Multiple choice

Directions: Pick the statement where the given word hasn’t been used correctly.

ASH

  1. The wood used to make the cabinet is ash.

  2. His illness had given his face an ashen look.

  3. He wanted us to scatter his ashes over the sea.

  4. The ashen looks told the whole story.

  5. The cinder was burnt to ashes.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Option (1) doesn’t seem to make sense, and the student shall be prompted to mark it as an incorrect usage of the term 'ash'. But, the word ‘ash’ here refers to a tree of genus fraxinus. So, it is perfectly correct. Option (5) is marked incorrect because of the word ‘cinder’, which means wood or coal ash.

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