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:
The house - the only one in the entire valley sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one (1)______ see the river and the field of ripe corn dotted with the flowers that (2)______ promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth (3)______ was a downpour or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Paul - who (4)______ his fields intimately (5)______ done nothing else but watch the sky towards the north-east.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5
For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Forty winks
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.
A friend of mine is working as a photographer of the local newspaper.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
It’s raining cats and dogs
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given options.
The essay is divided into five paragraphs and every of these has seven sentences.
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.
Robert told me about his new job, which he’s enjoying very much.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.