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Correct answer: Relative pronoun. “Who” is a pronoun (relative or interrogative) that refers to a person.
Background: Example: “The man who came is my uncle.”
Did you know? “Who” is for people, “which” for things.
Memory trick: Who = person pronoun.
Correct answer: He was completely exhausted, yet he continued studying for his exam. “Yet” correctly joins the two contrasting ideas.
Background: “Yet” means “but” and shows contrast.
Did you know? Other contrast words are “but” and “however”.
Memory trick: Contrast → yet.
Correct answer: Which I visited. In a non-defining clause (set off by commas), “which” is used for things.
Background: A non-defining clause gives extra information about a noun.
Did you know? “That” is only used in defining (restrictive) clauses.
Memory trick: Commas → which.
Correct answer: Nothing. Because he does not like food, he will eat nothing.
Background: The sentence needs a word that agrees with “does not like food”.
Did you know? “Nothing” means not anything.
Memory trick: No liking → eats nothing.
Correct answer: Been. “Has been to” is the present perfect used for a visit that is finished and the person has come back.
Background: “Been” is the past participle of “be”.
Did you know? “Has gone to” means he has not returned yet.
Memory trick: Been = visited and returned.
Correct answer: Mourning. A whoop expresses exuberance, and a keen (a wailing cry) expresses mourning.
Background: “Keen” can be a noun for a loud wailing lament for the dead.
Did you know? Whoop is a loud cry of excitement.
Memory trick: Whoop → joy; keen → grief.
Correct answer: Hour. A break is a short part of a shift, just as a minute is a short part of an hour.
Background: Analogies often use a part-and-whole relationship.
Did you know? 60 minutes make one hour.
Memory trick: Small part → bigger unit.
Correct answer: Supple. Lissome means thin, supple, and graceful.
Background: It is often used for people who can bend easily, such as gymnasts.
Did you know? A similar word is “lithe”.
Memory trick: Lissome = lithe = supple.
Correct answer: Man. The proverb is “A drowning man catches at a straw”, meaning a desperate person will try anything.
Background: It describes someone who is hoping for any help in a hopeless situation.
Did you know? In Urdu it is similar to “ڈوبتے کو تنکے کا سہارا”.
Memory trick: Drowning man → straw.
Correct answer: Noun. “Rose” names a flower, so it is a noun (and “black” is the adjective describing it).
Background: “Rose” can also be a verb (the past tense of rise), but here it is a noun.
Did you know? The same word can be different parts of speech in different sentences.
Memory trick: Rose here = flower = noun.
Correct answer: Washes. The idiom is “One hand washes the other”, meaning people help each other.
Background: It describes a favour that is returned.
Did you know? A similar saying is “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”.
Memory trick: One hand washes the other.
Correct answer: Dullness. Éclat means brilliant display or great success, so “dullness” is the opposite.
Background: The word is borrowed from French.
Did you know? It is often used in the phrase “with great éclat”.
Memory trick: Éclat = brilliant; opposite = dull.
Correct answer: To. “A party to a crime” means a person who is involved in it.
Background: “Party to” is a legal expression.
Did you know? A “third party” is someone not directly involved.
Memory trick: Party TO a crime.
Correct answer: Nonsense. Folderol means nonsense, just as benevolence means charity. Both pairs are synonyms.
Background: Folderol can also be spelled “falderal”.
Did you know? It is used for silly or worthless talk.
Memory trick: Folderol = nonsense.
Correct answer: Woods. A glade is an open space in woods, just as a moat surrounds a castle. Each pair shows a feature and its surroundings.
Background: A glade is a clear, open space in a forest.
Did you know? A moat is a deep ditch filled with water around a castle.
Memory trick: Glade in the woods.
Correct answer: Gentle. Truculent means aggressive and ready to fight, so “gentle” is the opposite.
Background: The word comes from the Latin truculentus, “fierce”.
Did you know? A truculent person is quarrelsome.
Memory trick: Truculent ↔ gentle.
Correct answer: Noun. “Honesty” names a quality, so it is a noun (and it is also the subject of the sentence).
Background: Abstract nouns name qualities or ideas, such as honesty or courage.
Did you know? A noun can be the subject or object depending on its position.
Memory trick: Honesty = abstract noun.
Correct answer: Are used to. “Be used to + -ing” means to be accustomed to something, so “are used to living” is correct.
Background: Compare “I used to live here” (past habit).
Did you know? “Used to” + base verb = past habit; “be used to” + -ing = accustomed.
Memory trick: Now accustomed → are used to.
Correct answer: Fragrant. Malodorous means foul-smelling, so “fragrant” (sweet-smelling) is its opposite.
Background: “Mal-” means bad, and “odorous” means smelling.
Did you know? The opposite can also be “aromatic”.
Memory trick: Mal = bad; opposite = fragrant.
Correct answer: When did your friends come?. In a past-tense question with “did”, the main verb stays in its base form: “When did your friends come?”
Background: The helping verb “did” already carries the past tense.
Did you know? The same rule applies to “Did he go?” (not “Did he went?”).
Memory trick: Did + base verb.
Correct answer: Could. In indirect speech with a past reporting verb, “can” changes to “could”.
Background: This tense change is called backshift.
Did you know? “Will” → “would”, “can” → “could”, “may” → “might”.
Memory trick: Can → could.
Correct answer: Home. The proverb is “Charity begins at home”, meaning we should first look after our own family.
Background: It suggests that kindness should start with those closest to us.
Did you know? People sometimes use it to say that family comes first.
Memory trick: Charity → home.
Correct answer: Adjective. “Heavy” describes the noun “table”, so it is an adjective.
Background: Adjectives describe nouns.
Did you know? “Is” is the verb in this sentence.
Memory trick: Describes a noun → adjective.
Correct answer: Solemn. Droll means amusing in an odd way, and “solemn” (serious) is its opposite.
Background: The word comes from the French drôle.
Did you know? A droll remark is a quietly funny one.
Memory trick: Droll ↔ solemn.
Correct answer: Dreads. The proverb is “A burnt child dreads the fire”, meaning a person who has suffered avoids the cause.
Background: It teaches that bad experiences make us careful.
Did you know? A similar saying is “Once bitten, twice shy”.
Memory trick: Burnt child → fears fire.
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