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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Explanation
Use definite article 'the' before superlative 'most'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Paintings are worth 'looking at'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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We view things 'from' somebody's angle or point of view.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Explanation
Replace 'in' by 'at'. 'We may be slow in movement but are 'slow at' activities.'
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Explanation
The usage for two persons should be 'either'. "Any" connotes more than two entities.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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'Across' is not followed by preposition 'with'. Use of 'with' is redundant. Correct phrase should be 'across an old friend....'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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The house is comfortable to 'live in'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Use definitive article 'the' before French (people). French is a language; the French are a people (nation).
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Explanation
Affection is 'for' or 'towards', not 'with'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) Although logical explanations sound quite laborious when written out, (2) yet the human mind is capable (3) to process the arguments very quickly (4) to arrive at a logical conclusion. (5) No error
Explanation
Human mind is 'capable of processing'; 'capable' is followed by 'of' and 'capable of' is followed by a gerund, i.e. 'processing'. So, option 3 is the answer.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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An involuntary reflex, (1) an yawn is almost impossible to stop (2) once the mouth muscles (3) begin the (4) stretching action. (5) No error
Explanation
'Yawn' begins with a consonant sound. So, it should be preceded by indefinite article 'a'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) Beside the ages of nine and fifteen, (2) almost all (3) young people undergo a (4) rapid series of physiological changes. (5) No error
Explanation
Use 'between' before two nouns/pronouns connected by 'and'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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The frequency of meteors in the Earth`s atmosphere increases (1) when the Earth passes (2) through a swarm of (3) particle generated (4) by the breakup of a comet. (5) No error
Explanation
'Swarm of' should be followed by plural noun 'particles'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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Many (1) flowering plants benefit (2) of pollination (3) by adult butterflies (4) and moths. (5) No error
Explanation
Flowers benefit 'from' pollination.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) The police couldn't control (2) the mob so (3) troops were (4) called on. (5) No error
Explanation
Change 'called on' to 'called out' to correct the error of phrasal verb. 'Call on' is to pay a short visit whereas called out is 'to summon'. Hence, option 4 is correct.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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We should not take (1) such (2) actions (3) that may harm (4) the interest of our country. (5) No error
Explanation
'As' will be the correct correlative usage for 'such' (instead of 'that').
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) On seeing a policeman (2) the culprit started (3) running away and (4) the policeman ran for him. (5) No error
Explanation
Change 'ran for' to 'ran after' to correct the error. 'Ran after' means to try to catch somebody.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) He urgently asked (2) the shopkeeper to give him (3) a half kilo sugar (4) and a bottle of cold drink. (5) No error
Explanation
'Half a kilo sugar' is the correct usage in place of 'a half kilo sugar'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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(1) We were invited (2) to dinner (3) given to welcome (4) the new principal. (5) No error
Explanation
Indefinite article 'a' should be used before 'dinner' to 'to a dinner'.
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Question for Practice Questions Level 2: Preposition, Article & Conjunction
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I was horrified (1) on (2) the sight of (3) so much (4) distress in the cyclone torn Orissa. (5) No error
Explanation
Change 'on' to 'at' to correct the prepositional error. "At the sight of" is the correct expression".
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