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title: "Choose correct words (grammar) 2070 Chaitra"
subject: "Communication English"
chapter: 3
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# Choose correct words (grammar) 2070 Chaitra

Communication English · Chapter 3: Contextual Grammar

- Asked in: 2070 Chaitra, 0.5×10 marks
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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- Whole chapter: https://www.bctengineer.com/md/semester_5/communication_english/chapter-3

## Question

Choose the correct words from the brackets and fill in the blanks:
a) Look ........... your health (to, up)
b) I feel the room ........... (move, to move)
c) If I ........... you, I would not do it. (be, were)
d) I heard him ........... Narayan Gopal's song (singing, sing)
e) She cannot part ........... her jewels. (from, with)
f) He died ........... T.B last year. (with, of)
g) She walked as if she ........... a lot. (drank, had drunk)
h) He as well as his comrades ........... out. (is, are)
i) The teacher said that ........... are mortal (we, they)
j) You alone can relieve me ........... this anxiety. (from, of)

## Short answer

a. to, b. move, c. were, d. singing, e. with, f. of, g. had drunk, h. is, i. we, j. of

## Answer

a) **to**: "look to" means to take care of.
b) **move**: bare infinitive after "feel" plus object.
c) **were**: unreal condition "If I were you".
d) **singing**: the participle shows he heard part of the song in progress ("sing" is also acceptable).
e) **with**: "part with" means to give up.
f) **of**: one dies "of" a disease.
g) **had drunk**: "as if" with a past unreal condition.
h) **is**: "as well as" does not change the number of the subject "He".
i) **we**: the teacher includes himself; the statement is a general truth.
j) **of**: "relieve someone of" a burden.

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. 'If I ... you, I would not do it.' Which is correct?
   A. be
   B. was
   C. were
   D. am
   Answer: C. Unreal conditions use 'were' for all subjects. (Key point: Unreal condition)

2. Which pair is correct?
   A. look up your health; part from jewels
   B. look to your health; part with jewels
   C. look to your health; part from jewels
   D. look up your health; part with jewels
   Answer: B. 'Look to' means take care of, and 'part with' means give up. (Key point: Prepositions with verbs)

3. 'He as well as his comrades ... out.' Which verb and why?
   A. is, because 'as well as' does not change the number of 'He'
   B. are, because comrades is plural
   C. are, because there are two people
   D. is, because of 'out'
   Answer: A. The verb agrees with the main subject 'He'. (Key point: As well as)

4. 'You alone can relieve me ... this anxiety.'
   A. from
   B. of
   C. with
   D. at
   Answer: B. 'Relieve someone of' a burden is the correct pattern. (Key point: Relieve of)

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