In each of the following sentences, an idiomatic expression or a proverb is highlighted: Select the alternative which best describes its use in the sentence:
The course of events made it necessary for Joseph to start working.
The team put their plan into execution the very next day.
Mrs Nayak opened the discussion on the “alarming rate of poverty in India”.
The new law on “Right to Food Safety” will come into force next month.
When the girl wanted to stay out past midnight, her father put his foot down.
Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence: The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5) i.e: ‘No Error’ (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if any.
(A) A public safety advertising/(B) campaign in Russia/(C) hope to draw attention/(D) of pedestrians crossing the road/(E) No Error.
(A) Nuclear waste will still being/(B) radioactive even after twenty thousand years,/ (C) so it must be disposed/(D) of very carefully. (E) No Error.
(A) My friend lived at the top/(B) of an old house/ (C) which attic had been/(D) converted into a flat./(E) No Error.
(A) The Renaisssance was/(B) a time to ‘reawakening’/(C) in both the arts/(D) and the sciences./(E) No Error.
(A) A cash prize was/(B) award to the most/ (C) successful salesman of the year/(D) by the President of the company.(E) No Error.