Tag: softskills

Fatuous means foolish, silly, or lacking intelligence - describes something inane or ridiculous. Distractors like 'dexterous' and 'artful' suggest cleverness, which is the opposite.

Fetter means to restrain or impede - literally to chain or shackle, figuratively to restrict freedom. Distractors like 'free' and 'simple-going' suggest the opposite of restraint.

In questions, 'any' is used for plural countable nouns like 'apples' when asking about existence. 'Much' is for uncountable nouns, 'some' and 'a' are for statements, not questions.

Plural subject 'children' requires plural verb 'are' for the nine-year-old description. 'Has' and 'is' are singular, 'have' is for possession, not linking age.

In short answers to yes/no questions, the auxiliary verb from the question is used. The question 'Do you like...?' uses auxiliary 'do', so the short answer is 'Yes, I do'.

For future arrangements or planned events, the present continuous tense is used. 'Is he coming' correctly asks about a planned future action. 'Will he come' is grammatically possible but less idiomatic for arrangements.

The verb 'like' is followed by the gerund form (-ing) when describing enjoyment. 'I like listening to music' is the correct pattern. 'To listening' is grammatically incorrect (would be 'to listen').

When asking about personality or characteristics, use 'What is he like?' (not 'does'). The response describes him as 'very friendly', confirming it asks about personality traits, not actions.

The phrase "last month" indicates a completed action in the past, so we use the simple past tense "bought". Present perfect "have bought" connects past to present and needs a time reference like "since" or "already". "Buyed" is misspelled - the past form of buy is "bought" (irregular verb). "Did bought" is grammatically incorrect because after "did" we use the base form "buy".