English Language Skills: Vocabulary and Grammar

Correct. Since both of these options are possible here, this is the correct answer.

Correct. The word exonerate is a verb which means – to officially absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.

Correct. The word repudiate is a verb which means – refuse to accept; reject.

A harbinger is something that foreshadows or announces the approach of another thing, making 'forerunner' the best synonym. While a messenger carries messages, a harbinger specifically signals what is coming.

Coherent implies someone who is able to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner.

The preposition of is used to indicate a relationship, association or cause common with something. In the sentence, homogeneity is the quality of being of the same or a similar nature, thereby this relationship is the association indicated by the preposition of. Thus, this is the correct answer.

Effrontery means shameless or impudent boldness - exactly what 'shameless audacity' describes. Effort is work attempted, effluence is flowing out, effuse means to pour out, and electric relates to electricity.

Here, lengthen is the correct option, as it implies to make the content greater in length. To contract is to decrease in size, stretch is to make something long or wider without tearing or breaking, and to reduce is to make something smaller or less in amount, degree or size.

‘Horse…its’; ‘It has been drizzling’; ‘accused of’

Option A uses articles correctly: 'in a house' (first mention), 'in a street' (first mention), 'the street' (specific reference), 'the house' (specific reference). Option B omits 'a' before 'street', uses 'then' instead of 'than'. Option C and D misuse articles in later references.

Here, ‘4’ is the correct option as the sentence has no error. Here, there is a correct subject-verb agreement as the subject (Sumit) is singular and the verb (was) is also singular. Thus, the sentence has no error.

Here, ‘4’ is the correct option as the sentence has no error. In this case, the whole sentence is in perfect tense and has no error.

While changing the voice, we interchange the respective places of the subject and the object. In passive voice, we always use the third form of the verb with the helping verb. Case of past simple tense. In such cases, we use 'was/were' with the third form of the verb.

Correct option is (2).

‘Above board’ means beyond the suspicion of wrongdoing.