Each sentence given below contains a blank space. From the given alternatives choose the one that will correctly complete the sentence.
1My windows look ............... the garden.
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The phrasal verb "look out on" means that a window or room faces a particular view.
2I have prepared a rough ............... of the report.
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A first version of a report is a "draft".
3The reward was not commensurate ............... the work we did.
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The adjective "commensurate" is followed by "with".
4I don't care ............... the expense; I want the party to be a real success.
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The expression is "care about" when something matters to someone.
5Vinay does not play cricket, and ............... does Yeshwant.
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After a negative statement, use "neither" with auxiliary inversion to add another negative idea.
6I know you don't like me. I don't like you ...............
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Use "either" at the end of a negative sentence meaning also not.
7Neither did she come, ...............
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The correlative structure is "nor did she write" after "Neither did she come".
8Smoking is injurious to health, ............... you smell bad.
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After "as well as", use the gerund phrase "as well as making" here.
9On the stand there were newspapers and magazines of ............... kind.
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Before singular "kind", the natural determiner here is "every".
10If the teacher were to walk in now, we ............... in real trouble.
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In this hypothetical present situation, the correct result form is "would be".
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- My windows look out on the garden.
- I have prepared a rough draft of the report.
- The reward was not commensurate with the work we did.
- I don’t care about the expense; I want the party to be a real success.
- Vinay does not play cricket, and neither does Yeshwant.
- I know you don’t like me. I don’t like you either.
- Neither did she come, nor did she write.
- Smoking is injurious to health, as well as making you smell bad.
- On the stand there were newspapers and magazines of every kind.
- If the teacher were to walk in now, we would be in real trouble.