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 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 option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
While he saw the bear, he ran to the nearest tree, dropped his gun and climbed to a safe place.
Option 1: When he saw the bear
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: No sooner did he see
Option 4: Hardly he saw the bear
Either you and he will have to pay for this damage.
Option 1: or he
Option 2: with he
Option 3: but he
Option 4: nor he
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