Exemplar for homonym would be from English Language Grammar

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51.

Exemplar for homonym would be

  • aisle/isle

  • beer/bear

  • stale/stall

  • stock/stoke


A.

aisle/isle

Aisle/isle are similar in their pronunciation but different in meaning since aisle means a passage between rows of seats in a building such as a church or a theatre, an aircraft, or train and isle is an island or peninsula, especially a small one.


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52.

While learning about the passive voice form, students learn about

  • use of 'by'

  • position of verbs

  • position of nouns

  • use of verb form


53.

Students can leave the school premises at 12:30 pm.
Students ought to leave the school premises at 12:30 pm.

The two given statements can be differentiated by drawing students' attention to the

  • differences in the arrangement of words

  • meaning conveyed by the modals/verb modifiers

  • the roles of the subject and object in both sentences

  • absence of change in the verb form


54.

The politician had been making promises long before election time. The statement is in the ____________tense.

  • past continuous

  • present perfect

  • present perfect continuous

  • past perfect continuous


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55.

Identify where the collective form is an error.

  • Host of angels

  • Congress of baboons

  • Clutch of ducks

  • Shoal of fish


56.

In this example, there is a deviation from the apparently intended form of an utterance. Identify the error.
Target I must let the cat out of the house.
Error I must let the house out of the cat.

  • Lexical selection error

  • Word-exchange error

  • Omission

  • Substitution


57.

Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of the word is given.

___ beat = positive and enthusiastic.

  • Up

  • Out

  • Down

  • Over


58.

Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of the word is given.

____ hold = look at or see something or somebody.

  • With

  • Up

  • Over

  • Be


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59.

As a child, she _________ dream of living in a castle.

  • is used to

  • used to

  • will

  • got used to


60.

Don't ________ me you've lost your keys again.

  • say

  • tell

  • speak

  • inform


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