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Drug addiction (a) ______ a serious problem and the reasons for it (b) ______ not difficult to find. The home environment (c) ______ a major contributory factor. Modern life (d) ______ very hectic. When both the parents (e) ______ working, they (f) ______ spare time for their children. Lonely youngsters try to experiment with drugs. The parents realise the fact only when they become drug addicts.
(a) are
(b) were
(c) have been
(d) had been
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Answer: (a) are
Explanation:
1. The passage is in the present tense.
2. 'Both the parents' is plural: are working.
Teacher's Note:
1. Keep the tense of a factual passage consistent.
2. 'Both' always takes a plural verb.
Drug addiction (a) ______ a serious problem and the reasons for it (b) ______ not difficult to find. The home environment (c) ______ a major contributory factor. Modern life (d) ______ very hectic. When both the parents (e) ______ working, they (f) ______ spare time for their children. Lonely youngsters try to experiment with drugs. The parents realise the fact only when they become drug addicts.
(a) do not find
(b) are not finding
(c) have not found
(d) had not found
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Answer: (a) do not find
Explanation:
1. This states a general present situation.
2. The simple present negative 'do not find' fits.
Teacher's Note:
1. General facts use the simple present.
2. 'Find' meaning 'have available' is not used in the continuous.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) undergo
(b) undergoes
(c) is undergoing
(d) has undergone
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Answer: (d) has undergone
Explanation:
1. A change that has taken place over time with a present result.
2. The present perfect 'has undergone' fits, matching 'has led' later.
Teacher's Note:
1. Present perfect: completed change with present relevance.
2. The passage itself uses 'has led to'.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) confined
(b) confines
(c) was confined
(d) were confined
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Answer: (d) were confined
Explanation:
1. 'Earlier' points to the past, and women were kept (passive) at home.
2. Plural 'women' takes 'were confined'.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Earlier' signals the past tense.
2. Women did not confine; they were confined.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) looks
(b) looked
(c) were looking
(d) had looked
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Answer: (b) looked
Explanation:
1. The sentence continues the description of the past ('Earlier').
2. A past habit takes the simple past: looked.
Teacher's Note:
1. Simple past expresses past habits.
2. 'Look after' means take care of.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) step
(b) are stepping
(c) have stepped
(d) have been stepping
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Answer: (c) have stepped
Explanation:
1. 'But now' shows a present result of a past action.
2. The present perfect 'have stepped' fits.
Teacher's Note:
1. 'Now' with a completed change suggests the present perfect.
2. Women have already stepped out; the action is complete.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) work
(b) are working
(c) have worked
(d) have been working
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Answer: (b) are working
Explanation:
1. The action is going on in the present period.
2. The present continuous 'are working' fits.
Teacher's Note:
1. Present continuous for current trends.
2. 'Shoulder to shoulder' describes a present situation.
The status of women in India (a) ______ a gradual change. Earlier, women (b) ______ to the house. They (c) ______ after the household affairs only. But now they (d) ______ out of the threshold of the house and (e) ______ shoulder to shoulder with men. While this (f) ______ a good sign and an indication of their emancipation, yet it has led to a number of problems.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) has been
(d) will be
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Answer: (a) is
Explanation:
1. 'This' is singular and the statement is about the present.
2. So 'is' fits.
Teacher's Note:
1. Demonstrative 'this' takes a singular verb.
2. The passage is in the present.
Held in the month of June, this (a) ______ festival is hosted by the 300-year-old Hemis monastery near Leh. The festival is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava, who founded Tantric Buddhism. The courtyard of Hemis Gompa is dressed up with the finest traditional garb for the occasion. The most fascinating part of the whole festival is the Mask Dances and Sacred Plays which are accompanied by long horns, drums and cymbals.
(a) two days
(b) two days'
(c) two-day
(d) two day's
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Answer: (c) two-day
Explanation:
1. The phrase describes the noun 'festival'.
2. Compound adjectives with numbers keep the noun singular: a two-day trip.
3. So 'two-day' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Give examples: a five-star hotel, a ten-rupee note.
2. Point out that plural forms are not used in such compound adjectives.
Held in the month of June, this two-day festival is hosted by the 300-year-old Hemis monastery near Leh. The festival is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava, (b) ______ Tantric Buddhism. The courtyard of Hemis Gompa is dressed up with the finest traditional garb for the occasion. The most fascinating part of the whole festival is the Mask Dances and Sacred Plays which are accompanied by long horns, drums and cymbals.
(a) who found
(b) who founded
(c) who find
(d) who finds
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Answer: (b) who founded
Explanation:
1. The sentence speaks of a past event: the birth of a historical figure.
2. 'Found' means to establish; its past form is 'founded'.
3. So 'who founded' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Distinguish 'found-founded' (establish) from 'find-found' (discover).
2. Past events take the simple past tense.
Held in the month of June, this two-day festival is hosted by the 300-year-old Hemis monastery near Leh. The festival is celebrated to commemorate the birth of Guru Padmasambhava, who founded Tantric Buddhism. The courtyard of Hemis Gompa is dressed up with the finest traditional garb for the occasion. The most fascinating part of the whole festival is the Mask Dances and Sacred Plays (c) ______ by long horns, drums and cymbals.
(a) which accompany
(b) which accompanies
(c) which are accompanied
(d) which accompanied
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Answer: (c) which are accompanied
Explanation:
1. The dances do not accompany the horns; they are accompanied by them.
2. The antecedent 'Mask Dances and Sacred Plays' is plural.
3. So 'which are accompanied' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Show how 'by long horns' signals a passive form.
2. Check agreement with the plural antecedent.
Modern scientific and technological developments, (a) ______ medicine and public health, have drawn nursing into new and wider fields of activity, and its functions have been expanded accordingly. Therefore, nursing is no longer limited mainly to activities within the hospital, or to what is called curative nursing.
(a) on the practice of
(b) in the practice of
(c) in the practice
(d) in the practice off
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Answer: (b) in the practice of
Explanation:
1. We speak of developments 'in' a field.
2. 'Practice' must be followed by 'of' before 'medicine'.
3. So 'in the practice of' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Point out the trap 'of' vs 'off'.
2. Teach the phrase 'the practice of medicine/law'.
Modern scientific and technological developments, in the practice of medicine and public health, have drawn nursing into new and wider fields of activity, and (b) ______ expanded accordingly. Therefore, nursing is no longer limited mainly to activities within the hospital, or to what is called curative nursing.
(a) its functions have been
(b) it is function has been
(c) its functions has been
(d) its functions being
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Answer: (a) its functions have been
Explanation:
1. The possessive 'its' (not 'it is') is needed.
2. 'Functions' is plural, so the verb is 'have been'.
3. So 'its functions have been' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise 'its' (possessive) vs 'it's' (it is).
2. Check subject-verb agreement with plural subjects.
Modern scientific and technological developments, in the practice of medicine and public health, have drawn nursing into new and wider fields of activity, and its functions have been expanded accordingly. Therefore, nursing is no longer limited mainly to activities (c) ______, or to what is called curative nursing.
(a) without the hospital
(b) with the hospital
(c) within the hospital
(d) within hospital
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Answer: (c) within the hospital
Explanation:
1. The sense is that nursing was limited to work inside hospitals.
2. 'Within' means inside; 'the' is needed before 'hospital' here.
3. So 'within the hospital' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast 'within' (inside) and 'without' (outside/lacking).
2. Read the whole sentence for meaning before choosing.
Every year, (a) ______ Siberian cranes come to the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur. Year after year, in the beginning of winter, these birds cover thousands of miles from Siberia in the north of Russia to come to Bharatpur, and then, as winter ends, they once again return to their original habitat, without making any mistake in the direction they have to take in their long flights.
(a) a large number of
(b) a large numbers of
(c) a large number
(d) a large number off
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Answer: (a) a large number of
Explanation:
1. The phrase 'a large number of' is fixed: singular 'number' + 'of'.
2. Without 'of' the phrase cannot connect to 'Siberian cranes'.
3. So 'a large number of' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach 'a large number of + plural noun + plural verb'.
2. Point out the spelling trap 'off'.
Every year, a large number of Siberian cranes come to the bird sanctuary at Bharatpur. Year after year, in the beginning of winter, these birds cover (b) ______ from Siberia in the north of Russia to come to Bharatpur, and then, as winter ends, they once again return to their original habitat, without making any mistake in the direction they have to take in their long flights.
(a) thousand of miles
(b) thousands of mile
(c) thousands of miles
(d) thousand miles
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Answer: (c) thousands of miles
Explanation:
1. For an indefinite large number we say 'thousands of'.
2. The noun after 'of' must also be plural: 'miles'.
3. So 'thousands of miles' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Contrast 'two thousand miles' (exact) with 'thousands of miles' (indefinite).
2. Give similar examples: hundreds of people.
When the steamship Stella left Southampton on the afternoon before Good Friday (a) ______ 1899 she was bound for the Channel Islands with nearly two hundred passengers on board. Not long after the ship had started her voyage the sea became covered with fog.
(a) on the year
(b) in the year
(c) at the year
(d) in year
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Answer: (b) in the year
Explanation:
1. Years take 'in'.
2. The full phrase is 'in the year 1899'.
3. So 'in the year' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise prepositions of time: at (time), on (day), in (year).
2. Note that 'in year 1899' drops the needed article.
When the steamship Stella left Southampton on the afternoon before Good Friday in the year 1899 she was bound (b) ______ with nearly two hundred passengers on board. Not long after the ship had started her voyage the sea became covered with fog.
(a) for the Channel Islands
(b) to the Channel Islands
(c) with the Channel Islands
(d) the Channel Islands
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Answer: (a) for the Channel Islands
Explanation:
1. The phrase 'bound for' means heading towards.
2. 'Bound' is followed by 'for' with a destination.
3. So 'for the Channel Islands' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach the phrase 'bound for' (ships, trains, flights).
2. Example: The train bound for Delhi is late.
When the steamship Stella left Southampton on the afternoon before Good Friday in the year 1899 she was bound for the Channel Islands with nearly two hundred passengers on board. Not long after the ship had started her voyage the sea (c) ______.
(a) become covered with fog
(b) becoming covered with fog
(c) became covered with fog
(d) covered with fog
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Answer: (c) became covered with fog
Explanation:
1. The story uses the past tense ('left', 'was bound').
2. A finite past verb is needed after 'the sea'.
3. So 'became covered with fog' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Remind students to keep tenses consistent in a narrative.
2. 'Covered with fog' alone would make it sound as if the sea covered something.
Concentration is ______ by alertness.
(a) help
(b) will help
(c) helps
(d) helped
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Answer: (d) helped
Explanation:
1. 'Is ... by alertness' shows a passive structure.
2. Passive = be + past participle.
3. So 'is helped' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Show the pattern is/are + V3 + by.
2. Contrast with active: Alertness helps concentration.
Effective speaking ______ on effective listening.
(a) depends
(b) depend
(c) depended
(d) depending
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) depends
Explanation:
1. The sentence states a general truth, so simple present is used.
2. The subject 'effective speaking' is singular.
3. So 'depends' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise simple present for general truths.
2. A gerund subject takes a singular verb.
Economic growth ______ attitudes and lifestyle.
(a) change
(b) will change
(c) changes
(d) changed
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) changes
Explanation:
1. This is a general statement, so simple present is used.
2. 'Economic growth' is singular.
3. So 'changes' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Use subject-verb agreement checks: singular subject, verb + s.
2. Point out that 'will change' predicts rather than states a truth.
The environment has always ______ in control of our destiny.
(a) is
(b) be
(c) been
(d) was
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) been
Explanation:
1. 'Has always' signals the present perfect tense.
2. Present perfect = has/have + past participle.
3. The past participle of 'be' is 'been'.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise the three forms be-was/were-been.
2. Note how 'always' sits between 'has' and 'been'.
They believe that logic ______ no place in faith.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) had
(d) having
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Answer: (a) has
Explanation:
1. 'Logic' is a singular, uncountable noun.
2. The main verb 'believe' is present, so present tense is kept.
3. So 'has' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Check agreement with the subject of the 'that' clause, not 'they'.
2. Uncountable nouns take singular verbs.
During (a) ______ hottest part of the year, many of our city streets seem to be on fire with masses of Gulmohar flowers. This is one of the most beautiful trees.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) an
(d) some
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Answer: (b) the
Explanation:
1. 'Hottest' is a superlative adjective.
2. Superlatives take 'the'.
3. So 'the hottest part' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise 'the' before superlatives.
2. Examples: the tallest, the best, the hottest.
During the hottest part of the year, many of our city streets seem to be on fire (b) ______ masses of Gulmohar flowers. This is one of the most beautiful trees.
(a) from
(b) by
(c) with
(d) over
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Answer: (c) with
Explanation:
1. The flowers make the streets look as if on fire.
2. We use 'with' to show the thing that fills or covers something.
3. So 'with masses of' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Compare: glowing with lights, filled with flowers.
2. Read the phrase aloud to test which preposition sounds natural.
During the hottest part of the year, many of our city streets seem to be on fire with masses of Gulmohar flowers. This (c) ______ one of the most beautiful trees.
(a) is
(b) was
(c) are
(d) be
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) is
Explanation:
1. The paragraph is in the present tense ('seem').
2. 'This' (the Gulmohar) is singular.
3. So 'is' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Keep tense consistent with the paragraph.
2. Check singular/plural with demonstratives: this is / these are.
He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking (a) ______ the scattered grains in the courtyard took off in a flurry.
(a) on
(b) at
(c) over
(d) in
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (b) at
Explanation:
1. The verb 'peck' is followed by 'at' when birds strike at food.
2. Other prepositions do not fit this verb.
3. So 'pecking at' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach verb + preposition pairs: peck at, look at, aim at.
2. Encourage learning such pairs as chunks.
He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking at the scattered grains in (b) ______ courtyard took off in a flurry.
(a) the
(b) a
(c) an
(d) some
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Answer: (a) the
Explanation:
1. The courtyard is a particular, known place.
2. Particular nouns take 'the'.
3. So 'the courtyard' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Show how context makes a noun definite.
2. 'Some' cannot go with a singular countable noun.
He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking at the scattered grains in the courtyard (c) ______ off in a flurry.
(a) take
(b) takes
(c) took
(d) taking
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) took
Explanation:
1. 'Screamed' sets the past tense.
2. The result clause must also be in the past.
3. So 'took off' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise 'so ... that' result clauses.
2. Keep both clauses in the same time frame.
Gauri was only eight years old, but (a) ______ mountain of family responsibilities had already descended on her head.
(a) a
(b) the
(c) an
(d) some
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) a
Explanation:
1. 'Mountain of' is used figuratively to mean a large amount.
2. It is mentioned for the first time, so 'a' is used.
3. 'Mountain' begins with a consonant sound.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach expressions like 'a mountain of work', 'a heap of'.
2. First mention usually takes 'a/an'.
Gauri was only eight years old, but a mountain of family responsibilities had already (b) ______ on her head.
(a) descend
(b) descending
(c) descended
(d) descends
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) descended
Explanation:
1. 'Had' signals the past perfect tense.
2. Past perfect = had + past participle.
3. So 'had descended' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise the past perfect for an earlier past action.
2. Point out that 'already' often goes with perfect tenses.
Gauri was only eight years old, but a mountain of family responsibilities had already descended (c) ______ her head.
(a) over
(b) on
(c) above
(d) in
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (b) on
Explanation:
1. Responsibilities fall on a person like a weight.
2. 'Descend on' means to fall upon.
3. So 'on her head' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Discuss the figurative meaning of the sentence.
2. Compare: the burden fell on his shoulders.
The naughty children walked on flower beds, climbed the fruit trees (b) ______ plucked unripe fruits and they dug pits on the garden path.
(a) but
(b) and
(c) therefore
(d) since
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (b) and
Explanation:
1. The sentence lists the children's naughty actions.
2. Similar actions in a series are joined by 'and'.
3. So 'and' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Show that 'but' would need a contrast.
2. Let students identify the series of actions.
The naughty children walked on flower beds, climbed the fruit trees and plucked unripe fruits and they (c) ______ pits on the garden path.
(a) dig
(b) digging
(c) digs
(d) dug
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (d) dug
Explanation:
1. The other verbs are in the simple past.
2. The past form of 'dig' is 'dug'.
3. So 'dug pits' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise irregular verbs: dig-dug-dug.
2. Keep tenses parallel in a series.
They ordered the poor man about, (a) ______ him on errands, made him wash a cow and lectured to him on how to grow a garden.
(a) send
(b) sent
(c) sending
(d) sender
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (b) sent
Explanation:
1. The other verbs in the series are in the simple past.
2. The past form of 'send' is 'sent'.
3. So 'sent him on errands' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach parallel verb forms in a series.
2. 'Sender' is a noun and cannot be the verb.
They ordered the poor man about, sent him on errands, made him wash a cow and lectured to him (c) ______ how to grow a garden.
(a) over
(b) from
(c) on
(d) in
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) on
Explanation:
1. The phrase is 'lecture (to) someone on a subject'.
2. 'On' introduces the topic.
3. So 'on how to grow a garden' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Compare: speak on, write on, a talk on.
2. Learn verb + preposition pairs as chunks.
Reading a novel or short story (a) ______ second language could dramatically reduce physiological responses to emotions such as smiling.
(a) of a
(b) in a
(c) from a
(d) at a
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (b) in a
Explanation:
1. The story is written in another language.
2. Languages take 'in': in Hindi, in a second language.
3. So 'in a' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Give examples: write in English, speak in French.
2. Check meaning before choosing a preposition.
Reading a novel or short story in a second language could dramatically (b) ______ physiological responses to emotions such as smiling.
(a) reduce
(b) reduces
(c) reduced
(d) reducing
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (a) reduce
Explanation:
1. 'Could' is a modal verb.
2. A modal is followed by the base form (V1).
3. So 'could reduce' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Revise modal + base form.
2. Point out that 'dramatically' is an adverb between them.
Reading a novel or short story in a second language could dramatically reduce physiological responses to emotions such (c) ______ smiling.
(a) like
(b) similar to
(c) as
(d) alike
Show Answer & Explanation
Answer: (c) as
Explanation:
1. The sentence gives an example ('smiling').
2. 'Such' combines with 'as' to introduce examples.
3. So 'such as' is correct.
Teacher's Note:
1. Teach 'such as' for examples.
2. 'Such like' is incorrect.
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