10 Questions with Answers & Explanations
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a big fuss over a small matter
a strong wind
violent storm
highly successful
a big fuss over a small matter
The idiom 'a storm in a teacup' refers to an exaggerated reaction or great excitement about a trivial matter.
seismologist
anthropologist
geologist
meteorologist
geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes the Earth and other terrestrial planets.
raised
rose
arose
aroused
rose
"Rose" is the past tense of the intransitive verb "rise," which is used when something moves upwards by itself, such as the sun.
Nickname
Pseudonym
Nomenclature
Title
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a fictitious name used by an author to publish their work, often called a 'pen name'.
cold
cool
cooling
dark
cool
'Cool' is the appropriate adjective to describe the pleasant and refreshing shade of a tree, which provides relief from the heat for a traveler.
I said to him, "You are not working hard."
I told to him, "You are not working hard."
I said, "You are not working hard."
I said to him, "He is not working hard."
I said to him, "You are not working hard."
In indirect speech, 'told him' is changed from 'said to him' in direct speech. The pronoun 'he' in indirect refers back to 'you' in direct, and 'was' (past) reverts to 'are' (present).
51432
43512
42351
42153
42351
Arranging the parts 4-2-3-5-1 creates the grammatically correct interrogative sentence: 'Have you seen my bag?'
the preceding events corroborated his involvement in the crime
the additional information confirmed his guilt
the subsequent events established that he was guilt
the subsequent events proved that he was innocent
the subsequent events proved that he was innocent
The conjunction 'Although' introduces a contrast; if investigations pointed towards him, the contrast is that he was actually innocent.
Context: He saw nothing, he had no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off. Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three of the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and next morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed.
carve his name
make his escape
tease the guard
call for breakfast
make his escape
Dantes specifically kept the sharp fragments to 'attack the wall', a clear indication of an attempt to tunnel out or damage the prison structure to escape.
isn't it
won't I
will I
is it
won't I
For a positive statement with the future auxiliary 'will', the correct question tag is 'won't' followed by the subject pronoun.
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