Rural-area people can cope well with physical strain as they are used to “working hardly”. A. work hard B. the working hard C. hardly working D. hard working E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option D
Under the context the adverb ‘hard’, which means ‘you are very active or work intensely, with a lot of effort’, will be more appropriate rather than ‘hardly’ that means ‘scarcely, barely or with difficulty’.
Before I met him personally, I admit that “I had have” a poor opinion about him. A. have B. have had C. had to have D. had had E. No correction reequired
The correct answer is Option D
As in the Past Perfect Tense, past participle (third form) of the main verb is used, we, therefore, need to replace ‘have’ with ‘had’ (past participle of have) to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
Several good books “have been written” by N Palkhivala. A. had written B. has been written C. was written D. were written E. No correction required
Correct Option: E. The sentence is absolutely correct.
The famous engineers “are working” on this project right since the day they arrived here. A. had been working B. have been working C. would be working D. will have working E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option B
We use the present perfect continuous tense to talk about an action that started in the past and is continuing now. This is often used with ‘for’ (showing period of time) or since (showing point of time).
As the given sentence is one, the auxiliary verb ‘are’ must be replaced with ‘have been’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
The season being very favourable, he seems to “have been enjoyed” the vacation. a) be enjoyed b) have enjoyed c) have been enjoy d) had been enjoyed e) No correction required
The correct answer is Option B
After ‘have/has/had’ V3 is used. Hence, the phrase in bold should be replaced with ‘have enjoyed’. Thus, (a) is correct.
Padma could convince anyone with her talks as she had the “gift of the gabbing”. A. gifting of the gabbing B. gift of the gab C. gifting of the gab D. gift off the gab E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option B
The underlined part must be replaced with the idiom ‘gift of the gab’ which means ‘ability to speak effortlessly, glibly, or persuasively’.
For countries undergoing a recession, large cuts in public spending seem to “be the ordering of the day”. A. be the ordering of days B. being the order of the day C. be the order of the day D. being the ordering of days E. no correction required
The correct answer is Option C
The underlined part must be replaced with ‘be the order of the day’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
The idiom ‘order of the day’ means ‘something necessary or usual at a certain time’.
Ex. Warm clothes are the order of the day when camping in the winter.
Prema “was very please” with the gift she had received from her best friend on her birthday. A. was very pleased B. was very pleasing C. is very pleased D. is very pleasing E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option A
The underlined part must be replaced with ‘was very pleased’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
‘Pleased’ is an adjective which means ‘feeling or showing pleasure and satisfaction, esp. at an event or a situation.
Ex. Reema is pleased to hear that she’s secured 2nd position in her class test
She was so scared on seeing the lion that she “shooked like a leaf”. A. shaked like a leaf B. shook like a leaf C. shook like a leaves D. shake like a leaf E. No correction required
The correct answer is Option B
The underlined part must be replaced with ‘shook like a leaf’ to make it a grammatically correct sentence.
The verb ‘shake’ means ‘to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.’ and in the current sentence past form of the verb has to be used to match the tense in the sentence.
