Verbal ability questions

• keeps back means to not go near something.
• keeps back synonym-conceal, reserve, put by, store up,.
• Antonyms - let out, give in to.
• Example -he had kept back from the river when he could"

• A compound word is formed when two or more words are combined to create a new word with a specific meaning.
• In this case, "Passers-by" is a compound word formed by combining the words "passers" and "by."
• "Passers" is derived from the verb "to pass," indicating people who are passing or moving by.
• "By" is a preposition indicating the location or direction of the passing.

Some important collective nouns

• A herd of Cranes
• A herd of giraffes
• A pack of rats
• A flock of birds
• A piece of jewellery
• A pile of money
• A ray of sunshine
• A pinch of salt
• A bolt of sunshine

Worse and redder are a comparative words

The correct answer is option C.

• Called off means 'to cancel'
• Called on: visit
• Called up: to call somone
• Called out: to call loudly to make a deal

• This type of question is reported by using 'ask' (or another verb like 'ask') + question word + clause. The clause contains the question, in normal word order and with the necessary tense change.
• While reporting a ‘wh’ question;
• Said/said to – Changes to asked. (because it’s a question)
• Connecting word is question word itself.
• Sentence should be changed to statement and then report it.
• After reporting, don’t put question mark because it changes to a statement and only put full stop.

For eg;

• He said to me, ‘where are you going’? You are going (statement)
• He asked me where I was going.

• She said to him, ‘When will you come? You will come (statement)
• She asked him when he would come.

• He said to me,’ what are you doing?’
• He asked me what i was doing.

• She said to me,’why are you late?
• She asked me why i was late.

Conditional sentences

Type 1 . conditional sentence

eg: If he asks me, I will help him.

Type 2 . conditional sentence

eg: If he asked me, I would help him.

Type 3. conditional sentence

eg: If I had known her address, I would have sent an invitation.

Meanings of the words are as follows: moot- raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility) servitude- the state of being a slave or completely subject to someone more powerful feudalism- A form of dominant social system. abortive- failing to produce the intended result sovereign- very good or effective muzzle- prevent (a person or group) from expressing their opinions freely So, as per their meanings, the order of the antonyms or near antonyms of the words highlighted in bold is: CAB. The correct pairs of antonyms are- mooted-muzzled, feudalism-servitude, sovereign-abortive. Hence, option (c) is correct.

They said that they had lived in this city for many years.

• One who speaks less - Reticent
• One who thinks only for oneself, a person who is selfish, self absorbed and self centered - Egoist
• One who thinks only of himself - Egoist
• One who thinks only of welfare of women - Feminist

The term goose applies to the female in particular, while gander applies to the male in particular. Young birds before fledging are called goslings.

• The teacher punished Peter as he was doing bandy words with the teacher.
• Hot on the trail of : Chasing and close to catching.
• The police are hot on the trail of the escaped convicts.

• Loiter aimlessly- to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.

• The phrasal verb for the word is Hang about.

• Hang about - spend time aimlessly; wait around.

• Delight X sorrow
• Disgrace X honour
• Secret X public
• Confine X free.

• The correct answer is Option A.
• When changing direct speech into indirect speech, changes have to be made to a sentence.
• Verb tenses usually shift back a tense (into the past).
• Word order often needs to change.
• Pronouns often need to change.
• Words indicating place and time need to change
• First person pronouns (I, me, us, we, mine, our) in reported speech change into third person pronouns (he, she, it, they, him, his, her, hers, them, their, theirs), if the reporting verb refers to third person pronouns.
• am \( \rightarrow \) was

Reserved word can be formed from the given word DERVREES because all the letters are present in Reserved form the given word.

Unscrambler word can be formed from the given word SCURABLERNM because all the letters are present in Unscrambler form the given word.

• Algae is the plural and singular is alga

• Crisis - crises

• Medium -media

• Tooth - teeth

• Credulous describes people who would be wise to be a bit more skeptical, or things that ought to be approached with some skepticism.
• Voluble most often describes an individual who speaks easily and often.
• Bully is usually one whose claims to strength and courage are based on the intimidation of those who are weaker.

• In this example, ‘I love to travel’ is an independent clause and then it is joined by a dependent clause ‘because I get to meet a lot of interesting people’ making it a complex sentence.
• The complex sentence has one main clause and 2 or more subordinate clauses.
• For Example:
• As she was intelligent she could answer all the questions that we put to her.
• Although he was wealthy, still he was unhappy.

• Antonym of expand is contract.
• Antonym of tedious is relaxed.
• Antonym of startled is relaxed.
• Antonym of help is hinder.

• Manservant means, a male servant.
• The plural form of manservant is manservants or menservants.

Mystify: Puzzling, vague, not clear
Except “mystify” other words are group of synonyms of elucidate means proper details, explanation.

• Rhetoric: The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

• Rhetoric is the art of speaking or writing effectively. For example: The audience was impressed by the rhetoric the young girl used in her speech.

• Euphoria is the experience of pleasure or excitement and intense feelings of well-being and happiness.

• Dichotomy means a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups.

• Ascription means the attribution or acknowledgment of something to a cause.

• A Question tag is a small question at the end of a statement.
• Question tags are used when asking for agreement or confirmation.
• Type 1 - a positive statement + a negative question tag.
• Ex: Mohan is smart, isn't he?
• Type 2 - a negative statement + a positive question tag.
• Ex: Mohan is not smart, is he?

• A load of cobblers - A bunch of nonsense, Rubbish
• Eg : I feel that his speech is a load of cobblers.
• Out of the blue : Happen unexpectedly .
• Out on a limb : Do something risky.
• Let sleeping dogs lie : Leave something alone if it might cause trouble.

• Hit on/upon- to think of an idea unexpectedly or unintentionally
• Hand something in- submit
• Hang in- stay positive
• Look down on somebody- think less of, consider inferior

• Garble - Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.
• Eg : The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice.
• The synonyms of garble is confuse. It also has meanings like falsify, belie, warp, twist, distort, color, disguise, slant, jumble, misunderstand, slur, mangle, misread, exaggerate, obscure, alter, misconstrue, varnish, alter, mumble, mistake, change, tamper with.
• Interpret - Explain the meaning of (information or actions).

• The present perfect continuous tense is employed in a sentence to indicate an action that started in the recent past and is still continuing in the present.
• For Example:

1. He has been going to the morning walk.
2. She has been watching a movie since morning.
3. John has been studying for four hours.
4. They have been playing football.

Option b is the correct answer

Set in : To begin

Set back : Delay

Set out : Start a Journey

• Ponder means think about carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.
• Anticipate means regard as probable.
• Evaluate means form an idea of the amount, number or value of.
• Increase means become or make greater in size, amount or degree.

• A complex sentence is a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
• Complex sentences are easy to spot as they often use subordinating conjunctions like because, since or until to connect clauses.
• For example:
• 'Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave'.

• ‘Although he is extremely talented, he is stage shy.’ is a complex sentence.

• A complex sentence is made up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses connected to it. Dependent clauses begin with subordinating conjunctions like after, although, as, because, before, even, if, etc.

Reynard is the masculine gender of Vixen.

Boar is the masculine gender of Pig.

Buck is the masculine gender of Kangaroo.

• The correct answer is Option C – Future Tense.
• The future tense uses the helping verbs will or shall.
• The definition of future tense is a grammatical tense expressing an action that has not yet happened and and that will happen at some point in the future.
• For example;

1. He will come next month.
2. I shall give an order tomorrow.
3. I will meet him later.

• Disparage opposite is praise.
• Disparage means regard or represent as being of little worth.
• Other similar words are belittle, minimize,dismiss,mock,ridicule etc.
• Ex: He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors.

The synonyms of curious is inquisitive. It also has meanings like peculiar, strange, unusual, queer, weird, nosy, quaint, unconventional, uncommon, remarkable, funny, unique, exotic, abnormal, rare, exceptional, snoopy, outlandish.

• Lend an ear : If you lend an ear or lend a sympathetic ear to someone or their problems, you listen to them carefully and with concern.
• Example:My mother was always willing to lend an ear and offer what advice she could.
• Hence , it mean to listen to one, especially when they are discussing a problem.
• Example:Sorry I'm late, I had to lend an ear to Jane. She's been going through a lot lately.
• Example:Thank you for lending an ear, I feel much better now that I've gotten that off my chest.

The mispelt word is Analize. Correct word is Analyse. Analyse means to study or examine something carefully in a methodical way.

• Feminine gender of Elephant is called cow or cow-elephant
• Horse(Male): Stallion
  Horse(Female): Mare
• Donkey(Male): Jack
  Donkey(Female): Jenny

An act is said to be intra vires (“within the power”) of a person or corporation when it is within the scope of his or its powers or authority. It is the opposite of ultra vires.

• beau geste -A fine or noble gesture
• Bona fide -In good faith
• De facto - In fact
• De luxe - Of a very high quality

• A flight of stairs leads to the terrace.
• Here are some examples of common collective nouns.
• A bouquet of flowers.
• A bunch of flowers.
• A fleet of ships.
• A pack of cards.
• A wad of notes.

• en attendant- meanwhile
• en bloc- altogether
• en core - call for a repeat performance
• en masse- several persons
• en passant- in passing
• en route - on the way
• en train- in progress

The correct answer is Option A.

The present perfect continuous is formed using the construction has/have been + the present participle (root + -ing).

For eg; He has been playing football for a long time.

Option B is Present Perfect Tense.

For eg; She has lived here all her life.

Option C is Present Continous Tense.

For eg; She is writing a book.

Option D is Past Continuos Tense.

For eg; She was living here .

The third person pronouns are he, she, it and they. Among which they is plural and remaining all are singular.

A plural pronoun is a pronoun that refers to and takes the place of plural nouns (a noun that refers to more than one person, place, or thing). Some common plural pronouns are them, they, their, and us. In first person pronoun I and we are plurals.

picnic: an occasion when a packed meal is eaten outdoors, especially during an outing to the countryside.

Antonyms of allay is intensify. It also has opposite words like aggravate, stir, rage, worsen, arouse, stimulate, agitate, incite, make war, irritate, excite, rile, disturb, heighten, increase, banter, stir up, discomfort.

A simple sentence is a sentence that consists of just one independent clause. In other words, a simple sentence has no dependent clauses.

Hence, option A is the correct answer.

• en attendant- meanwhile
• en bloc- altogether
• en core - call for a repeat performance
• en masse- several persons
• en passant- in passing
• en route - on the way
• en train- in progress

• canard- an untrue story spread to confuse people
• carte blanche- full freedom, full authority
• charisma - a divinely conferred power of talent
• circa -about

A whisper is the opposite of a shout

• SPEAK OF THE DEVIL MEANS : the person whom you are talking about actually appears at the moment.

*IMPORTANT IDIOMS*

• Back of beyond - a remote place.
• Hot on the trail of - Chasing and close to catching.
• Bandy words - To argue pointlessly with someone

The empire state building is higher than most other buildings.

The Comparative Degree denotes the existence of a higher degree of the quality than the positive. It is used when two things (or two sets of things) are compared.