Grammar Quiz (06 June 2024)

Collapsed - breakdown, fail suddenly and completely

(a) Demolished - pull or knockdown (a building)

(c) Scratched - score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.

(d) Destroyed - end the existence by damaging or attacking it.

The correct answer is 'c'.

The given sentence is erroneous because of the wrong usage of 'at' in part 'c'.

Let's understand the usage of 'at':

• Used to show the exact position.

• Used before small places.

• Used before an event or activity to denote participation.

• Used before names of buildings/places to denote real purpose.

• Used before night, noon, mid- day, mid-night, dawn, sunset, etc.

• Used before the name of festivals.

• Used to denote directions of action.

• Used before a price, rate, level, age, speed, etc.

• Used before the superlative degree.

• Used before words like request, invitation, suggestion.

• Used after an adjective to denote the cause of something.

Let's understand the usage of 'towards':

• Used to denote 'in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'along a course leading to'.

• Used to denote 'in relation to'.

• Used to denote 'at a point in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'such a position as to be in the direction of'.

• Used to denote 'not long before'.

• Used to denote 'in the way of help or assistance in'.

• Used to denote 'for the partial payment of'

• In the given sentence, she is moving in the direction of the river so 'at' will be replaced with 'towards'.

Funniest -something or someone that causes laughter.

Major - more important and bigger than others of the same type.

Real - Truth, existing in fact not imaginary.

Primary - Most important,Main

So, the option (a) is the most logical answer.

The correct answer is "and a ant".

• The error in this segment is in the use of the indefinite article "a" before the word "ant".

• Since "ant" begins with a vowel sound, the correct article to use is "an", making the correct phrase "and an ant".

Therefore, the correct answer is "option 1".

The correct answer is "wonder how they have ever".

• Since the sentence is talking about 'popular today' and the second part of the sentence also talks about people comparing with their past pattern of not having 'artificial intelligence'.

• In the above sentence the word 'have' doesn't agree with 'lived'.

• We have to compare two ways of life in the past and present.

• So we should remove 'have' to make the sentence grammatically correct.

The correct sentence is 'Artificial intelligence is so popular today that many people wonder how they ever lived without that'.

• 'Never' and 'ever' are common with the past simple.

• We use 'ever' with questions.

• For Example: Have you ever studied Sanskrit?

The correct answer is 'A.'

• The error lies in part '(A)' of the sentence.

• We need to apply the Subject-Verb agreement.

• As the subject 'These schools' is plural, we need a plural helping verb 'were.

• Hence, "was" should be replaced by "were" to make the sentence grammatically correct.

• Correct sentence: These birds were of enormous size, and reminded Zeb of the rocs he had read about in the Arabian Nights.

Subjects and verbs must AGREE with one another in number (singular or plural).

• Thus, if a subject is singular, its verb must also be singular.

Example: The dog chases the cat.

• If a subject is plural, its verb must also be plural.

• Example: The dogs chase the cat.

The correct answer is- 'd.'

• The given sentence is grammatically correct and error-free.

• As the singular subject (India) is followed by a singular verb (is), hence it follows the subject-verb agreement.

• Thus there is no error in any part of the sentence and it is free from error.

• So option 4 is the correct answer.

And the correct sentence is: India is a country of linguistic and cultural diversity with multiple ethnic and social groups.

• Let's learn more about the subject- verb agreement:

• The verb in an either/or, or neither/nor sentence agrees

the noun or pronoun closest to it.

• Examples:

        1. Neither the plates nor the serving bowl goes on that shelf.

        2. Neither the serving bowl nor the plates go on that shelf.

• As a general rule, use a plural verb with two or more subjects when they are connected by and.

Example: A car and a bike are my means of transportation.

• In such questions, most of the students mark 'linguistic' as an incorrect part. So let's learn more about it:

。 Linguistic - It is an adjective and it means related to language.

Example: I'm particularly interested in the linguistic development of young children.

Linguistics - It is a noun and it means the scientific study of the structure and development of language.

Example: She is studying Linguistics at Oxford.

"Too ________ to" is a pair used to connect two different conditions. For example, He was too nervous to perform well on the stage. Similarly in the given question, she was too startled(surprised) at first to say anything.

The correct answer is "in the morning contain her documents"

• The verb "contain" should be converted in the past tense to agree with the past tense of the main verb "had lost."

• The correct form of the verb in this sentence is "contained," which agrees with the past tense of the main verb and is the correct form to use in the context of the sentence.

• Using the incorrect verb form, as in option 3, is a common grammatical error known as a tense error. This error occurs when the tense of a verb does not agree with the tense of the main verb in a sentence.

Thus, option 3 is the correct answer.

The correct sentence: The bag she had lost in the morning contained her documents, therefore, she is very worried.

was practising for.

The incident i.e reason for the delay was in continuous tense in the past. Hence, 'was + V1 + ing' is the correct structure. The sentence is talking about the reason for the delay which belongs to the past event so 'was practising for' will be used.