Selecting Words
Direction: In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
- Some verbs need a ______ to convey the full meaning.
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complement (Noun) : used after linking verbs.
Look at the sentences :
• I am angry → (complement).
• He became a politician. → (complement)
Here, complement is the right option.Correct Option: B
complement (Noun) : used after linking verbs.
Look at the sentences :
• I am angry → (complement).
• He became a politician. → (complement)
Here, complement is the right option.
- He ________ to help me and called me a fool.
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Here, refused is the right option.
Look at the sentences :
• He flatly refused to discuss the matter.
• They were denied access to the information.Correct Option: A
Here, refused is the right option.
Look at the sentences :
• He flatly refused to discuss the matter.
• They were denied access to the information.
- They organized an event last month in ______ with another company.
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in collaboration with : the act of working with another person.
Look at the sentence :
• She wrote the book in collaboration with one of her friends.
Here, collaboration is the right option.Correct Option: A
in collaboration with : the act of working with another person.
Look at the sentence :
• She wrote the book in collaboration with one of her friends.
Here, collaboration is the right option.
- We all have _______ the widowed girl.
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Here, sympathy for is the right option.
Look at the sentence :
• I have no sympathy for Mohan; it is all his own fault.Correct Option: B
Here, sympathy for is the right option.
Look at the sentence :
• I have no sympathy for Mohan; it is all his own fault.
- The lady ________ to be a close relative of ours.
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turn out (Phr.V.) : to be discovered to be; to prove to be.
Here, turned out is the right option.Correct Option: A
turn out (Phr.V.) : to be discovered to be; to prove to be.
Here, turned out is the right option.