a word that refers to two or more other parts of a sentence

B25. relating to a language as it is at a given time

Answers to the Exercise 38:

A01. aphorism \-- B04. a phrase used to say something wise or true

A02. canto \-- B13. one of the sections of a long poem

A03. connotation \-- B10. an idea suggested by a word in addition to its usual meaning

A04. couplet \-- B19. two consecutive lines of poetry that are equal in length

A05. denouement \-- B16. the end of a literary work when everything is explained

A06. diction \-- B15. the choice and use of words to create a specific effect in a literary work

A07. doggerel \-- B11. badly written poetry

A08. encomia \-- B07. a prose or verse that highly praises somebody/something

A09. fustian \-- B12. language that sounds impressive but have little meaning

A10. homily \-- B02. a long lecture on moral advice

A11. idyll \-- B05. a poem that describes a peaceful and happy scene

A12. litotes \-- B20. use of a negative statement to emphasize affirmative meaning

A13. meter \-- B14. strong and weak stresses in lines of poetry producing the rhythm

A14. parable \-- B08. a short, moral or spiritual story

A15. phonetics \-- B18. the study of sounds of speech

A16. prosody \-- B17. the patterns of rhythms and sounds in poetry

A17. refrain \-- B01. a line or number of lines of a song or poem that is repeated after each verse

A18. revue \-- B09. a theatrical show involving dances, songs, plays, etc.

A19. saga \-- B03. a long story about historical heroes, adventures and brave acts

A20. sonnet \-- B06. a poem with 14 lines, and a fixed pattern of rhyme

A21. subtext \-- B23. a hidden meaning in a literary work

A22. synchronic \-- B25. relating to a language as it is at a given time

A23. treatise \-- B21. a long and serious written composition to examine a particular subject

A24. verse \-- B22. a unit of a poem or song, comprising of a group of lines

A25. zeugma \-- B24. a word that refers to two or more other parts of a sentence

# 39. Informal Words \-- I

Informal Words are connected with normal communication to your colleagues, acquaintances, family members, etc. These words are not used in 'official' or formal writing

Choose a informal word from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. abs (noun) | A02. ballyhoo (noun) | A03. beanpole (noun) | A04. big gun (noun) | A05. blockbuster (noun) | A06. brat (noun) | A07. cakewalk (noun) | A08. chicken (adjective) | A09. chinwag (noun) | A10. chop-chop (exclamation) | A11. claptrap (noun) | A12. clutches (noun) | A13. cutup (noun) | A14. drop-dead (adverb) | A15. drubbing (noun) | A16. eyewash (noun) | A17. fleabag (noun) | A18. forty winks (noun) | A19. fuddy-duddy (noun) | A20. fusspot (noun) | A21. gaga (adjective) | A22. gorilla (noun) | A23. half-baked (adjective) | A24. has-been (noun) | A25. higgledy-piggledy (adverb)

List B

B01. a large aggressive or violent man | B02. a match where one team easily wins | B03. a person who is difficult to please | B04. a person who tries to attract somebody in silly way | B05. a person who was once very popular, etc. | B06. a short sleep during the day; nap | B07. a very poor and untidy person | B08. a very powerful or influential person | B09. a very tall and thin person | B10. an extremely easy thing to do | B11. an ill-mannered child | B12. an old-fashioned person | B13. false promises, etc. | B14. hurry up! | B15. in a very untidy way | B16. informal and friendly conversation | B17. not courageous | B18. not well planned | B19. power, influence or control | B20. slightly crazy | B21. the muscles of the abdomen | B22. unnecessary noise, disturbance and enthusiasm | B23. useless talks | B24. very attractive and obvious | B25. very successful book or film

Answers to the Exercise 39:

A01. abs (noun) \-- B21. the muscles of the abdomen

A02. ballyhoo (noun) \-- B22. unnecessary noise, disturbance and enthusiasm

A03. beanpole (noun) \-- B09. a very tall and thin person

A04. big gun (noun) \-- B08. a very powerful or influential person

A05. blockbuster (noun) \-- B25. very successful book or film

A06. brat (noun) \-- B11. an ill-mannered child

A07. cakewalk (noun) \-- B10. an extremely easy thing to do

A08. chicken (adjective) \-- B17. not courageous

A09. chinwag (noun) \-- B16. informal and friendly conversation

A10. chop-chop (exclamation) \-- B14. hurry up!

A11. claptrap (noun) \-- B23. useless talks

A12. clutches (noun) \-- B19. power, influence or control

A13. cutup (noun) \-- B04. a person who tries to attract somebody in silly way

A14. drop-dead (adverb) \-- B24. very attractive and obvious

A15. drubbing (noun) \-- B02. a match where one team easily wins

A16. eyewash (noun) \-- B13. false promises, etc.

A17. fleabag (noun) \-- B07. a very poor and untidy person

A18. forty winks (noun) \-- B06. a short sleep during the day; nap

A19. fuddy-duddy (noun) \-- B12. an old-fashioned person

A20. fusspot (noun) \-- B03. a person who is difficult to please

A21. gaga (adjective) \-- B20. slightly crazy

A22. gorilla (noun) \-- B01. a large aggressive or violent man

A23. half-baked (adjective) \-- B18. not well planned

A24. has-been (noun) \-- B05. a person who was once very popular, etc.

A25. higgledy-piggledy (adverb) \-- B15. in a very untidy way

# 40. Informal Words \-- II

Choose a informal word from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. hot potato (noun) | A02. hot shot (noun) | A03. jaw-dropping (adjective) | A04. jumbo (adjective) | A05. knocker (noun) | A06. moonshine (noun) | A07. namby-pamby (adjective) | A08. oddball (noun) | A09. ostrich (noun) | A10. pest (noun) | A11. pizzazz (noun) | A12. pointer (noun) | A13. razzamatazz (noun) | A14. road hog (noun) | A15. roly-poly (adjective) | A16. schmooze (verb) | A17. shilly-shally (verb) | A18. smash-up (noun) | A19. tad (noun) | A20. takedown (noun) | A21. tip-top (adjective) | A22. two-faced (adjective) | A23. Uncle Sam (noun) | A24. yellow (adjective) | A25. yummy (adjective)

List B

B01. (of people) short, round and fat | B02. a person who doesn't like to deal with difficulties | B03. a person who is very interested in criticizing somebody/something | B04. a piece of advice | B05. a rash driver | B06. a strange or odd person | B07. a terrible accident | B08. a very small amount | B09. a very successful person | B10. an animated and exciting feature | B11. an arrest or a sudden visit by the police | B12. an irritating person or thing | B13. chat | B14. delicious; very tasty | B15. extremely surprising | B16. insincere | B17. noisy and exciting activity intending to draw people's attention | B18. not brave | B19. outstanding | B20. silly talk | B21. to take a long time to make a decision | B22. unpleasant and difficult problem, situation, etc. | B23. unusually large | B24. used to refer to the United States of America or the US government | B25. weak and sentimental

Answers to the Exercise 40:

A01. hot potato (noun) \-- B22. unpleasant and difficult problem, situation, etc.

A02. hot shot (noun) \-- B09. a very successful person

A03. jaw-dropping (adjective) \-- B15. extremely surprising

A04. jumbo (adjective) \-- B23. unusually large

A05. knocker (noun) \-- B03. a person who is very interested in criticizing somebody/something

A06. moonshine (noun) \-- B20. silly talk

A07. namby-pamby (adjective) \-- B25. weak and sentimental

A08. oddball (noun) \-- B06. a strange or odd person

A09. ostrich (noun) \-- B02. a person who doesn't like to deal with difficulties

A10. pest (noun) \-- B12. an irritating person or thing

A11. pizzazz (noun) \-- B10. an animated and exciting feature

A12. pointer (noun) \-- B04. a piece of advice

A13. razzamatazz (noun) \-- B17. noisy and exciting activity intending to draw people's attention

A14. road hog (noun) \-- B05. a rash driver

A15. roly-poly (adjective) \-- B01. (of people) short, round and fat

A16. schmooze (verb) \-- B13. chat

A17. shilly-shally (verb) \-- B21. to take a long time to make a decision

A18. smash-up (noun) \-- B07. a terrible accident

A19. tad (noun) \-- B08. a very small amount

A20. takedown (noun) \-- B11. an arrest or a sudden visit by the police

A21. tip-top (adjective) \-- B19. outstanding

A22. two-faced (adjective) \-- B16. insincere

A23. Uncle Sam (noun) \-- B24. used to refer to the United States of America or the US government

A24. yellow (adjective) \-- B18. not brave

A25. yummy (adjective) \-- B14. delicious; very tasty

# 41. Phrasal Verbs \-- I

A PHRASAL VERB is made up of a Verb and an Adverb or a Preposition or both.

Choose a phrasal verb from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. alight on | A02. answer for | A03. back out | A04. bash out | A05. bawl out | A06. bear on | A07. blot out | A08. bottle up | A09. break down | A10. bring around | A11. burn off | A12. call off | A13. carry off | A14. chew over | A15. clear up | A16. come through | A17. crank up | A18. dash of | A19. drag into | A20. dream away | A21. egg on | A22. fade away | A23. fall upon | A24. fish out | A25. flick through

List B

B01. to activate or increase | B02. to affect | B03. to attack | B04. to be responsible | B05. to be successful | B06. to cancel | B07. to consider | B08. to convince | B09. to die after an illness | B10. to do exercise to consume energy | B11. to encourage | B12. to explain | B13. to extract | B14. to find something by chance | B15. to hide | B16. to involve reluctantly | B17. to produce quickly | B18. to read quickly | B19. to sit idle | B20. to speak rudely | B21. to stop working | B22. to succeed | B23. to suppress your feelings | B24. to withdraw | B25. to write quickly

Answers to the Exercise 41:

A01. alight on \-- B14. to find something by chance

A02. answer for \-- B04. to be responsible

A03. back out \-- B24. to withdraw

A04. bash out \-- B17. to produce quickly

A05. bawl out \-- B20. to speak rudely

A06. bear on \-- B02. to affect

A07. blot out \-- B15. to hide

A08. bottle up \-- B23. to suppress your feelings

A09. break down \-- B21. to stop working

A10. bring around \-- B08. to convince

A11. burn off \-- B10. to do exercise to consume energy

A12. call off \-- B06. to cancel

A13. carry off \-- B22. to succeed

A14. chew over \-- B07. to consider

A15. clear up \-- B12. to explain

A16. come through \-- B05. to be successful

A17. crank up \-- B01. to activate or increase

A18. dash of \-- B25. to write quickly

A19. drag into \-- B16. to involve reluctantly

A20. dream away \-- B19. to sit idle

A21. egg on \-- B11. to encourage

A22. fade away \-- B09. to die after an illness

A23. fall upon \-- B03. to attack

A24. fish out \-- B13. to extract

A25. flick through \-- B18. to read quickly

# 42. Phrasal Verbs \-- II

Choose a phrasal verb from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. get round | A02. go after | A03. hand over | A04. hang around | A05. hunt down | A06. kick in | A07. lay off | A08. leap at | A09. look out | A10. make out | A11. mete out | A12. pass over | A13. play along | A14. pump out | A15. push for | A16. put up with | A17. slob around | A18. stave off | A19. step down | A20. strike out | A21. take aback | A22. talk down | A23. turn down | A24. ward off | A25. wipe out

List B

B01. to be careful | B02. to chase or follow | B03. to criticize | B04. to defend yourself | B05. to delay or deflect | B06. to destroy completely | B07. to grab an opportunity | B08. to ignore | B09. to insist | B10. to pass your time without doing anything | B11. to persuade | B12. to pretend to be in agreement | B13. to produce a large amount of something | B14. to punish | B15. to reject an offer, etc. | B16. to resign | B17. to search | B18. to shock | B19. to start to happen | B20. to stop using something | B21. to suffer | B22. to transfer | B23. to underestimate | B24. to understand | B25. to waste time

Answers to the Exercise 42:

A01. get round \-- B11. to persuade

A02. go after \-- B02. to chase or follow

A03. hand over \-- B22. to transfer

A04. hang around \-- B10. to pass your time without doing anything

A05. hunt down \-- B17. to search

A06. kick in \-- B19. to start to happen

A07. lay off \-- B20. to stop using something

A08. leap at \-- B07. to grab an opportunity

A09. look out \-- B01. to be careful

A10. make out \-- B24. to understand

A11. mete out \-- B14. to punish

A12. pass over \-- B08. to ignore

A13. play along \-- B12. to pretend to be in agreement

A14. pump out \-- B13. to produce a large amount of something

A15. push for \-- B09. to insist

A16. put up with \-- B21. to suffer

A17. slob around \-- B25. to waste time

A18. stave off \-- B05. to delay or deflect

A19. step down \-- B16. to resign

A20. strike out \-- B03. to criticize

A21. take aback \-- B18. to shock

A22. talk down \-- B23. to underestimate

A23. turn down \-- B15. to reject an offer, etc.

A24. ward off \-- B04. to defend yourself

A25. wipe out \-- B06. to destroy completely

# 43. English Idioms \-- I

Choose a idiom from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. a bag of bones | A02. a bone of contention | A03. a feather in your cap | A04. a fish out of water | A05. a jack of all trades | A06. a tempest in a teapot | A07. apples and oranges | A08. be on the skids | A09. beat about the bush | A10. bite your lip | A11. burn your fingers | A12. cost an arm and a leg | A13. get your act together | A14. gild the lily | A15. go through the mill | A16. hand in glove with somebody | A17. hang in the balance | A18. have an axe to grind | A19. hedge your bets | A20. hold cards close to your chest | A21. in the nick of time | A22. Keep body and soul together | A23. keep the wolf from the door | A24. let the cat out of the bag | A25. lick your wounds

List B

B01. a person who does a lot of things but not very adeptly | B02. a respectful deed that you have done | B03. at the last moment | B04. extreme worry about an unimportant thing | B05. involving in an illegal activity with somebody | B06. somebody who is in completely new and uncomfortable surroundings | B07. sticking point that causes serious disagreement | B08. to be in a worse and worse condition | B09. to be too expensive | B10. to be undecided | B11. to carelessly tell something secret | B12. to control your emotions | B13. to don't tell about your plans | B14. to get your strength back over a period of time | B15. to have a difficult time | B16. to involve in a situation for person benefit | B17. to try your best to achieve your goal | B18. to manage to survive | B19. to minimize your risks | B20. to not go hungry | B21. to ruin the good appearance of somebody by trying to improve it | B22. to suffer bad results of your hasty actions | B23. to talk unnecessarily | B24. totally different from each other | B25. very thin person

Answers to the Exercise 43:

A01. a bag of bones \-- B25. very thin person

A02. a bone of contention \-- B07. sticking point that causes serious disagreement

A03. a feather in your cap \-- B02. a respectful deed that you have done

A04. a fish out of water \-- B06. somebody who is in completely new and uncomfortable surroundings

A05. a jack of all trades \-- B01. a person who does a lot of things but not very adeptly

A06. a tempest in a teapot \-- B04. extreme worry about an unimportant thing

A07. apples and oranges \-- B24. totally different from each other

A08. be on the skids \-- B08. to be in a worse and worse condition

A09. beat about the bush \-- B23. to talk unnecessarily

A10. bite your lip \-- B12. to control your emotions

A11. burn your fingers \-- B22. to suffer bad results of your hasty actions

A12. cost an arm and a leg \-- B09. to be too expensive

A13. get your act together \-- B17. to try your best to achieve your goal

A14. gild the lily \-- B21. to ruin the good appearance of somebody by trying to improve it

A15. go through the mill \-- B15. to have a difficult time

A16. hand in glove with somebody \-- B05. involving in an illegal activity with somebody

A17. hang in the balance \-- B10. to be undecided

A18. have an axe to grind \-- B16. to involve in a situation for person benefit

A19. hedge your bets \-- B19. to minimize your risks

A20. hold cards close to your chest \-- B13. to don't tell about your plans

A21. in the nick of time \-- B03. at the last moment

A22. Keep body and soul together \-- B18. to manage to survive

A23. keep the wolf from the door \-- B20. to not go hungry

A24. let the cat out of the bag \-- B11. to carelessly tell something secret

A25. lick your wounds \-- B14. to get your strength back over a period of time

# 44. English Idioms \-- II

Choose a idiom from list A and its meaning from List B:

List A

A01. make a hash of something | A02. make a killing | A03. make an exhibition of yourself | A04. make somebody's hackles rise | A05. once in a blue moon | A06. pull a rabbit out of the hat | A07. pull the plug on something | A08. Push something to the back of your mind | A09. put all your eggs in one basket | A10. queer somebody's pitch | A11. rake somebody over the coals | A12. save for a rainy day | A13. straight from the horse's mouth | A14. take for granted | A15. take something in your stride | A16. take stock of something | A17. take the Mickey out of somebody | A18. throw your weight behind something | A19. to have ants in your pants | A20. to put somebody on a pedestal | A21. turn over a new leaf | A22. turn something to good account | A23. twist the knife in the wound | A24. wash your hands of something | A25. wheels within wheels

List B

B01. complicated situation involving numerous processes | B02. getting information directly from the people involved in a situation | B03. hardly ever | B04. to accept the challenge | B05. to be extremely impatient | B06. to be too unkind towards somebody | B07. to behave very badly in public | B08. to carefully think about the current situation | B09. to criticize somebody severely | B10. to refuse to involve in the matter | B11. to decide to forget unpleasant event, etc. | B12. to depend on one particular thing, action, etc. to achieve your goal | B13. to do something very badly | B14. to improve your personality | B15. to make a lot of money in short time | B16. to make fun of somebody | B17. to make somebody very angry | B18. to make somebody unable to get something | B19. make the best use of something | B20. to not recognize the real value of something | B21. to save money for bad time | B22. to suddenly end a project, etc. | B23. to suddenly find solution, etc. | B24. to fully support something | B25. to think too highly of somebody

Answers to the Exercise 44:

A01. make a hash of something \-- B13. to do something very badly

A02. make a killing \-- B15. to make a lot of money in short time

A03. make an exhibition of yourself \-- B07. to behave very badly in public

A04. make somebody's hackles rise \-- B17. to make somebody very angry

A05. once in a blue moon \-- B03. hardly ever

A06. pull a rabbit out of the hat \-- B23. to suddenly find solution, etc.

A07. pull the plug on something \-- B22. to suddenly end a project, etc.

A08. push something to the back of your mind \-- B11. to decide to forget unpleasant event, etc.

A09. put all your eggs in one basket \-- B12. to depend on one particular thing, action, etc. to achieve your goal

A10. queer somebody's pitch \-- B18. to make somebody unable to get something

A11. rake somebody over the coals \-- B09. to criticize somebody severely

A12. save for a rainy day \-- B21. to save money for bad time

A13. straight from the horse's mouth \-- B02. getting information directly from the people involved in a situation

A14. take for granted \-- B20. to not recognize the real value of something

A15. take something in your stride \-- B04. to accept the challenge

A16. take stock of something \-- B08. to carefully think about the current situation

A17. take the Mickey out of somebody \-- B16. to make fun of somebody

A18. throw your weight behind something \-- B24. to fully support something

A19. to have ants in your pants \-- B05. to be extremely impatient

A20. to put somebody on a pedestal \-- B25. to think too highly of somebody

A21. turn over a new leaf \-- B14. to improve your personality

A22. turn something to good account \-- B19. make the best use of something

A23. twist the knife in the wound \-- B06. to be too unkind towards somebody

A24. wash your hands of something \-- B10. to refuse to involve in the matter

A25. wheels within wheels \-- B01. complicated situation involving numerous processes

# 45. English Word Exercise \-- I

Fill in the Blanks:-

01. I am focusing on my u _ _ _ _ _ _ g competitions and performing better.

02. Most of these parks do not have f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l lights and safety becomes a concern during early morning and late evening hours.

03. There are biases in the social system that needs to be r _ _ _ _ d out.

04. Eventually any cooperative arrangement requires g _ _ _ _ _ _ l and mutual trust on both sides.

05. An entire V-shaped complex t _ _ _ _ _ d in on itself.

06. His work i _ _ _ _ _ _ s giving continuous lectures and walking around 9 am to 3 pm in the school.

07. Those students, aged between 18 and 20 were u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ g BCA computer courses.

08. Hundreds of workers were employed with a c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n company contracted to build a sports complex.

09. The name of students, colleges and their roll numbers are m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d on the cover page of answer copies.

10. Supernatural stories are a source of f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n for most of us.

11. His eyes w _ _ _ _ _ _ d swathes of barren land in front of him.

12. The train was reportedly h _ _ _ _ _ _ g at approximately 150 kmph when it got derailed.

13. They were s _ _ _ _ _ g through their luggage.

14. We saw death w _ _ _ k past us.

15. Political parties certainly have the right to d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e and protest peacefully.

16. Citizens paid a p _ _ _ _ _ _ t tribute to the victims of the plane crash with a minute's silence.

17. Wintry chill tightened grip over parts of the state and a thick cover of fog p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d over the region.

18. The shortage of employees ultimately r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d on the declining production level of the company.

19. He should a _ _ _ _ e all the responsibility of the defeat.

20. I have always followed the law and conducted my business e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ y.

Answers to the Exercise 45:

01. upcoming | 02. functional | 03. rooted | 04. goodwill | 05. toppled | 06. involves | 07. undergoing | 08. construction | 09. mentioned | 10. fascination | 11. wandered | 12. hurtling | 13. sifting | 14. whisk | 15. demonstrate | 16. poignant | 17. persisted | 18. reflected | 19. assume | 20. ethically

# 46. English Word Exercise \-- II

Fill In the Blanks:-

01. Our society is turning impatient, and it is hitting the i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n of marriage.

02. It is turning out to be dangerous to be friends or chat with u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r persons online, male or female.

03. They will be providing employment to many more in future "i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ e of cast, color and creed".

04. They would place bets on the registration numbers of vehicles p _ _ _ _ _ g by.

05. Difference of opinion should not be sought to be s _ _ _ _ _ d by using physical violence.

06. Closing ceremony k _ _ _ _ d off with fireworks.

07. Bus stopped just about 10 meters off the houses n _ _ _ _ y.

08. A number of vehicles were crushed under the concrete and steel d _ _ _ _ is.

09. Patrolling elephant were r _ _ _ d into the hunt for man-eater.

10. Making baseless a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s is the only way left for many leaders to hide their failures.

11. Our country is no one's personal f _ _ _ _ _ m.

12. Roaring wind clocking speed of 100 km an hour uprooted trees, tore off hoardings and t _ _ _ _ _ d cars.

13. Tourists were s _ _ _ _ _ _ d with very few buses plying and were forced to go for roadside hotels for their dinner.

14. She was laid out to rest near the grave of her political m _ _ _ _ r.

15. Dense to moderate fog occurred at many places while very dense fog occurred at i _ _ _ _ _ _ d places in the state since last night.

16. Rain stopped around 3pm, the winds stopped g _ _ _ _ _ g and the sun was out for a short-while.

17. Many unorganized units are s _ _ _ _ _ g at what looks like a temporary shutdown.

18. Our cities are growing and so is the v _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r traffic on the roads.

19. There is urgent need to encourage better a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ c practices for higher farm productivity.

20. How do you deal with being constantly under public g _ _ _ e?

Answers to the Exercise 46:

01. institution | 02. unfamiliar | 03. irrespective | 04. passing | 05. settled | 06. kicked | 07. nearby | 08. debris | 09. roped | 10. allegations | 11. fiefdom | 12. toppled | 13. stranded | 14. mentor | 15. isolated | 16. gushing | 17. staring | 18. vehicular | 19. agronomic | 20. glare

# 47. English Word Exercise \-- III

Choose the Correct Words:-

awareness, crouching, discipline, endurance, engraved, geography, harmony, nabbed, peaking, protesting, pugmarks, ramped, ration, regressive, scattered, snatching, tantamount, trash, underpin, ventured

01. The government took emergency measures to arrest ............................. of the air pollution level.

02. He is familiar with the ............................. of many states as he worked as a cleaner in trucks.

03. Her conduct is ............................. to inefficiency in service.

04. He painted them as leaders with ............................. agenda.

05. ............................. of the tiger on prowl have been located.

06. All senior bureaucrats went on mass leave ............................. suspension of two officials.

07. Five vehicle lifters were ............................. and 50 bikes were recovered from during a road checking by the police.

08. They are giving me unasked for advice of ..............................

09. In about six months, seven chain ............................. incidents were reported in this Colony.

10. I am amazed by their strength, stamina and ..............................

11. Altogether 20 students ............................. into the sea to swim.

12. Prima facie, it appears that loot could be the motive behind the attack as some articles were found ............................. inside the house.

13. There is immediate need for conducting ............................. programs on minimizing the wastage of water.

14. Unity and ............................. is the only way to take the country forward.

15. When there is flood, a lot of ............................. comes along.

16. Students were seen ............................. on the floor in an attempt to write a sentence and only rise up when they are done.

17. Security at army installations should be sufficiently ............................. up.

18. Nails were hammered in on her coffin that was ............................. with the words 'Great Leader' before being lowered.

19. An acute shortage of cash forced banks to ............................. withdrawals.

20. Lessons from the chaos unleashed by demonetization should ............................. subsequent policy actions.

Answers to the Exercise 47:

01. peaking | 02. geography | 03. tantamount | 04. regressive | 05. pugmarks | 06. protesting | 07. nabbed | 08. discipline | 09. snatching | 10. endurance | 11. ventured | 12. scattered | 13. awareness | 14. harmony | 15. trash | 16. crouching | 17. ramped | 18. engraved | 19. ration | 20. underpin

# 48. English Word Exercise \-- IV

Choose the Correct Words:-

alarming, alleviate, besmirch, bizarre, conducted, derailing, destined, dropped, engrafted, enhancing, enriched, erodes, ferrying, gathered, peaceful, poured, sifts, undeterred, undoubtedly, wholesome

01. Congratulatory messages ............................. in from all parts of the country.

02. Many youngsters were caught trying to cheat their way into the Army by using performance ............................. drugs.

03. The Tea Party protests of 1773 were ............................. a turning point in American history.

04. Those who fail to learn from history are ............................. always to repeat it.

05. He was just an onlooker like so many other who had ............................. there.

06. In a span of one month, there have been three dope tests ............................. on him.

07. A ............................. incident occurred when a plane was 15 minutes into the fight.

08. Flowers are looked upon as a ............................. industry.

09. Resistance to antibiotics is growing at such an ............................. rate that they risk losing effectiveness entirely.

10. Ensure that ............................. atmosphere is not affected.

11. Each day, he ............................. through books he has gathered from rag pickers and scrap dealers.

12. Necessary action is being initiated against the official responsible for the ............................. of the administration and break down of law and order.

13. She ............................. unconscious.

14. He ............................. himself at the expense of hardworking people.

15. He was driving his bike and ............................. two minors along with him.

16. He had attempted to ............................. the image of the company in the eyes of the employees.

17. He is taking his development agenda ahead, ............................. by whatever happens in the country.

18. Inflation ............................. the value of money over time.

19. It is the obligation of every citizen to abide by the ideals ............................. in the Constitution.

20. We will do all we can to ............................. the pain of our friends.

Answers to the Exercise 48:

01. poured | 02. enhancing | 03. undoubtedly | 04. destined | 05. gathered | 06. conducted | 07. bizarre | 08. wholesome | 09. alarming | 10. peaceful | 11. sifts | 12. derailing | 13. dropped | 14. enriched | 15. ferrying | 16. besmirch | 17. undeterred | 18. erodes | 19. engrafted | 20. alleviate

# 49. English Word Exercise \-- V

Multiple-choice Test:-

01. As time passed by and there was no ________________, officials at police control room felt the case was slipping off their hands.

(a). slough (b). breakthrough (c). whimper (d). bloomer (e). borough

02. Local administration made all-out efforts to ________________ the agitating people after two communities came at loggerheads on the issue of religious procession.

(a). ratify (b). pacify (c). prettify (d). revivify (e). sanctify

03. Some ________________ occurred over the fees after which there was an altercation between two women.

(a). sluggard (b). scabbard (c). haphazard (d). haggard (e). discord

04. She was ________________ with the flames.

(a). enhanced (b). pilfered (c). engaging (d). engulfed (e). engrossed

05. Insufficient intelligence inputs coupled with mismanagement on the part of the district authorities emerged as the possible reason that led to the ________________ attack on the police station.

(a). dissidence (b). coalesce (c). fierce (d). divergence (e). caprice

06. Let me refresh the memory of him and ________________ him about the meeting he attended with the principal.

(a). unwind (b). remind (c). rescind (d). whirlwind (e). abound

07. Authorities ________________ a new scheme to tackle traffic problems.

(a). unveiled (b). upbraided (c). uprooted (d). waddled (e). vacillated

08. Millions of people slip into ________________ poverty each year because of healthcare-related expenses.

(a). rotund (b). spellbound (c). fecund (d). vagabond (e). profound

09. His condition did not improve even after ________________ of three units of blood and he was referred to a higher medical center for biopsy of liver.

(a). contusion (b). collusion (c). transfusion (d). cohesion (e). corrosion

10. She is ________________ that she does not want to meet him.

(a). fragrant (b). clairvoyant (c). aslant (d). gallant (e). adamant

Answers to the Exercise 49:

01. (b). breakthrough \-- (meaning)-- sudden and important development

02 (b). pacify \-- (meaning)-- to calm down

03. (e). discord \-- (meaning)-- disagreement between two or more people

04. (d). engulfed \-- (meaning)-- surrounded by something completely

05. (c). fierce \-- (meaning)-- angry and violent

06. (b). remind \-- (meaning)-- to make somebody remember something

07 (a). unveiled \-- (meaning)-- introduced

08 (e). profound \-- (meaning)-- very great or serious

09 (c). transfusion \-- (meaning)-- putting of new blood into the body of a person

10 (e). adamant \-- (meaning)-- too determined

# 50. English Word Exercise \-- VI

Multiple-choice Test:-

01. Modern dietary choices, combined with more ________________lifestyles, have raised the incidences of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases alarmingly.

(a). bleary (b). contemporary (c). itinerary (d). sedentary (e). supernumerary

02. She dropped out of school after class V exams as her father could not ________________ her education expenses.

(a). plod (b). retard (c). heed (d). gird (e). afford

03. The hope of finding the missing mountaineers alive has dimmed as they remained ________________ on the seventh day of the rescue operation.

(a). upswing (b). unyielding (c). untraceable (d). unwarranted (e). upbeat

04. The sciences and the humanities are not in ________________ to each other, they complement each other.

(a). contradictions (b). cessations (c). cogitations (d). circumventions (e). conciliations

05. There seemed to be no end to the ________________ of quake-suffers.

(a). zealot (b). peal (c). ordeal (d). cannibal (e). avowal

06. Discrepancies and ________________ in the mining sector was happening due to loopholes in manual systems.

(a). roughage (b). outage (c). personage (d). forage (e). pilferage

07. Cracked ceilings raised risk of ________________.

(a). finesse (b). concourse (c). relapse (d). collapse (e). apocalypse

08. They ________________ her with questions asking why her husband not accompanied her into the party.

(a). trembled (b). shackled (c). ambled (d). pestered (e). stumbled

09. Anger among people is increasing due to ________________ attitude of police and officials.

(a). miniature (b). lackluster (c). stirring (d). diminutive (e). rousing

10. Rangers ________________ border hamlets and outposts with mortar shells.

(a). emended (b). distended (c). portended (d). pounded (e). commended

Answers to the Exercise 50:

01. (d). sedentary \-- (meaning)-- tending to spend much time seated

02. (e). afford \-- (meaning)-- to manage to pay for something

03. (c). untraceable \-- (meaning)-- unable to be found out

04. (a). contradictions \-- (meaning)-- oppositions

05. (c). ordeal \-- (meaning)-- suffering

06. (e). pilferage \-- (meaning)-- act of stealing things of little value from your workplace

07. (d). collapse \-- (meaning)-- falling down

08 (d). pestered \-- (meaning)-- annoyed

09 (b). lackluster \-- (meaning)-- dull

10 (d). pounded \-- (meaning)-- attacked severely

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About the Author

Manik Joshi, the author of this book was born on Jan 26, 1979 at Ranikhet and is permanent resident of Haldwani, Kumaon zone of India. He is an Internet Marketer by profession. He is interested in domaining (business of buying and selling domain names), web designing (creating websites), and various online jobs (including 'self-publishing'). He is science graduate with ZBC (zoology, botany, and chemistry) subjects. He is also an MBA (with specialization in marketing). He has done three diploma courses in computer too. ManikJoshi.com is the personal website of the author.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

'English Daily Use' Titles By Manik Joshi

Published at Smashwords:

01. How to Start a Sentence

02. English Interrogative Sentences

03. English Imperative Sentences

04. Negative Forms in English

05. Learn English Exclamations

06. English Causative Sentences

07. English Conditional Sentences

08. Creating Long Sentences in English

09. How to Use Numbers in Conversation

10. Making Comparisons in English

11. Examples of English Correlatives

12. Interchange of Active and Passive Voice

13. Repetition of Words

14. Remarks in English Language

15. Using Tenses in English

16. English Grammar- Am, Is, Are, Was, Were

17. English Grammar- Do, Does, Did

18. English Grammar- Have, Has, Had

19. English Grammar- Be and Have

20. English Modal Auxiliary Verbs

21. Direct and Indirect Speech

22. Get- Popular English Verb

23. Ending Sentences with Prepositions

24. Popular Sentences in English

25. Common English Sentences

26. Daily Use English Sentences

27. Speak English Sentences Everyday

28. Popular English Idioms and Phrases

29. Common English Phrases

30. Daily English- Important Notes

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'English Word Power' Titles By Manik Joshi

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01. Dictionary of English Synonyms

02. Dictionary of English Antonyms

03. Homonyms, Homophones and Homographs

04. Dictionary of English Capitonyms

05. Dictionary of Prefixes and Suffixes

06. Dictionary of Combining Forms

07. Dictionary of Literary Words

08. Dictionary of Old-fashioned Words

09. Dictionary of Humorous Words

10. Compound Words in English

11. Dictionary of Informal Words

12. Dictionary of Category Words

13. Dictionary of One-word Substitution

14. Hypernyms and Hyponyms

15. Holonyms and Meronyms

16. Oronym Words in English

17. Dictionary of Root Words

18. Dictionary of English Idioms

19. Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs

20. Dictionary of Difficult Words

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Other Titles By Manik Joshi

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01. English Word Exercises (Part 1)

02. English Word Exercises (Part 2)

03. English Word Exercises (Part 3)

04. English Sentence Exercises

05. Test Your English

06. Match the Two Parts of the Words

07. Letter-Order In Words

08. Simple, Compound, Complex, & Compound-Complex Sentences

09. Transitional Words and Phrases

10. Regular and Irregular Verbs

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