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Which part of the sentence below contains an error ?

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You have made a terrible mistake._______ I forgive you.

Which connector would be appropriate ?

(i) Nevertheless

(ii) Although

(iii) However

(iv) Consequently

Answer Options :

At the party last night he deliberately cold shouldered me.
The underlined idiom means :

When she heard about the accident she started crying.
Substitute a suitable phrase for the underlined word.

The weather was bad. The flight couldn't take off.

Combine the two sentences to make a compound sentence.

Harish and Madhu are opposite in character. While one is slothful, the other is _______.

Fill the blank with one of the four options given below : 

Either his brothers or his father _______ (do) this work.

Fill the blank with an acceptable form of the verb given in the bracket.

His behaviour was altogether at odds with the circumstances.

The underlined phrase means :

Their plans fell _______ because they could not come to any agreement.

Fill the blank space with one of the following words to make a meaningful sentence :

"The happiest hour of my life was spent recently in the company of a woman who had just turned eighty".

The above sentence has been re-written, changing the degree of the underlined adjective.

(i) The hour I spent recently in the company of a woman who had just turned eighty was happier than any other hour of my life.

(ii) No other hour of my life was happier than the one I spent recently in the company of a woman who had just turned eighty.

(iii) No other hour of my life was as happy as the one I spent recently in the company of a woman who had just turned eighty.

(iv) The happier hour of my life was spent recently in the company of a woman who had just turned eighty.

Answer Options :

Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct ?
(i) I insist that I be allowed to speak.

(ii) Were he here, he would have supported our scheme.

(iii) Sleep.

(iv) If I was the Principal, I would have rusticated the boy.

Answer Options :

Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?

(i) We meet in your house tomorrow.

(ii) I am having many friends in office.

(iii) The guests have arrived at exactly 8.00 p.m.

(iv) The house has been belonging to her father.

Answer Options :

Not only did he blow away his money, he ruined his health too.
Rewrite the sentence using the word “blowing' :

(i) While blowing away his money, he also ruined his health.

(ii) Besides blowing away his money, he also ruined his health.

(iii) Other than blowing away his money, he also ruined his health.

(iv) Blowing up his money ruined his health.

Answer Options : 

He is a little wet behind the ears. Give him some time.

The underlined idiom means :

Which of the following sentences are grammatically correct?
(i) She was liking her house very much.

(ii) He preferred tea to coffee.

(iii) They did not slept a wink that night.

(iv) He had been smoking heavily before he had his heart attack.

Answer Options :

If he continues to _______ people, he will never make friends.
Fill the blank with a suitable phrase from the ones given below :

(i) some kinds of work
(ii) we find that

(iii) to be seen doing
(iv) many of us consider it an insult

Arrange the above segments in the right sequence to make the most appropriate meaningful sentence.

Measles _______ (be) a painful affliction.
Fill the blank with an acceptable form of the verb given in the bracket. 

After some time he started getting my goat.
The underlined idiom may be substituted by :

The visit was cancelled because of the uncertain weather conditions.

Substitute the underlined word with a phrase nearest in meaning :