Tag: softskills

The same rule as the previous question applies: 'licence' (noun) for the document, 'license' (verb) for the action. You're asking to see the driving document, so 'driving licence' is correct in British English.

'Climactic' relates to climax (the peak or turning point of a story). 'Climatic' relates to climate or weather patterns - a common confusion. The sentence describes the dramatic peak scene, so 'climactic' is correct.

'Comprise' means 'to be composed of' or 'to contain' - the whole comprises its parts. 'Consists' would need 'of' to be correct. 'Composed' needs 'is composed of' in passive voice. 'Comprises' alone is grammatically correct.

The parts compose (form) the whole. 'Compose' is transitive and doesn't need 'of'. 'Comprise of' is incorrect - comprise never takes 'of'. 'Compose of' is also wrong. 'Consists' would need 'of' and refers to the whole containing parts, not parts forming the whole.

The alphabet (whole) comprises the letters (parts). 'Comprises' is correct - the whole comprises its parts. 'Comprises of' is incorrect (no 'of'). 'Consists of' would need 'of'. 'Composed of' needs 'is' before it (passive).

The vowels (parts) compose the group (whole). 'Compose' is transitive - the parts compose the whole. Neither 'comprise of' nor 'compose of' are valid - 'comprise' doesn't take 'of' and 'compose' is transitive without preposition.

'Is composed of' is correct for passive voice construction. 'Comprises of' is incorrect (comprise never takes 'of'). 'Consists' needs 'of' but would be 'consists of'. 'Composed of' alone needs 'is' before it. The sentence has 'is', so 'composed' completes it correctly.

'Loose' means not tight or fitting loosely. 'Lose' means to fail to keep, to misplace, or to be deprived of. For describing shirt fit that is not tight, 'loose-fitting' is the correct spelling.

The correct word is 'loose' (not tight), which describes jeans that fit loosely around the waist. This is testing the commonly confused homophones 'lose' (verb: to misplace or be deprived of) vs 'loose' (adjective: not tight or securely fastened). 'Lose' is a verb and cannot be used to describe jeans.

The correct word is 'lose' (verb), meaning to get rid of or reduce weight. This tests the confusion between 'lose' (verb: to be deprived of or fail to keep) and 'loose' (adjective: not tight). In this context, you need the verb 'lose' because weight is being reduced, not described.