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1. Suchanactwouldnotbekinditwerejust.

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A) asifB)evenifC)inorderthatD)asthough
2. HeisweakEnglish.
C) for

D) for

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3. Heenquiredmethematter.

A) atB)in

A) of,aboutB)into,aboutC)of,intoD)into,of

A) fairlyB)rather

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4. Thelecturewasbadlyattended.

5. Mathewwasn'tathome.He(justgo)out.

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A) goneB)hadgoneC)hadjustgoneD)gonejust
6. DonotworrydadIdoit?

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A) WillB)WouldC)CouldD)Shall
7. Likehumans,zooanimalsmusthaveadentisttheirteeth.

A) fillB)filledC)fillingD)tobefilled

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8. Thedramatistmustcaterthetasteoftheaudience.
A) to

B) for

9. Theaudiencewatchedtheclownstheiract.
A) performsB)performC)performedD)areperforming
10. Thepenwritesblue.

A)inB)with
11.Hediedfatigue.
A)FromB)of

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12.Thewoodcutterhasrecentlythistree.
A)fellB)felledC)fallenD)falled

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13.IgotoMexicoeveryyearsoISpanish.

14.Heinvitedmedinnerat8:00p.m.

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A)toB)onC)atD)for

A)usedtospeakB)amusedtospeakingC)hastohavecalledD)musthavecalled

15.Thefurnituretobedeliveredtoday.

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A)isB)haveC)areD)were

16.Wethrewoutsomeoldfurnituresothatnewtelevisionsetenough
space.

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A)hasB)hadC)willhave

17.Thechairman,aswellasthemembers,tobeblamedforthismisfortune.

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A)isB)areC)wereD)has

18.Howdotheygotothepubliclibrary?

A)usuallyB)muchC)moreD)often

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19.Thestreetsarelightedelectricity.
A)withB)byC)onD)in
20.Wealllaughedtheaffair.
A)overB)aboutC)forD)on
21.Makesuretoreadthesecondbook,isthebestoneintheseries.

A)whichB)that
22.Hewillgoabus.

23.Shethesouptoseeifitneedsmoresalt.
A)tastesB)willbetastingC)hadbeentastingD)istasting

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24.Hewalksheisslightlylame.

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A)withB)toC)inD)at

A)asthoughB)ifC)providedthatD)sothat
25.Hekilledtwobirdsoneshot.

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A)byB)inC)with

26.WheatisnotnativetoIndiaandbarley.

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A)isn'teitherB)iseitherC)isneitherD)isn'tneither

27.IfIhadn'tcomealongatthatmoment,Rahimtheonearrestedinstead
oftherealthief.

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A)mightbeenB)mayhavebeenC)canhavebeenD)couldhavebeen
28.Theinspectorofexcisehastoconductregularchecksandtovisitthe
unitatleastonceaday.

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A)RequiredB)IsrequiredC)Requires
29.Itisifwecanorganizeanotherexamthismonth.

A)DoubtfulB)Unlikely

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30.Youhaveallcomewellprepared.Iyoutopassthisexam.
A)WishB)HopeC)Expect

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1.EVENIF(option'B').EVENIF=despitethefactthat.EVENIFisusedinconditional
clauses,whentheconditionhasnoeffectontheotherclause.SUCHANACTWOULDNOTBE
KINDistheotherclausehere.TheconditionisEVENIFITWEREJUST.Hinditranslation:
Yadiyeuchitbhihotatoaisakaaryakoibadhiyaanahinhota.TheverbafterITisplural
unrealweusepluralverbwithsingularsubjectifthetenseissimplepast.

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becauseit'sunreal,meansthetimehaspassedandnot,therefore,possiblenow.Whenit'spast

2.IN(option'B').Whenoneisnotgoodatsomething,thecorrectprepositionwithWEAKis

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IN,notAT.WeuseATafterGOOD.

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3.OF,ABOUT(option'A').WhensomethingisaskedfromsomebodyweuseOFafter
ENQUIRE.SoitwillbeOFinthefirstblank.Toasksomebodyforsomeinformationweuse
ABOUT(notINTO).ENQUIREandINQUIREarethesamething.

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4.RATHER(option'B').Withfavorableadjectives/adverbsRATHERisused,otherwise
FAIRLY.BADLYisanunfavourableadverb,soitwillbeRATHER.

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5.HADJUSTGONE(option'C').toexpressthataneventhappenedaveryshorttimebeforewe
useJUSTinthepastperfecttense.

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6.WILL(option'A').Infuture,weuseSHALLwithfirstperson,butwhenwehavetoexpress
anintention,thecorrectisWILL.

7.FILLING(option'C').HAVE+OBJECT+PRESENTPARTICIPLEcanbeusedforcausative
actionswhensomekindofpersuasionisthere.Hinditranslation:Aadmiyonkitrhaazoo
animalskepaasbhiaisedoctorhonechaahiyenjounkedaantokobharwaasakenyaabhar
sken.

8.FOR(option'B').CATERFOR=a)toprovidethethingsthataparticularpersonorsituation
needsorwantse.g.theclasscatersforallabilityrangesb)toprovidefoodanddrinksfora
socialevente.g.Mostofourworknowinvolvescateringforweddings.

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CATERTO=toprovidethethingsthataparticulartypeorpersonwants,especiallythingsthat
youdonotapproveofe.g.Theyonlypublishnovelswhichcatertothemassmarket.

9.PERFORM(Option'B').WATCHinthestructureVERB+OBJECTtakesbareinfinitive(first

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formoftheverbwithoutTO).HereWATCHEDistheverbandTHECLOWNSistheobjecte.g.
Iwatchedhimdriveoff.

Iwatchedhimleavetheroom.

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NOTE:InthisstructurewithWATCHwecanusepresentparticiple(verb+ing)also,e.g.
Theaudiencewatchedtheclownsperformingtheiract.

SomeoftheothersuchverbsareSEE,HEAR,FEELe.g.

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Isawhimleavingtheroom.ORIsawhimleavingtheroom.

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Iheardhimmakearrangementsforhisjourney.ORIheardhimmakingarrangements
forhisjourney.
Ifeltthecarskid.ORIfeltthecarskidding.

10.IN(option'A').Whensomethingisusedasamediumtodosomethingweusethe

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prepositionWITH.HereBLUEisnotanymedium/instrument,soitwillbeIN.WecansayI
WRITEWITHAPENbutyoucan'tsayMYPENWRITESWITHBLUE.

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11.FROM(option'A').WhenthecauseofdeathisadeceaseweuseDIEDOFifit'sanyother
causeweuseDIEDFROM.FATIGUEisnotanydiseaseitmeansfeelingofbeingextremely
tired,usuallybecauseofhardworkofexercise.

12.FELLED(option'B').FALLandFELLaretwodifferentverbs.FALLisintransitivewhile
FELListransitive(havinganobject).OtherwisealsoFELL=tocutdownatree.Thethree
formsoftheseverbs:

FALLFELLFALLEN
FELLFELLEDFELLED

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13.AMUSEDTOSPEAKING(option'B').USEDTO=anypasthabit.Meanssomething

happenedinthepastcontinuouslyorfrequentlyduringaperiodinthepast,e.g.Iusedto
smoke.(ButIdon'tdoitnow.)

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ButUSEDTODOINGisusedtotalkaboutsomethingthatyouarefamiliarwithsothatitno
longerseemsneworstrangetoyou.SointhesentenceIGOTUSEDTODRIVINGONTHE
RIGHTWHENIWASINAMERICAIGOTUSEDTODRIVINGiscorrect.

Alsoseethisformoreclarification

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14.FOR(option'D').WithINVITEboththeprepositionsTOandFORarepossible.Weuse
FORwhenitreferstoanactivitye.g.Heinvitedmefortea.TEAheremeanstotakeacupof

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tea,notonanoccasion.WeuseTOwhenitreferstoaplaceorevente.g.Heinvitedmetotea.
TEAhereisamealhostedasanoccasion,saybirthday,marriageoranyother.Inthesentence
aboveit'sclearfromthecontextthatitwasjustasimpleactivity,notanyevent.

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Haveyoubeeninvitedtotheparty?

Ihaveinvitedhimforlunchintherecess.
Allparentsareinvitedtocoffeeattheschool.
ForformalinvitationsweuseFORe.g.

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Successfulcandidateswillbeinvitedforinterviewnextmonth.

15.IS(option'A').FURNITUREisanuncountablenoun.uncountablenounsarealways
singular,andhencetakesingularverbs.

16.HAD(option'B').Thefirstclausei.e.Wethrewoutsomeoldfurnitureisinpasttense,
whichsuggeststhatitshouldbeapasttenseinthenextclausealso.

17.HAS(option'D').WordsjoinedtoasingularsubjectbyASWELLAS,WITH,INADDITION

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TO,etcarecalledparenthetical(providingextrainformation)theverbthereforeissingular.

BEalsoissingular,butit'snotpossiblehere.BETO(isto,amto,areto,wasto,wereto)isused

HeISTOstayheretillwereturn.(order)
SheISTObemarriednextmonth.(plan)
Theexpeditionistostartinaweek'stime.(plan)

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toconveyordersorinstructions,orconveyaplane.g.

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HASTO(haveto)isusedeitherforDEDUCTIONS(formingofopinionsaboutsomething
basedontheinformationavailable)orOBLIGATIONS(thestateofbeingforcedtodo
somethingbecauseitisyourduty,orbecauseoflaw,oryouhavehavepromised,etc)e.g.

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Thereisatallgreybirdfishingintheriver.ItHASTObeaheron.(deduction)
Thereisaknockonthedoor.ItHASTObeMohan.(deduction)
IHAVETOwipemyfeeteverytimeIcomein.(obligation)
ApreventiveofficerHASTOwearuniformonduty.(obligation)

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Hereinthesentenceit'sadeduction,soHASTOiscorrect.

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DEDUCTION=theprocessofusinginformationyouhaveinordertounderstandaparticular
situationortofindtheanswertoaproblem.

18.OFTEN(option'D').OFTENisusedtosayhowmanytimesathingisdone.HOWOFTEN=

howmanytimesi.e.howfrequently(kitnibaar).

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HOWMUCHisusedtoaskabouttheamountofsomethinge.g.
Howmuchwaterdoyouneed?

19.BY(option'B').WeuseBYwhenwetalkaboutwhatactionwetaketodosomething.Weuse
WITHwhenwetalkaboutwhatweusetodosomething,meansaphysicalthinge.g.

ShesucceededBYsheerwillpower.
HegotthismedalBYhardwork.

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Ididn'thaveabottleopener,soIhadtoopenitWITHascrewdriver.
Itoldhimthathecouldn'thopetocatchabigfishWITHasmallrodlikethat.
ShecuttheappleWITHaknife.
NOTE:WeuseBYincertaincommonphraseslikeBYMISTAKE,BYACCIDENT,BYPHONE,
BYBUS/CAR/TRAIN,BYAIR/ROAD/RAIL/LAND/SEA,BYCHEQUE/CREDITCARD,BY

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HEART,BYFORCE,BYHAND,BYPOST/FAX/EMAILe.g.
IturnedthecomputeroffBYMISTAKEandlostallmywork.

[However,iftheisadeterminer/adjectivebeforethenounorifthenounisplural,weusea

prepositionotherthanBYe.g.

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IthinksheiscomingONthetrain.]

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IordereditONthephone.(adjectiveTHEisbeforethenounPHONE)
IlearntaboutitINanemailfromtheboss.
SheturnedupINhernewcar.
InevertravelINbuses.(BUSESisapluralnoun)

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20.ABOUT(option'B').WecanusebothATandABOUTwiththeverbLAUGH.WeuseAT
whenwearemakingfunofsomebodyorsomethingbecauseit'sridiculesweuseABOUTwhen
wefeelamusement,meanswhenwefeelhappy.Hereinthesentencethecontextisnot

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showingwhatitis,butintheoptionsABOUTonlyisthere.SoABOUTisquitecorrect.

21.WHICH(option'A').Thisisanondefiningclausewecan'tuseTHATasarelativepronoun

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innondefiningclause.

22.IN(option'B).WeuseBYincertaincommonphraseslikeBYMISTAKE,BYACCIDENT,
BYPHONE,BYBUS/CAR/TRAIN,BYAIR/ROAD/RAIL/LAND/SEA,BYCHEQUE/CREDIT
CARD,BYHEART,BYFORCE,BYHAND,BYPOST/FAX/EMAILe.g.
Ithinksheiscomingbytrain.
CanIpaybycreditcard?
Theparcelissobigitwouldcostafortunetosenditbyair.

Ispoketoherbyphone.
IturnedthecomputeroffBYMISTAKEandlostallmywork.

Ithinksheiscomingonthetrain.(notBYTHETRAIN)
CanIpaywithmycreditcard?(notBYMYCREDITCARD)
IordereditONthephone.(notBYTHEPHONE)
IlearntaboutitINanemailfromtheboss.(notBYANEMAIL)

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However,ifthereisadeterminer/adjectivebeforethenounorifthenounisplural,weusea
prepositionotherthanBYe.g.

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SheturnedupINhernewcar.(notBYHERNEWCAR)
InevertravelINbuses.(BUSESisapluralnounthereforenotBYBUSES)

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23.ISTASTING(option'D').Thesecondclausei.e.'ifitneedsmoresalt'isinthepresenttense,

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sothetenseofthefirstclauseshouldalsobepresent.AstheactiontoldbytheverbTASTE
referstoanactiongoingonatthetimeofspeaking,thepresentcontinuoustenseisneeded.
Presentsimpletenseisusedmainlyforhabitualactionsoruniversaltruths.

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24.ASTHOUGH(option'A').Forexplanationseeit

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25.WITH(option'A').TheprepositionWITHhereisusedonthebasisoftheidiomKILLTWO
BIRDSWITHONESTONE.Hereit'snotkillingbirdsinactual,ratheritmeansTOACHIEVE

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TWOTHINGSATTHESAMETIMEWITHONEACTION.AsSHOTisanounhere,it'sathing
ofcourse.SHOTmeansBULLETSorFIRINGFROMAGUNetc.Yes,INcanbeusedifit's
relatedtoscreeningofashotinfilmsetce.g.
Theactionwasfilmedinasingleshot.

26.ISN'TEITHER(option'A').It'scaseofADDITIONOFAREMARKtoanegativeremarks.
Additiontoanegativeremarkcanbeaffirmativeaswellasnegative.Youcannotuseaffirmative
additionhereasadditiontoanegativeremarkifisaffirmativeitmustbeginwiththeword

BUT,soyoucannotuseISEITHERhere.Nowweleftwithonlyoneoptioni.e.usingof
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Well,anegativeadditiontonegativeremarkcanbeusedeitherbyNEITHER/NOR+
HELPINGVERB+SUBJECTorSUBJECT+NEGATIVEHELPINGVERB+EITHER.Inthe
givensentencethesubject(BARLEY)isgiven,sowe'llusethesecondoptioni.e.ISN'T
EITHER.

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27.COULDHAVEBEEN(option'D').It'saconditionaltypeIIIsentenceinwhichtheverbin
theifclauseisinpastperfectandverbinthemainclauseis(WOULD+HAVE+VERBIII).

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Butifit'sanabilityorpossibilityinthemainclauseweuseMIGHTorCOULDinplaceof
WOULD.MIGHTBEENisnotpossibleasanymodalmustfollowfirstformoftheverbyousee
BEENisnotthefirstform.Yesoption'D'isquitecorrect.
FormoreclarificationseeCONDITIONALSENTENCESTYPEIIIhere

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28.ISREQUIRED(option'B').REQUIREmeanstoneedsomethingortodependon
something,e.g.Irequireurgenttreatment.Butwhensomethingisneededtodoasaruleor

regulation,weuseBE+REQUIREDe.g.ThewearingofseatbeltsisrequiredinDelhi.

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29.DOUBTFUL(option'A').WhentheotherclausebeginswithIFweuseDOUBTFUL,not
LIKELY.

30.EXPECT(option'C').WISH=towantsomethingtohappenortobetrueeventhoughitis
unlikelyorimpossible.HOPE=towantsomethingtohappenandthinkitispossible.EXPECT
=tothinkorbelievethatsomethingwillhappenorthatsomebodywilldosomething.The
contextisnotsayingthatit'saWANTalso.SoEXPECTisonlycorrect.

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