Section B: Grammar (7x1 mark)
For each question
from 6 to 12, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make
your choice (1,2,3 or 4).
6. She
was ready to take _________ the challenge once she realised she had a fighting
chance of winning.
(1) in
“take in” means to include or stay in
(2) on
ü
means “take up challenge” or “rise to the challenge”
(3) off “take off” used more
for “airplane take off”
(4) over
“take over” means assuming
control of something
7. That
bicycle belongs to neither my brother nor _________.
(1) I
(2) me ü “Me” is an object
pronoun the rest are not. See http://www.grammar.cl/Notes/Object_Pronouns.htm
(3) my
(4) myself
8. My
sister, along with her five closest friends, _________ to spend a night at a
chalet. They will be back tomorrow.
(1) go
(2) goes
(3) has gone ü
Present perfect tense used because action
happened at an unspecified time before now
(4) have
gone
9. _________
the haze, life still goes on.
(1) Due
to
(2) Despite ü
“despite”
shows contrast, does not need ‘of ’ or subject verb after that.
(3) Although
“although” shows contrast, but
we use a subject and a verb.
(4) Because
of
10. He
always goes to the gymnasium _________ ?
(1) is
it
(2) isn’t
it
(3) does
he
(4) doesn’t he ü negative
interrogative, does/doesn’t are used for question that include “he, she, it”
11. Of
the two speakers, Fiona speaks __________.
(1) clearer adjective
(2) clearest adjective
(3) more
clearly ü
“clearly” is a adverb that describes “speaks”
(4) most
clearly “most” is used more for 3 or
more objects
12. If
it rains, the game _________ cancelled.
(1) is
(2) will
be ü depicted in the
if-clause is a result of the main clause
(3) would
be “would” is
possible in if-clauses
(4) would
have been
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