Grammar Test 8

Words that refer to a person, place, animal or thing are nouns.

Pleasure is an abstract noun, i.e. something that can neither be seen nor be touched, but only felt.

Fudge means an empty, foolish talk; nonsense. It is an abstarct noun.

Words that qualify to nouns are adjectives. Trivial means unimportant; insignificant.

Melody is an abstarct noun<b style="color:" red;="">, i.e. something that can neither be seen nor be touched, but only felt.

<b style="color:" red;="">Words that qualify to nouns are adjectives. Apparent means readily seen; visible.

Words that demonstrate an action are verb. Dismiss is the act of removing someone.

<b style="color:" red;="">Words that qualify to nouns are adjectives.

Buzz means to gossip or to murmur.
 

Irony means the contrast, as in a play, between what a character thinks the truth is. Option 4 is the nearest synonym.

Fad means a custom, style, etc. that many people are interested in for a short time; passing fashion; craze.

Nibble means to bite at with small, gentle bites.

Candid means very honest or frank in what one says or writes.

Grandeur refers to the quality of being grand. It is an abstarct noun.

<b style="color:" red;="">Words that qualify to nouns are adjectives. Conductible means something that can be conducted.

Ellusive means tending to elude, confuse or baffle.
 

Rational means showing reason; not foolish or silly; sensible.

Reminisce means to think, talk, or write about remembered events or experiences. Option 1 is the nearest synonym.

As soon as means immediately after.

Brunt means the shock (of an attack) or impact (of a blow).

'Unless' means 'except if'.

'So' means 'to such an extent'.

'Both' never takes 'as well as'; 'both' and 'and' always come together.

Case of past perfect tense. 'Hardly had' is the correct choice.

All the options except option 2 are correlative conjunctions, which is not needed here.

Case of present indefinite tense. 'A large' is a plural subject. Hence, option 1.

'Really hard' means 'actually hard' or 'trully hard'.

'Sternly rebuked' is the correct expression as it means 'strictly rebuked'.

Terminate means to put an end to; stop; cease. Cancel means the same.

'Enough' means 'sufficient'.

Here, 'control of something specific' has been mentioned. Hence, article 'the'.

The sentence refers to a general common noun, which does not begin with a vowel sound. Hence, article 'a'.

Articles 'a' and 'an' are used only with singular subjects. Moreover, when we refer to something particular, we use article 'the'.

When we refer to something particular, we use adjective 'that'.

'Many' is used for countable nouns; 'much' is used for uncountable nouns.

Preposition 'at' is used to refer to specific places.

The first blank requires to be filled by article 'the' as a particular subject has been referred to. Blank two needs to be filled with possessive pronoun 'my'.

'One' after the first blank qualifies for 'every' making it 'everyone'. 'The world' and 'is facing a serious threat' are the correct usages.

'Enough' means 'sufficient'.

Adjective 'some' is used for a certain indefinite or unspecified number, quantity, etc.