Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Mr. Alfred hasn’t thought of his friend since he went abroad. Out of sight, out of mind.
Option 1: Once you leave the country, your memories vanish
Option 2: He lost his memory, as he could not see
Option 3: If you do not see someone, you forget about them.
Option 4: He simply forgot
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Correct Answer: If you do not see someone, you forget about them.
Solution : The third option is correct.
Explanation: The underlined segment, out of sight, out of mind, is an idiomatic expression that means that when something or someone is no longer visible or present, it tends to be forgotten. The correct option should capture the essence of this idiom. The third option is the most appropriate substitution because it maintains the idiomatic meaning of the original sentence.
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Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said to his brother, “Pack your bags and leave now.”
Option 1: He ordered his brother to pack your bags and leave now.
Option 2: He instructed his brother to pack his bags and leave then.
Option 3: He suggested his brother that he should pack his bags and leave then.
Option 4: He told his brother that pack your bags and leave now.
Question : Select the correct idiom to replace the underlined segment in the given sentence. Harry always speaks his eye but he is not always very diplomatic!
Option 1: speaks his tongue
Option 2: reads his heart
Option 3: speaks his mind
Option 4: listens his ear
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
I told him that if he went around the park he would see some rare flowers.
Option 1: I said to him, “If you go around the park you would saw some rare flowers.”
Option 2: I said to him, “If you went around the park you would see some rare flowers.”
Option 3: I said to him, “If he went around the park he will see some rare flowers.”
Option 4: I said to him, “If you go around the park you will see some rare flowers.”
Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to his brother, "Where did you go for a picnic?"
Option 1: He asked his brother where he had gone for a picnic.
Option 2: He asked his brother where did you go for a picnic.
Option 3: He asked his brother where did he go for a picnic.
Option 4: He asked his brother where he went for a picnic.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Has he lost his mind? He is falling foul of everybody.
Option 1: Quite puzzled with
Option 2: Maintaining a sort of coldness
Option 3: Having an amicable talk with
Option 4: Quarrelling with
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