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Multiple choice position of adverbs adverb english

Fill in the blank with the correct option:
The adverb "enough" is always placed ________.

  1. before the word it modifies

  2. after the word it modifies

  3. at the beginning of the sentence

  4. at the end of the sentence
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option B is the correct answer because "enough" is always placed after the word it modifies in the sentence. 
For example:
He was kind enough to lend me money. (enough - adverb; placed after the word it modifies - kind)

Multiple choice theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [1] with the most appropriate option:
Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].

  1. Who it was

  2. Who is it

  3. Who you are

  4. Who are you
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A poet asked the rain who he was (1). The rain answered that he was the "poem of the earth"(2). The poet again asked the rain why has the rain come to earth (here)(3). The rain replied that it has come to beautify "its origins" (the earth)(4). It further told that it (rain) had come to give life to "unborn seeds" (5).

Multiple choice theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [4] with the most appropriate option.

  1. To beautify its origin

  2. To beautify my origin

  3. It had come to beautify its origin

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rain: "To beautify my origin."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is an incomplete answer, we will give a complete answer in the indirect speech. 
For example:
Mom: "What are you doing?" - Mom asked what he was doing. 
Raj: "Studying." - Raj answered that he was studying.
Option A - 'To beautify its origin' can't be used as it is similar to the direct speech. We have to write the complete answer in the indirect speech. Thus option A is incorrect. 
Option B - 'To beautify my origin' can't be used as it is used in the direct speech. Thus option B is incorrect. 
Option C - 'It had come to beautify its origin' can be used here as it answers the question completely in the past perfect tense. The question was in the present perfect tense, hence the answer should be in the past perfect tense. Thus option C is the correct answer. 
Option D is incorrect as option C is the correct answer. 
'The rain replied that it had come to beautify its origin.'

Multiple choice theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [5] with the most appropriate option.

  1. It also wanted to give life to unborn seeds

  2. It also wants to give life to unborn seeds

  3. I also want to give life to unborn seeds

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rain: "I also want to give life to unborn seeds."

As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple present tense, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech.
Option B - 'It also wants to give life to unborn seeds' is in the simple present tense. Thus option B is incorrect.
Option C - 'I also want to give life to unborn seeds' is the direct speech and can't be used in the indirect speech. Thus option C is incorrect.
Option A - 'It also wanted to give life unborn seeds' can be used here as 'I' is changed to 'it' according to the subject 'rain'. And, the sentence is formed in the simple past tense in the indirect speech. Thus option A is the correct answer.
Option D - Option D is incorrect as option A is the correct answer.
'It further told that it also wanted to give life unborn seeds.'

Multiple choice theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english

Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _______[1][21]. The rain answered that __[2][22]. The poet again asked it ____[3][23]. The rain replied that __[4][24]. It further told that ______[5][25].


Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank [2] with the most appropriate option.

  1. It has been the poem of the earth

  2. It was the poem of the earth

  3. I was the poem of the earth

  4. I am the poem of the earth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."

As the given sentence is in the simple present tense, we will change it to simple past tense in the indirect speech. 
Option A - 'It has been the poem of the earth' is in present perfect tense. Thus option A is incorrect. 
Oprion C - 'I was the poem of the earth' is incorrect as 'I' can't be used in the indirect speech. We need another pronoun according to the subject 'rain'. Thus option C is incorrect. 
Option D - 'I am the poem of the earth' can't be used here as it is the direct speech. We can only use the same tense when the speech is a universal truth. Thus option D is incorrect. 
Option B - 'It was the poem of the earth' can be used here as 'I' is changed to 'it' and the sentence is in the simple past tense. Thus option B is the correct answer. 
'The rain answered that it was the poem of the earth.'

Multiple choice theme, main idea and purpose of a passage reading comprehension english
Poet: "Who art thou?"
Rain: "I am the poem of the earth."
Poet: "Why have you come here?"
Rain: "To beautify my origin. I also want to give life to unborn seeds."
A poet asked the rain _____(1)_____. The rain answered that ____(2)____. The poet again asked it _____(3)_____. The rain replied that ____(4)____. It further told that ____(5)_____.

Read the following dialogue between the poet and the rain, and fill in the blank (4) with the most appropriate option.

  1. Why has it come here

  2. Why had it come here

  3. Why it had come there

  4. Why have you come there
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A poet asked the rain who he was (1). The rain answered that he was the "poem of the earth"(2). The poet again asked the rain why has the rain come to earth (here)(3). The rain replied that it has come to beautify "its origins" (the earth)(4). It further told that it (rain) had come to give life to "unborn seeds" (5).

Multiple choice impersonal pronouns pronoun english

Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun:

_______ is raining heavily.

  1. He

  2. She

  3. It

  4. They
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The subject pronouns can be divided into two general categories – Personal and impersonal pronouns. A personal pronoun is a pronoun that is associated with a particular person, like ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’. While an impersonal pronoun is used to speak about inanimate objects/things. ‘It’ is an impersonal pronoun that is used for this purpose. In the given sentence the verb 'raining' is an impersonal one that doesn’t refer to an action that a person performs. In such case ‘it’ is used as the subject. Thus option C is correct. On the other hand, ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘they’ cannot be used because they are personal pronouns that are used to denote a person, which is not the case here. Thus options A, B, and D are incorrect.