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Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following verses:

Twirling your blue skirts, travelling the sward
Under the towers of your seminary,
Go listen to your teachers old and contrary
Without believing a word.

Tie the white fillets then about your hair
And think no more of what will come to pass
Than bluebirds that go walking on the grass
And chattering on the air.

  1. abba cddc

  2. abab cdcd

  3. abba cdcd

  4. aaabb ccdd
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The rhyme scheme can be identified through the final word of each line:

Sward-Word(a)
Seminary-Contrary(b)
Hair-Air(c)
Pass-Grass(d)
So, the rhyme scheme followed here is abba cddc. Option A is the correct answer.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following verse:

Let them buy your big eyes,
In the secret earth securely,
Your thin fingers and your fair,
Soft, indefinite-coloured hair,
All of these in some way, surely,
From the secret earth shall rise;
Not for these I sit and stare;
Broken and bereft completely:
Your young flesh that sat so neatly
On your little bones will sweetly
Blossom in the air.

  1. abccbbccbbc

  2. abccbacbbbc

  3. abbccabccbb

  4. abcabccbbcc
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The rhyme scheme can be identified through the final word of each line:

Eyes(a)
Securely(b)
Fair-Hair(c)
Surely(b)
Rise(a)
Stare(c)
Completely-Neatly-Sweetly(b)
Air(c)
So, the rhyme scheme is abccbacbbbc. So, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Identify the rhyme scheme of the following verse:

Stay, O sweet, and do not rise!
The light that shines comes from thine eyes;
The day breaks not: it is my heart,
Because that you and I must part.
Stay! Or else my joys will die
And perish in their infancy.

  1. aabbcd

  2. aabcbc

  3. ababab

  4. abcabc
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The rhyme scheme followed can be found out through the last word of each line. Here, the following words rhyme:

Rise-Eyes(a)
Heart-Part(b)
However, 'die' and 'infancy' do not rhyme. So, the rhyme scheme is aabbcd. The correct answer is A.

Multiple choice poetry reading comprehension english

Which of the pairs given are rhyming words?
Select the best option. 

  1. disguise, wise

  2. disguise, slice

  3. disguise, chastise

  4. disguise, hides
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A,C Correct answer
Explanation

From the given pairs, 'disguise' sounds similar to both 'wise' and 'chastise' with similar phonetic transcriptions. Therefore we can conclude that the rhyming pairs are "disguise, wise" and "disguise, chastise". Options A and C are the correct answers.

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

Choose whether the following is True or False:
Capital letters are never used to begin each fresh line of poetry.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Traditionally, each line of a poem begins with a capital letter. This was a tool used to distinguish poetry from prose.
Hence, the given statement is false. It isn't true that lines in a poem never begin with a capital letter.
Hence option B is correct and A is incorrect.
(In modern times, some poets choose not to begin each line with a capital letter. But, this does not mean that the given statement is correct.)

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

Capitalize the letters in the given sentence, where necessary:
i graduated from the university of mumbai.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. I graduated from the university of Mumbai

  3. I graduated from the University of Mumbai

  4. i graduated from the University of mumbai
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Capital letter is used to start a sentence. It is also used for proper nouns where names of people, specific places and things are capitalized. Here, 'University of Mumbai' is a proper noun. Thus option C is correct according to the rules. 

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

we have now replaced our regular windows with french windows.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. We have now replaced our regular windows with french windows.

  2. We have now replaced our regular windows with French windows.

  3. We have now replaced our regular windows with French Windows.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, the first word of a sentence is always capitalized. Capitals are used for all proper nouns in a sentence and also, for words derived from proper nouns. For example - the word French must be capitalized when it means the language, a French person or things from France.
Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer is Option B. The remaining options are incorrect.
Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

will we see the day when we travel in flying cars? probably not.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. Will we see the day when we travel in flying cars? probably not.

  2. will we see the day when we travel in flying cars? Probably not.

  3. Will we see the day when we travel in flying cars? Probably not.

  4. NO CHANGE
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Capital letter is used to start a sentence. If the previous sentence ends with question mark or exclamation mark, capital letter is used as they indicate the end of sentence like full stop does. Thus, option C is correct according to the rule. 

Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

few schools teach Latin and Greek these days.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Few schools teach latin and greek these days.

  3. few schools teach latin and greek these days.

  4. Few schools teach Latin and Greek these days.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Capital letters are used for the first letter of the first word of a sentence and for proper nouns. In other words, capitalize the names of people, specific places, and things. For example, We don't capitalize the word "bridge" unless it starts a sentence, but we must capitalize Brooklyn Bridge because it is the name of a specific bridge. Here, 'Latin' and 'Greek' are proper nouns, so must be capitalized. 'Few' is the first word at the start of the sentence, so must also be capitalized. Hence, the correct option is D).
Multiple choice capitalization punctuation english

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence:
i'm doing a-levels in physics, chemistry and french.

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. I'm doing A-levels in physics, chemistry and French.

  3. I'm doing A-levels in Physics, Chemistry and French.

  4. I'm doing a-levels in physics, chemistry and french.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
According to general rule, capitals are used for all proper nouns in a sentence and also, for words derived from proper nouns. For example - the word French must be capitalized when it means the language, a French person or things from France.
Similarly, physics and chemistry are not capitalized because they are not derived from proper nouns.
Thus, according to the rules, the correct answer is Option B. The remaining options are incorrect.