The adjective “desirous” is idiomatically followed by the preposition “of” to express a wish or longing for something.
22. Choose the correct verb:When Sally ____________ her first play, she bought a present for her parents.
(A) receive
(B) received
(C) has received
(D) had received
Answer:
(B) received
Explanation:
The sentence discusses a sequence of events in the past. Because “bought” is in the simple past tense, the dependent clause should logically match it with the simple past “received.”
23. Antonym for word – agree is
(A) beginning
(B) ward
(C) disagree
(D) wide
Answer:
(C) disagree
Explanation:
The direct morphological antonym for the verb “agree” is “disagree,” created by adding the negative prefix “dis-“.
24. Tick mark the correct form of passive among the given options.The train ____________ arrive at 11:30 but it was an hour late.
(A) supposed to
(B) is supposed to
(C) was supposed to
(D) were supposed to
Answer:
(C) was supposed to
Explanation:
Because the second half of the sentence (“but it was an hour late”) establishes the past tense context, the past passive construction “was supposed to” is required.
25. Choose the correct preposition from the given options:Apples are selling ____________ five rupees a kilo.
(A) in
(B) from
(C) at
(D) of
Answer:
(C) at
Explanation:
In English grammar, the preposition “at” is used to denote the rate, price, or speed of an item or action.
