Grammar Quiz (17 June 2024)

The correct answer is broke up

• Break away means Escape from the control of a person, group, or practice

• Break up means to make people leave something or stop doing something, especially by using force

• For e.g.- Police were called in to break up the fight.

Thus, according to the given context, option 2 is the most appropriate is correct and therefore the answer.

Let's look at the meaning of other given options-

• broke through- an act or instance of moving through or beyond an obstacle

• broke off- to stop abruptly or to become detached

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. 'for the public.'

'Disclosed for' is incorrect. 'Disclosed to someone' is the correct form. So,'for'

should be replaced with 'to'.

The meaning of the word disclose is to make new information / secret known.

Correct Sentence: These facts should not have been disclosed to the public.

The correct answer is 'Option 1' i.e. 'Service of the poorest'.

• The phrase should be "service of the poorest" as it's referring to the act of serving the poorest people, which is a singular concept,

Thus "service" is the correct word to use.

"Serviced" is the past tense of the verb "service", which doesn't fit here since we are talking about a continuous dedication throughout her entire life.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: "She dedicated her entire life to the service of the poorest of the poor."

• The other options don't fit the sentence:

        • "services off the poorest": Here "off" is incorrect, it should be "of". Also, "services" should be in the singular form as "service".

• "serviced of the poorer": This doesn't make sense in this context, as "serviced" is not the correct term to use and "poorer" is not as emphatic as "the poorest".

The correct answer is "No substitution"

• The challenge here is to select the option that can aptly substitute the underlined portion of the sentence "Finally, here are a few examples of passages and their precis."

Let's evaluate the alternatives:

"By passages and their precis": 'By' doesn't fit the context here. The intent of the sentence is to introduce 'examples', and hence 'of' is appropriate.

• "Of passages and there precis": 'There' is incorrect in this context. 'Their' should be used as a possessive pronoun referring to 'examples'.

• "Of passages and there precises": Here again, 'there' is incorrect. Also, 'precises' is not the correct form of the word. The correct word is 'precis', whether in singular or plural.

• "No substitution": This means the underlined portion is already perfect and requires no change.

• Given the context of the sentence and the alternatives provided, it seems that the underlined phrase "of passages and their precis" is correct as is, and does not require any substitution.

• Thus the correct option is 'No substitution'.

• The term 'precis' is a concise summary of an article or speech, and 'their' is correctly used as a possessive adjective referring back to 'examples'.

• The original sentence is correct grammatically and contextually. Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 4".

The correct answer is "audacity."

• 'Audacity' refers to the willingness to take bold risks, or in negative instances, can mean rude or disrespectful behavior.

• If a person thinks that everyone should abide by his rules, he is displaying a lot of audacity, with a presumptuous or overbearing attitude.

• Hence, the completed sentence is:

• "He has the audacity to think that everyone should abide by his rules."

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 1"

'Meekness': This refers to the quality of being quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on, which contradicts the scenario described.

'Humility': This term means a modest view of one's importance,

which contradicts the idea of thinking everyone should abide by one's rules.

• 'Confusion': This refers to a lack of understanding or uncertainty, and doesn't apply to this context where the person is confident about his expectations of others.

The error lies in part 3 of the sentence as the verb 'reaches' in simple present tense must be replaced with the verb 'reached' in simple past tense. The sentence talks about an incident that had taken place in the past so the verb should be 'reached.'

The error lies in part 3 of the sentence as the verb 'reaches' in simple present tense must be replaced with the verb 'reached' in simple past tense. The sentence talks about an incident that had taken place in the past so the verb should be 'reached.'

The correct answer is broke up

• Break away means Escape from the control of a person, group, or practice

• Break up means to make people leave something or stop doing something, especially by using force

• For e.g.- Police were called in to break up the fight.

Thus, according to the given context, option 2 is the most appropriate is correct and therefore the answer.

Let's look at the meaning of other given options-

• broke through- an act or instance of moving through or beyond an obstacle

• broke off- to stop abruptly or to become detached

The correct answer is "(b)"

• The verb "avail" is a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object after it to make sense.

• In the phrase "always avail of", the preposition "of" is unnecessary, creating a grammatical error.

• In this corrected sentence, "themselves" serves as the reflexive pronoun that act as the direct object required by the transitive verb "avail".

The term "avail themselves of" is a formality and more of an idiom, wherein the reflexive pronoun adds clarification.

Hence, the preposition "of" is retained to maintain the formal and idiomatic expression, meaning to make use of an opportunity.

Therefore, the correct answer is "Option 2".

The erroneous part is "do not."

• The use of do not in the given sentence is wrong.

• "Not" is not used with "until."

• Note: There are some words that do not take not with them, like, unless, until, lest.

So, the correct sentence will be:

Until I get the loan, I cannot set up my business.