I have read the book. ( I have gone through the book. ) =go through The strike was withdrawn. ( The strike was called off. ) = call off The summer started early this year. ( The summer set in early this year. )=set in The baby r…

The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its dreary gray days and bitter cold, we dream of those endles…

Food can maintain and save life. It can destroy life as well. Proper food serves as medicine, improper food works as poison. A little care about the quality and quantity of food will keep us healthy and happy. If we go about eat…

Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yes…

Put your shoes... - it's too cold to walk around barefoot. You must get... now or you will be late for school. Sit... , please. I'll be with you in a minute. Could you take this note... for me, please? Don't give... …

A revision lesson. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb form. The first one has been done for you. 1. I am in the classroom. (am/is/are)  2. Mrs Hill's daughter ________ clever. (am/is/are)  3. Sasha and Valera _____…

When you are being interviewed for a job, remember that it's normal for many people to be nervous, particularly in such a stress-producing situation. There are plenty of jobs - indeed, probably most - where a little nervousn…

My suit is a little too long ________ the arms. (Of /at/over/in) Ans. At. Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of place are used to refer to a place, usually to de…

I usually stay at home _____night. Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of time are used to denote time in a sentence. Let's look at the usage of various alter…

Look _______ that picture. Isn't it beautiful? Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of place are used to refer to a place, usually to denote the location of so…

They found it _________ the bottom of the sea. Option A- At is used to indicate a point of time or place, state, direction. age or occupation, degree. In the given sentence a point of place is indicated. Hence it is the correct …

We couldn't arrive ________ the airport in time. (At/to/in/on) Prepositions are words that indicate relationships with the other words in the sentence. Prepositions of place are used to refer to a place, usually to denote th…

We sit .........the dining table. a) at b) upon c) on d) by  'by' is incorrect as it means 'sitting beside' the dining table for dinner. 'On' and 'upon' are incorrect as they mean sitting on top of…

The Indian Premier League (lPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by 8 teams representing 8 cities of India. The league was founded by the Board of Control for Cricke…

l arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so asked a porter. I spoke English not only very carefully, but clearly as well. The porter, however, could not unders…

The body of primitive man, a faraway and primitive man called Homo sapiens, so far as we can reconstruct from the fragmentary evidence we have, was exactly like our own, and his brain was as big as that of modern man and quite a…

Mr. Smith gave his wife ten pounds for her birthday - ten pretty pound notes. So the day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went shopping. She queued for a bus; got on and sat down next to an old lady. After a while, she noticed tha…

Ever since humans have inhabited the earth, they have made use of various forms of communication. Generally, this expression of thoughts and feeling has been in the form of oral speech. When there is a language barrier, communic…