In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:
After a lesson on negative sentences, a pupil tells his teacher, "I ain't got no pencils." She corrects him immediately saying, "The correct way to say (1) ______ is, "I don't have any pencils". "We don't (2) ______ any pencils." "He (3) ______ have any pencils. They don't have any pencils. (4) ______ you understand?" asks the teacher. "No," the boy answers, astonished. "(5) ______ happened to all the pencils?"
For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words
A person who is skilled at writing beautifully
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The Chairman advised them to build a bridge between the two companies using ______ and compromise.
Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words
The statistical study of the population
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The doctor told his patient, "Continue the same course of medicines for the next week."
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
The express bus generally stops at only the major towns on the route.