Multiple choice

Directions: In the question, there are four sentences. Each sentence has a pair of words/phrases marked as ‘A’ and ‘B’ that are italicised or highlighted. For each sentence, select the most appropriate word or phrase to form grammatically and syntactically correct sentence. Then, from the options that follow, choose the correct one.

(i) When one side is done (A) flip (B) flippant the pancake over to cook the other side. (ii) Since she is fond of gardening, she has (A) laid out (B) lay by a very beautiful park in her new house. (iii) We should (A) abstain (B) refrain from meat and drink because they harm the body. (iv) The new principal has (A) affected (B) effected many new changes in the school.

  1. AAAB

  2. BBAB

  3. AABB

  4. ABBA

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

 In sentence (i), the correct option is (A) because to flip something indicates turning something over. Flippant means not taking something seriously. In sentence (ii), the correct option is (A) because laid out refers to organising or setting down of something. Lay by is a service road or a place for drivers to top at the side of the main road. In sentence (iii), the correct option is (B) because abstain indicates to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice. Refrain refers to a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza, chorus. In sentence (iv), the correct option is (B) because effected means executed, produced or brought about. Affected indicates showing an attitude or mode of behaviour that is not natural.