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I was not joking Mr. iqbal Serwar which made u laugh so badly and i asked permission from last island . so next time u better poke your nose where it is needed .
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Q. Choose the right word or set of words.
1. condemned, negate,

2.hearten, ministrations
3. distinguish
4. vehement,acrimonious
5. delegate,retain
6. no idea
7.opposed to
8. come down
9. live up to
10. made away up
12. she fell to sleep
13. he is likely to continue taking them
14. After being laid down all morning
15. whom had the experience
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Choose the correct answer

1. He said, "Let us wait for the reward".
a) He proposed that they should wait for the reward.
b) He said let them wait for the reward.
c) He said that they waited for the reward
d) He proposed that they shall wait for the reward.

2. Amjad said, "I wish I knew all that".
a) Amjad said he wishes he had known all that.
b) Amjad said he wished he had been knowing all that.
c) Amjad said he wished he knew all that.
d) Amjad said he had wished he had known all that.

3. "Don't go near the water, student", the teacher said.
a) The teacher warned the students not to go near the water.
b) The teacher asked the students not go near the water.
c) The teacher ordered the students to not go near the water.
d) The teacher said the students not going near the water.

4. My mother said to me, "May you have a long life!"
a) My mother prayed for me that I might have a long life.
b) My mother wished that I might have a long life.
c) My mother said that I may have a long life.
d) My mother exclaimed with joy that I may have a long life.

5. He said to his friend, "I have not been going to college for the last many days".
a) He told to his friend that he has not been going to college for the last many days.
b) He said to his friend he has not been going to college for the last many days.
c) He told his friend that he had not been going to college for the last many days.
d) He told his friend he had not been going to college for the last many days.

6. Are you going to let your daughter work part time?
a) Are you going to let your daughter work part time?
b) Are you going let your daughter to work part time?
c) Are you go to let your daughter work part time?
d) Are you going to letting your daughter work part time?
e) Are you letting to go your daughter work part time?

7. This is a totally different world than we have seen in the last decade.
a) than we have seen in the last decade
b) from what we saw in the last decade
c) from what we seen in the last decade
d) than what we seen in the last decade
e) then we have seen in the last decade

8. Using it wisely, leisure promotes health, efficiency and happiness.
a) Using it wisely
b) Having used it wisely
c) If used wisely
d) Because of its wise use
e) Because of usefulness

9. The new recruits are liable for making tactical errors.
a) are liable for making tactical errors.
b) are liable from making tactical errors.
c) are liable to make tactical errors.
d) are liable make tactical errors.
e) are liable about making tactical errors.

10. He bought some bread, butter, cheese and decided not to eat them until the evening
a) some bread, butter cheese and decided
b) some bread, butter, cheese and then decided
c) a little bread, butter; cheese and decided
d) some bread, butter, cheese, deciding
e) some bread, butter, and cheese and decided

11. He as uneven in his approach to the problem, at once ___________ and ___________ .
a) sincere, well meaning
b) sure, unwilling
c) conscientious, frivolous
d) careless, insouciant
e) harmonious, foolhardy

12. They were unwisely ___________ during their education and ___________ was the result.
a) interrupted, consistency
b) neglected, ignorance
c) befriended, alienation
d) taught, attendance
e) instructed, genius

13. The ___________ soldier ___________ at the idea that he was to go to battle.
a) luckless, rejoiced
b) frail, relapsed
c) vigorous, rebelled
d) unwilling, recoiled
e) youthful, retired

14. The task force spent a year and a half ___________ the problem and ___________ solutions.
a) forging, heeding
b) deciding, meeting
c) seeing, curtailing
d) escaping, failing
e) researching, developing

15. It is not always easy to ___________ one's mistakes, but it is inevitably more ___________ to try to hide them.
a) cover, suspect
b) confess, difficult
c) solve, wallowing
d) learn, indemonstrable
e) expect, lethal

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1. She hoped that the pain would __________, but it __________ everyday.
a) deny, added
b) subside, worsened
c) mend, descended
d) obliterate, augmented
e) abate, lessened

2. Businesses today are so __________ involved with and __________ upon national economics that they must be involved in national fiscal planning.
a) intimately, dependent
b) hardly, based
c) secretly, pushed
d) desperately, neglected
e) firmly, based

3. If you are not __________ with the purchase, you may __________ it for a refund in ten days.
a) provided, ship
b) seen, retain
c) pleased, find
d) found, send
e) satisfied, return



4. Satiety
a) starvation
b) pretence
c) grandeur
d) lowest class

5. Amenable
a) intractable
b) responsive
c) agreeable
d) indifferent

6. Ameliorate
a) coarsen
b) harden
c) improve
d) worsen

7. Choleric
a) irritable
b) serene
c) severe
d) stern

8. Imbecile
a) lunatic
b) ordinary
c) sane
d) plentiful

Synonyms

9. Hone
a) croon
b) mourn
c) whittle
d) sharpen

10. Assiduously
a) sarcastically
b) diligently
c) enthusiastically
d) rationally

11. Feline
a) cat like
b) dog like
c) sleek
d) feminine

12. Slew
a) waste material
b) opening
c) scattering
d) large number

Analogies

13. Snake : Reptile
a) patch : thread
b) removal : snow
c) struggle : wrestle
d) hand : clock

14. Naïve : Cheat
a) gullible : shrewd
b) cunning : clever
c) hurt : retaliate
d) sensible : foolish

15. Bones : Ligaments
a) fracture : cast
b) muscle : tendon
c) fat : cell
d) knuckle : finger
e) knee : joint

16. Couplet : Poem
a) page : letter
b) sentence : paragraph
c) number : address
d) epic : poetry
e) biography : novel

Choose the correct sentence.


17. a) His youngest son has just started going to the school
b) His youngest son has started just going to school
c) His youngest son has just started going to school
d) His youngest son have just started going to school

18. a) Must he go? No, he must.
b) Must he go? Yes, he should.
c) Must he go? No, must he.
d) Must he go? No, he needn’t.

19. a) I wont’ let you leaving till the end of the act.
b) I wont’ let you leave till the end of the act.
c) I wont’ let you leaving to the end of act.
d) I wont’ let you to leave by the end of the act.

20. a) When he was charged of murder, he said he had an alibi.
b) When he was charged with a murder, he said he has an alibi.
c) When he was charged with murder, he said he had an alibi.
d) When he was charged with murder, he say he had an alibi.[/QUOTE]
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1. He said, “We are all sinners”.
He said that they were all sinners.
2. “If the floods get worse, we must leave the hostel,” they said.
They proposed that they would leave the hostel when the floods got worse.
3. He said, “I found these besides the king’s bed”.
He said that he found those besides the king's bed.
4. “Must you go so soon?” I said.
I inquired him/her for going sooner.

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5. Area : Volume
a) plane : circle
b) circle : triangle
c) sphere : box
d) box : sphere
e) circle : sphere

6. Injurious : Harm
a) criminal : restitution
b) insincere : dismay
c) sacred : relic
d) soporific : sleep
e) unethical : principles

7. Indolent : Work
a) decisive : act
b) taciturn : speak
c) gullible : cheat
d) theatrical : perform
e) perceptive : observe

8. Scream : Whisper
a) staircase : escalator
b) repel : attract
c) blaze : spark
d) pedal : cycle
e) yard : meter

Choose the correct option.

9. Profit minded top level management decided to __________ operations in __________ market areas.
a) curtail, solid
b) improve, unattended
c) reduce, promising
d) influence, unimportant
e) increase, helpless

10. Her clear __________ of the situation kept the meaning from breaking up into __________.
a) grasp, chaos
b) vision, anarchy
c) control, harmony
d) idea, laughter
e) knowledge, uproar

11. The retiring teacher was __________ for her tireless efforts on behalf of her students.
a) involved
b) paraphrased
c) directed
d) pointed
e) commended

12. The Council of Ministers __________ the spread of __________ violence.
a) lamented, sensible
b) lauded, random
c) denounced, senile
d) deplored, needless
e) dismissed, senseless

Antonyms

13. Autonomous
a) magnanimous
b) ambiguous
c) dependent
d) exodus

14. Vivacious
a) girlish
b) inactive
c) surgical
d) boyish

Synonyms

15. Iota
a) agreement
b) coin
c) column
d) small amount

16. Ravenous
a) unwinding
b) circling
c) avid
d) delirious

Correct the following sentences.

17. I offered him part time work, but he turned over this offer
I offered him part time work, but he turned down this offer.
18. I, who is your boss, will lead you.
I , who am your boss, will lead you.
19. She doesn’t drive as well as him.
She doesn't drive as well as he does.
20. During the final exam, the library remains open all night.
During the final exam, the library remains open all the day long.
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