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Questions Related to english

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
Subheadings in an article help readers _____________________ . 

article writing english

  1. concentrate on the article

  2. stay focused on the content

  3. understand the topic

  4. stay interested to read on

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Choice D is correct as subheading breaks  down a long articles amd kes it interesting to read. Choice A is wrong as subheadings do not concentrate on the article. Choice b is wrong as it is not the main focus Choice C is wrong as it does not lend to understanding of the topic. 

Select an appropriate option to fill in the blank:

Articles in newspapers are generally written in ________ tone. 

article writing english

  1. subjective

  2. objective

  3. neutral

  4. cheerful

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Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

Choice B and C are correct as articles must be written in third person perspective. Choice A is wrong as being subjective will be like an opinion Choice D is wrong as not all articles can be cheerful. 

Identify the best article heading for the given topic:
Should schools collect all electronic items from students before allowing them to enter school grounds? 

article writing english

  1. Should we bar entry for electronic items in schools?

  2. Should We Bar Entry For Electronic Items In Schools?

  3. should we bar entry for electronic items in schools?

  4. None of the above are suitable headings

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Choice A is correct as the heading is appropriate for to topic of essay and it is case sensitive. Choice B is wrong as although the heading is correct the capitals is not correct. Choice C i wrong as the heading must begin with capitals. Choice D is wrong. 

Identify the best article heading for the following topic:
UN has recognized the toy train of Darjeeling as a world heritage item.

article writing english

  1. Darjeeling toy train now world heritage item

  2. Heard of the Darjeeling Toy Train?

  3. The UN recognizes Darjeeling Toy Train

  4. Darjeeling Toy Train

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Choice B is correct as the heading will interet the readers to go through the article. Choice A is wrong as the heading does not tempt the reader. Choice C is wrong as the heading is too long and informative. Choice D is wrong as the heading is incomplete. 

The following sentence is correctly punctuated:
O! God! What do we do now?

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The statement is false because the sentence has not been punctuated correctly. When using the interjection "O", the exclamation mark is placed after the nominative of address. In the given sentence, the nominative of address is "God." Therefore, the correctly punctuated sentence would be:
O God! What do we do now?

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

What a beautiful morning?

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. morning!

  2. morning.

  3. morning,

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Exclamation mark is used to express surprise, excitement or any other strong emotion. Given sentence describes excitement. Thus, option A is correct. Hence, sentence would become: What a beautiful morning !

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

What a beautiful blue diamond!

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. diamond,

  3. diamond.

  4. diamond?

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Exclamation mark is used to express surprise, excitement or any other strong emotion. Given sentence describes excitement. It is grammatically correct. Thus, option A is correct. 

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point.

How beautiful that fabric is!

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. is.

  2. is,

  3. is?

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Exclamation mark is used to express surprise, excitement or any other strong emotion. Given sentence describes excitement which is grammatically correct. No change is required in this. Thus, option D is correct. 

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point.

What a beautiful landscape it was.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. was!

  2. was?

  3. was,

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is the correct answer because the sentence is an exclamatory sentence that expresses surprise, astonishment, or any other such strong emotion. It is a rule that we use an exclamation mark at the end of such a sentence.

Option B is incorrect because a question mark is used only at the end of a question, however, the sentence is an exclamatory sentence and not a question.
Option C is incorrect because a comma is used to indicate a pause and we expect the sentence to continue after the comma. Hence using a comma at the end of this sentence would make it incomplete.
Option D is incorrect because an exclamation mark is required at the end of this sentence to make it complete.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

What lovely green eyes you have.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. have!

  2. have,

  3. have.

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Exclamation mark is used to express surprise, excitement or any other strong emotion. Given sentence describes astonishment. Thus, option A is correct. Hence, the sentence would become: What lovely green eyes you have !