16. In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern.
Choose the one with the different stress pattern
- A. commit
- B. compare
- C. complete
- D. column
Correct Option: Answer is D
17. In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern.
Choose the one with the different stress pattern
- A. apparent
- B. attractive
- C. devastates
- D. infections
Correct Option: Answer is C
18. In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern.
Choose the one with the different stress pattern
- A. physique
- B. menace
- C. challenge
- D. reckless
Correct Option: Answer is A
19. In each of the following questions, the main or primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress
Calculator
- A. CAL-cu-la-tor
- B. cal-CU-la-tor
- C. cal-cu-LA-tor
- D. cal-cu-la-TOR
Correct Option: Answer is A
20. In each of the following questions, the main or primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress
Criticism
- A. cri-ti-ci-SM
- B. cri-ti-CI-sm
- C. cri-TI-ci-sm
- D. CRI-ti-ci-sm
Correct Option: Answer is D
21. In each of the following questions, the main or primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress
Expenditure
- A. EX-pen-di-ture
- B. ex-PEN-di-ture
- C. ex-pen-DI-ture
- D. ex-pen-di-TURE
Correct Option: Answer is B
22. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
The man, as well as the woman ________ arrested
- A. have been
- B. has been
- C. is been
- D. are being
Correct Option: Answer is B
23. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Many a ____________ to understand me
- A. man fail
- B. man fails
- C. men fail
- D. men fails
Correct Option: Answer is B
24. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
It is you that __________ to write the letter
- A. is suppose
- B. is supposed
- C. are suppose
- D. are supposed
Correct Option: Answer is D
25. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
My father _______ on the floor
- A. has lied
- B. have lied
- C. have laid
- D. has lain
Correct Option: Answer is D
26. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
This class __________students and teachers
- A. comprise
- B. comprises
- C. comprise of
- D. comprises of
Correct Option: Answer is B
Comprise means ‘made up of’. Therefore, to say ‘Comprises of/ Comprise of ‘ is a tautology.
Note that, singular verbs must agree with a singular noun.
The subject of the sentence is ‘This Class’ which is a singular noun
27. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Before I arrived, the choir _______ the hymn
- A. have sing
- B. has sing
- C. had sung
- D. have sang
Correct Option: Answer is C
28. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
The soldier _________ his gun on the wall after the armed robber______
- A. hang/has been hung
- B. hung/had been hanged
- C. hanged/has been hanged
- D. hung/ has been hung
Correct Option: Answer is B
29. Thank you for the __________ of presenting my paper.
- A. privelege
- B. priviledge
- C. privilege
- D. preveledge
Correct Option: Answer is C
30. From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
My brother graduated from university last year; he will soon_________
- A. convocate
- B. convoke
- C. convoce
- D. matriculate