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Choose correct words (grammar) 2073 Shrawan

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i) has; ii) is; iii) should; iv) for; v) about; vi) to ask him; vii) eminent; viii) live in illusions; ix) at; x) is.

Choose the correct words from the bracket: i) Neither he nor his relative .......... turned up. (has, have) ii) Either sugar or tea .......... suitable for the drink. (is, are) iii) He asked me what I ....... do for a living. (will, should) iv) She has a taste ....... music (of, for) v) He was told not to worry ........ the matter. (with, about) vi) It is no use ........ to come now. He is very busy. (to ask him, if you asked him) vii) He was an ......... scientist. (eminent, imminent) viii) A fool's paradise means ......... (to have happy dreams, live in illusions) ix) She yelled .......... him. (to, at) x) The news .......... false. (is, are)

i) has: with "neither...nor", the verb agrees with the nearer subject, "relative". ii) is: with "either...or", the verb agrees with the nearer subject, "tea". iii) should: in reported speech the future "shall/will" is backshifted, and with the first person "I" the traditional form is "should" ("would" is also used). iv) for: the correct phrase is "a taste for music". v) about: "worry about" is the usual preposition. vi) to ask him: of the options given, this is the closest to the idiom "It is no use asking him"; the gerund would be the best form. vii) eminent: it means distinguished; "imminent" means about to happen. viii) live in illusions: a "fool's paradise" is a state of false happiness. ix) at: one "yells at" a person. x) is: "news" is a singular uncountable noun.

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