Practice Questions

The past perfect tense is used to point out which of the past two actions took place earlier.

The word one - eyed begins with a vowel but "one-eyed man" starts with a consonant sound (/w/ sound), "a" is the correct choice.

a negative statement takes a positive tag.the verb of the statement is repeated in the tag.the tense in the question tag is the same of the verb in the statement..

before numbers like hundred and thousand the indefinite article 'a' must be used always

'no sooner' is always followed by 'than'.

there are certain adjectives in comparative degree which are followed by 'to' like inferior ,,senior,prior etc.

when two changes happen together and they form cause and effect for each other, comparative degree is used in both and the article 'the' is used before each of them.

where there are two objects of comparison ,than to avoid repetitions of name 'that of'is used in singular nouns and 'those of ' is used for plural nouns

In present perfect tense,past particle form of verb is used with has/have.

the adverb 'enough' is always placed after the word which it modifies like wise - enough,trained enough, big enough etc

the adverb 'much' is always used before adverb in the comparative and superlative degree.
Eg;that was 'much' the best food i had ever taken.

died by violence  ,died from a wound ,died for his country ,died through neglect .

Would you mind എന്നതിന് ശേഷം gerund ആണ് ഉപയോഗിക്കേണ്ടത്.

to transform the active voice of present perfect tense in to passive voice the formulae is object+have/has +V3+by+subject

in reporting questions the indirect speech is introduced by some verb like asked,inquired etc,

Mr James asked that Mr. Kumar was at home

Mr James inquired if Mr. Kumar is at home

Mr James inquired if Mr. Kumar was at home

Mr James inquired that if Mr. Kumar was at home

the relative pronoun that is used with animals and things

the adjectives 'older' and 'oldest' are used for both persons and things

the adjectives 'any' is used to express number or degree in negative/interrogative sentences

the adjectives 'any' is used to express number or degree in negative /interrogative sentences.

the reciprocal pronoun 'one another' is used more than one person or thing and 'each other'is used to denote two persons or thing

when the verb in the main clause is simple future tense,the verb in the subordinate clause should be in the present tense.

The simple present tense is often changed to the past perfect in the reported speech

He said that he had sent them a message the day before

He said that he send them a message the day before

He says that he had sent them a message the day before

He said that he has sent them a message the day before

when a singular noun represents a whole class the definite article 'the' is using.

present perfect tense is used to denote an action beginning at some time in the  past and continuing up to the present moment

furniture ,luggage,scenery,information poetry,knowledge,news etc are always singular and taken singular verb.

one another is used for more than two persons or thing ,each other is used for two persons or things.

before 'enough' positive degree is using .

very means in a great degree and it is used before pleasant /unpleasant adjectives. too means 'more than required 'it is usually used before unpleasant adjectives.

lest is followed by should 'Not is not with it'

preposition is not used after transitive..   verb like discuss, describe ,order,tell,attack etc

mania എന്നതിന്റെ അർത്ഥം: "കമ്പം,, ഭ്രാന്ത്‌, ആസക്തി" 

ഉദാ: His current mania is football.
ഫുട്ബോളാണ് അവന്റെ ഇപ്പോഴത്തെ കമ്പം.

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<li>The word illicit means 'not allowed by the law'; illegal - നിയമവിരുദ്ധമായ 
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<li>e.g. The illicit sale of drugs is a problem in our cities. (മയക്കുമരുന്നുകളുടെ അനധികൃത വിൽപ്പന നമ്മുടെ നഗരങ്ങളിൽ ഒരു പ്രശ്നമാണ്).&nbsp;</li>
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<li>lawful - നിയമാനുസൃതം</li>
<li>liberal - ഉദാരമായ</li>
<li>intelligent - ബുദ്ധിയുള്ള</li>
<li>religious - മതപരമായ</li>
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silhouette : കറുത്ത നിഴൽരൂപം, a dark shape seen against a light surface
E.g. She paused to see its silhouette against the dimming sky. ആകാശം ഇരുണ്ടു തുടങ്ങിയപ്പോൾ അവൾ അതിൻ്റെ രൂപം നോക്കി നിന്നു.

the word sheen means a soft smooth shine quality ;the word lustre which means the shinning quality of a surface is the apt choice


along which means in a line that follows the side of something long.

the expression to be an authority on something means an expert that is a person with special knowledge

the form of a verb which shows whether the subject acts ,or is being acted upon is called its voice 

when direct speech is changed to indirect speech many changes are made ---change in personal pronouns ,change in the verbs of pronouns  etc

she exclaimed that she had taken it with her to her home

she said that she had been taking it to her home

She exclaimed that she had taken it with her to her home

She said that she had been taking it to her home

the question tag must contain suitable pronoun

ഒറ്റവാക്കിൽ പറഞ്ഞാൽ "skin of my teeth" എന്നാൽ 'ഇടുങ്ങിയത്' അല്ലെങ്കിൽ 'കഷ്ടിച്ച്' എന്നാണ് അർത്ഥമാക്കുന്നത്.
- ഇത് സാധാരണയായി ദുരന്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് രക്ഷപ്പെടുന്നതിനെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനോ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യുന്നതിൽ നിങ്ങൾ വിജയിച്ചു എന്ന് സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നതിനോ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നു.

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<li>English has two articles: the and a/an.</li>
<li>The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns.</li>
<li>the = definite article</li>
<li>a/an = indefinite article</li>
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<li>a&nbsp;+ singular noun beginning with a consonant:&nbsp;a&nbsp;boy;&nbsp;a&nbsp;car;&nbsp;a&nbsp;bike;&nbsp;a&nbsp;zoo;&nbsp;a&nbsp;dog</li>
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The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.&nbsp;The&nbsp;signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. For example:
“The&nbsp;dog that bit me ran away.” Here, we’re talking about a&nbsp;specific&nbsp;dog, the dog that bit me.
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