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Question 2 MCQ · 2.0 marks
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Suggest a synonym for the word “wretched”
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Miserable
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Cheerful
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Ordinary
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Nervous
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A synonym should preserve the word’s meaning in its sentence. The Student describes his life as deeply unhappy because he lacks the rose.
**2. Apply it:** Wretched therefore means miserable here, rather than simply ordinary or anxious.
**Answer: A — Miserable.**
A: **Correct:** Miserable expresses severe unhappiness.
B: **Incorrect:** Cheerful is the opposite emotional state.
C: **Incorrect:** Ordinary means usual, not unhappy.
D: **Incorrect:** Nervous means anxious, which is less exact than miserable.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Why is the student unhappy?
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He has lost his books
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He cannot find a red rose
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He is too poor
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He cannot see the play
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The girl’s willingness to dance with the Student depends on receiving red roses.
**2. Apply it:** His garden contains no red rose, so he fears losing the dance and her attention.
**Answer: B — He cannot find a red rose.**
A: **Incorrect:** The passage does not say he has lost his books.
B: **Correct:** The missing red rose prevents him from meeting her condition.
C: **Incorrect:** Poverty is not identified as the immediate problem.
D: **Incorrect:** The event is a ball, not a play he cannot attend.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Where does the nightingale live?
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In a rose bush
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In the palace
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In a holm oak tree
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In the Student’s room
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The narrator places the Nightingale’s nest in a holm-oak tree.
**2. Apply it:** She hears the Student from that nest and looks through its leaves.
**Answer: C — In a holm oak tree.**
A: **Incorrect:** The desired rose is not the location of her nest.
B: **Incorrect:** The palace is connected with the ball, not her home.
C: **Correct:** This is the explicitly stated nesting location.
D: **Incorrect:** Her nest is outside, not in the Student’s room.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
What does the nightingale call the student?
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A fool
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A true Lover
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Selfish
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Dishonest
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The question asks for the Nightingale’s description, not a reader’s later judgment of the Student.
**2. Apply it:** She interprets his distress as evidence of sincere romantic feeling and calls him a true lover.
**Answer: B — A true Lover.**
A: **Incorrect:** She does not call him a fool in this extract.
B: **Correct:** This is her repeated description of him.
C: **Incorrect:** Selfish is not her stated assessment here.
D: **Incorrect:** She does not accuse him of dishonesty.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
According to Nightingale, love is:
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Easy to buy
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Less valuable than gold
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More precious than emeralds
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Found only in books
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The Nightingale compares love with valuable gems and says that money cannot purchase it.
**2. Apply it:** Her comparison places love above emeralds and other material treasures.
**Answer: C — More precious than emeralds.**
A: **Incorrect:** She explicitly rejects buying love in a marketplace.
B: **Incorrect:** She values love more highly than material wealth.
C: **Correct:** It accurately captures her comparison with emeralds.
D: **Incorrect:** She recognizes love in the Student’s feelings, not only in books.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Which word is closest in meaning to “heed”?
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Attention
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Anger
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Fear
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Pride
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** To heed someone is to pay attention to or take notice of them.
**2. Apply it:** The Student fears that the girl will pass him without paying attention.
**Answer: A — Attention.**
A: **Correct:** Attention preserves the intended meaning.
B: **Incorrect:** Anger is a feeling, not the act of noticing.
C: **Incorrect:** Fear is not the meaning of heed.
D: **Incorrect:** Pride does not mean attention.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Which word can be a substitute for "clasped"?
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Held
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Dropped
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Threw
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Opened
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** To clasp a hand is to hold it firmly or closely.
**2. Apply it:** The imagined dance involves her hand being held in his.
**Answer: A — Held.**
A: **Correct:** Held gives the appropriate sense of clasped.
B: **Incorrect:** Dropped describes releasing rather than holding.
C: **Incorrect:** Threw describes projecting something away.
D: **Incorrect:** Opened does not describe holding a hand.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
What is the meaning of “What I sing of, he suffers”?
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The Nightingale dislikes music
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The Student is a musician
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The Nightingale is jealous
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The Student experiences the pain of love
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The Nightingale distinguishes singing about love from actually enduring its painful emotions.
**2. Apply it:** The Student suffers the longing and sorrow that form the subject of her songs.
**Answer: D — The Student experiences the pain of love.**
A: **Incorrect:** The contrast does not express dislike of music.
B: **Incorrect:** It does not identify the Student as a musician.
C: **Incorrect:** There is no evidence that she is jealous.
D: **Correct:** It explains his direct experience of love’s suffering.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
What is the theme of the passage?
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Wealth
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Nature
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Love
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Friendship
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A passage’s theme is its central concern, rather than every object or setting mentioned.
**2. Apply it:** The Student’s longing and the Nightingale’s reflections repeatedly center on romantic love.
**Answer: C — Love.**
A: **Incorrect:** Wealth is used as a comparison, not the main subject.
B: **Incorrect:** Trees and birds provide the setting rather than the central theme.
C: **Correct:** Love unifies the emotions and reflections.
D: **Incorrect:** The central relationship is romantic, not ordinary friendship.
**Read the following passage and answer the given subquestions.**
“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student; “but
in all my garden there is no red rose.” From her nest in the holm-oak tree, the Nightingale heard
him, and she looked out through the leaves, and wondered. “No red rose in all my garden!” he
cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. “Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I
have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for
want of a red rose is my life made wretched.” “Here at last is a true lover,” said the Nightingale.
“Night after night have I sung of him, though I knew him not; night after night have I told his story
to the stars, and now I see him. His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the
rose of his desire; but passion has made his face like pale ivory, and sorrow has set her seal upon
his brow.” “The Prince gives a ball tomorrow night,” murmured the young Student, “and my love
will be of the company. If I bring her a red rose, she will dance with me till dawn. If I bring her a
red rose, I shall hold her in my arms, and she will lean her head upon my shoulder, and her hand
will be clasped in mine. But there is no red rose in my garden, so I shall sit lonely, and she will pass
me by. She will have no heed of me, and my heart will break.” “Here indeed is the true lover,” said
the Nightingale. “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. Surely Love is a
wonderful thing. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and
pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the
merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.” “The musicians will sit in their
gallery,” said the young Student, “and play upon their stringed instruments, and my love will dance
to the sound of the harp and the violin. She will dance so lightly that her feet will not touch the
floor, and the courtiers in their gay dresses will throng around her. But with me she will not dance,
for I have no red rose to give her”; and he flung himself down on the grass, and buried his face in
his hands, and wept.
Source: The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde
Which simile describes the student’s face?
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Red as fire
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Cold as ice
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Like pale ivory
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Bright as gold
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A simile explicitly compares things using words such as like or as.
**2. Apply it:** The passage compares the Student’s passion-paled face with pale ivory.
**Answer: C — Like pale ivory.**
A: **Incorrect:** His face is described as pale, not fiery red.
B: **Incorrect:** No comparison of his face to ice is given.
C: **Correct:** This is the stated comparison describing his face.
D: **Incorrect:** The passage does not compare his face with gold.
Look at the word given below and study the sound that is underlined in it. Choose the option
which has the same sound:
"Zap"
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Bus
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Business
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Boss
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Swab
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The underlined Z in Zap represents the voiced consonant /z/. Match sounds rather than spellings.
**2. Apply it:** Business, commonly /ˈbɪznɪs/, contains /z/ even though that sound is written with s.
**Answer: B — Business.**
A: **Incorrect:** Bus ends in voiceless /s/.
B: **Correct:** Its medial /z/ matches the target sound.
C: **Incorrect:** Boss has /s/, not /z/.
D: **Incorrect:** Swab starts with /s/ followed by /w/.
All the words below share the same vowel sound except:
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Pain
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Main
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Said
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Rain
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Pain, main and rain share the vowel diphthong /eɪ/.
**2. Apply it:** Said is normally /sed/, with the short vowel /e/, so it is the exception.
**Answer: C — Said.**
A: **Incorrect:** Pain has the shared /eɪ/ sound.
B: **Incorrect:** Main has the shared /eɪ/ sound.
C: **Correct:** Said has /e/ rather than /eɪ/.
D: **Incorrect:** Rain has the shared /eɪ/ sound.
State true or false:The word "extradite" has a CCC consonant cluster in it.
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True
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False
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A CCC cluster consists of three consonant sounds without an intervening vowel.
**2. Apply it:** In extradite, commonly /ˈek.strə.daɪt/, the second syllable begins with /str/: /s/, /t/ and /r/.
**Answer: A — True.**
**Convention note:** Across the syllable boundary the full sequence /kstr/ has four consonants. The statement is true because a CCC onset /str/ occurs within it, not because the entire uninterrupted sequence has only three consonants.
A: **Correct:** The /str/ syllable onset is a three-consonant cluster.
B: **Incorrect:** It overlooks the consonants /s/, /t/ and /r/ together.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The semivowel in the usual pronunciation /ˈpjʊəraɪl/ is the palatal glide /j/, as in yes.
**2. Apply it:** The question writes that glide as /y/. Puerile begins with /p/ followed by this glide.
**Answer: A — /y/.**
**Convention note:** The options use /y/ as a teaching label. Standard IPA writes this English glide /j/; IPA [y] denotes a different, vowel sound.
A: **Correct:** The option’s /y/ represents IPA /j/, the glide heard here.
B: **Incorrect:** The labial-velar glide /w/ is not the intended sound.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A diphthong is one vowel nucleus that changes quality during its articulation.
**2. Apply it:** Ply /plaɪ/ contains /aɪ/. In the intended pronunciation, spew has a consonant glide /j/ followed by the long vowel /uː/, not a vowel diphthong.
**Answer: C — Ply.**
A: **Incorrect:** Spew /spjuː/ has /j/ plus /uː/.
B: **Incorrect:** Fleece /fliːs/ has the long monophthong /iː/.
C: **Correct:** Ply contains the diphthong /aɪ/.
D: **Incorrect:** Ugly /ˈʌɡli/ does not contain the target diphthong.
Choose the word with a “th” sound from the following:
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Thick
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Theatre
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Fought
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Both Thick and Theatre
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The intended th sound is the voiceless dental fricative /θ/.
**2. Apply it:** Thick begins with /θ/, and theatre also begins with /θ/. Fought has no dental-fricative sound.
**Answer: D — Both Thick and Theatre.**
A: **Incorrect:** Thick has /θ/, but it is not the only qualifying word.
B: **Incorrect:** Theatre has /θ/, but thick qualifies too.
C: **Incorrect:** Fought has /f/ and /t/, not /θ/.
D: **Correct:** It includes both qualifying words.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A proper noun names a particular person, place or entity, rather than a general class.
**2. Apply it:** Mumbai names a specific city; city, teacher and school are common nouns.
**Answer: D — Mumbai.**
A: **Incorrect:** City is a general category.
B: **Incorrect:** Teacher names an occupation generally.
C: **Incorrect:** School names a general type of institution.
D: **Correct:** Mumbai names a particular city.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A collective noun names a group treated as a unit.
**2. Apply it:** Flock can name a group of birds or sheep, whereas the other choices name individual entities.
**Answer: A — Flock.**
A: **Correct:** Flock refers to a group.
B: **Incorrect:** Flower names an individual plant structure.
C: **Incorrect:** Teacher names an individual person.
D: **Incorrect:** Bird names an individual animal.
Choose the sentence where an adverb modifies another adverb:
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He runs quickly
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She is extremely intelligent
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They moved somewhat slowly
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The garden is beautiful
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb; identify what it qualifies.
**2. Apply it:** In They moved somewhat slowly, slowly modifies moved, and somewhat modifies the degree of slowly.
**Answer: C — They moved somewhat slowly.**
A: **Incorrect:** Quickly modifies the verb runs.
B: **Incorrect:** Extremely modifies the adjective intelligent.
C: **Correct:** Somewhat modifies the adverb slowly.
D: **Incorrect:** Beautiful is an adjective; there is no adverb modifying another adverb.
Identify the adjective type in the sentence:“The soup tastes delicious”
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Predicative
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Attributive
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Distributive
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Demonstrative
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A predicative adjective follows a linking verb and describes its subject.
**2. Apply it:** In The soup tastes delicious, tastes links soup to the adjective delicious.
**Answer: A — Predicative.**
A: **Correct:** Delicious is a subject complement after tastes.
B: **Incorrect:** An attributive adjective would precede the noun, as in delicious soup.
C: **Incorrect:** No distribution over members, such as each or every, is expressed.
D: **Incorrect:** Delicious does not point to an object like this or that.
Substitute the underlined word with a pronoun:“Sarah helped John.”
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He
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She
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Him
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They
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The PDF underlines John, the person receiving the action of helped. An object requires an object-case pronoun.
**2. Apply it:** Replacing John gives Sarah helped him, not Sarah helped he.
**Answer: C — Him.**
A: **Incorrect:** He is a subject-form pronoun.
B: **Incorrect:** She is subject-form and does not replace the male object named here.
C: **Correct:** Him is the appropriate object pronoun.
D: **Incorrect:** They is subject-form and does not match the intended singular referent.
Choose the correct pronouns:“________ gave _______ the keys”
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Him, I
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Her, I
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Me, she
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She, me
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The giver is the grammatical subject; the recipient after gave is an object.
**2. Apply it:** She gave me the keys uses subject-form she and object-form me in the required positions.
**Answer: D — She, me.**
A: **Incorrect:** Him cannot be the subject here, and I is not the recipient form.
B: **Incorrect:** Her is not the required subject form, and I is not the object form.
C: **Incorrect:** Me and she reverse the required cases.
D: **Correct:** She is the subject and me is the recipient object.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The usual collocation is a talent for something or a talent for doing something.
**2. Apply it:** The natural sentence is She has a talent for painting.
**Answer: D — She has a talent for painting.**
A: **Incorrect:** In can name a field in other constructions, but is not the usual collocation sought here.
B: **Incorrect:** With is not the standard preposition for this activity complement.
C: **Incorrect:** At is common with good at, but for is the standard talent collocation.
D: **Correct:** Talent for painting is the established construction.
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Antonyms express contrasting meanings rather than similar positions or relations.
**2. Apply it:** Before and after place events on opposite sides of a reference time.
**Answer: C — Before/after.**
A: **Incorrect:** Beside and next to are near-synonyms.
B: **Incorrect:** Under and beneath are near-synonyms.
C: **Correct:** Before and after express opposing temporal relations.
D: **Incorrect:** Among and amidst have related rather than opposite meanings.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
“Wow! I’m so happy for you!”
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Interjection
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Conjunction
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Adverb
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Adjective
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** An interjection expresses an immediate reaction and can stand outside a sentence’s grammatical structure.
**2. Apply it:** The underlined Wow expresses delighted surprise before the statement of happiness.
**Answer: A — Interjection.**
A: **Correct:** Wow is an emotional exclamation.
B: **Incorrect:** It does not join clauses or words.
C: **Incorrect:** It does not modify a verb, adjective or adverb.
D: **Incorrect:** It does not describe a noun.
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
"Catherine was worried about her work."
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Abstract noun
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Verb
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Noun
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Adverb
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The PDF underlines was, not worried or work. Was is a past-tense form of the verb be.
**2. Apply it:** Its role in Catherine was worried is verbal, whether worried is analyzed as a state adjective or part of a passive construction.
**Answer: B — Verb.**
A: **Incorrect:** Was does not name an abstract quality.
B: **Correct:** Was is a form of be and therefore a verb.
C: **Incorrect:** It does not name a person, thing or activity.
D: **Incorrect:** It does not function as an adverb.
Choose the correct option: "You__________ help me!"
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Should to
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Have to
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Have to is followed by a base verb to express obligation. The modal should takes a base verb without to.
**2. Apply it:** You have to help me is grammatical; the alternative would have to be You should help me, with to removed.
**Answer: B — Have to.**
A: **Incorrect:** Should to help incorrectly adds to after the modal.
B: **Correct:** Have to help is the correct obligation construction.
State whether the given meaning of the phrase is true or false: "Getting a second wind"
Meaning: Having energy again after being tired.
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True
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False
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Getting a second wind is an idiom for recovering energy after tiredness or difficulty.
**2. Apply it:** The supplied definition matches renewed energy rather than a literal change in the wind.
**Answer: A — True.**
A: **Correct:** The stated meaning matches the idiom.
B: **Incorrect:** The definition is not incorrect.
Choose the correct option:
The phrase "To build castles in the air" means ______________.
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To make castles in the sky
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To create dreams, hopes, or plans that are unrealistic
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** An idiom’s meaning need not equal the literal meanings of its words.
**2. Apply it:** Building castles in the air means forming attractive but unrealistic hopes or plans.
**Answer: B — To create dreams, hopes, or plans that are unrealistic.**
A: **Incorrect:** The idiom does not literally describe construction in the sky.
B: **Correct:** It captures the figurative meaning of unrealistic plans.
Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb:
"The bullies _____ Isaac."
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Tucked in
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Dropped in
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Picked on
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Hit on
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** To pick on someone means repeatedly to criticize, harass or treat that person unfairly.
**2. Apply it:** The subject bullies makes picked on Isaac the fitting completion.
**Answer: C — Picked on.**
A: **Incorrect:** Tuck in concerns settling someone comfortably or beginning to eat, not harassment.
B: **Incorrect:** Drop in means visit informally.
C: **Correct:** Picked on describes bullying Isaac.
D: **Incorrect:** Hit on commonly means discover an idea or make a romantic approach, not the intended bullying meaning.
You might not want to bring that incident up at the moment
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Do you get along well with your in-laws?
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I came across an old thatched hut
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A separable particle verb allows a noun object between its verb and particle.
**2. Apply it:** Bring that incident up places the object between bring and up; bring up that incident is also possible.
**Answer: B — You might not want to bring that incident up at the moment.**
A: **Incorrect:** Look forward to keeps its complement after the complete expression.
B: **Correct:** The noun object separates bring from up.
C: **Incorrect:** Get along with does not allow its complement to move inside the expression.
D: **Incorrect:** Come across meaning encounter keeps its object after across.
He has turned into an irrevocable liar, hasn’t he?
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Touch on a subject means mention it briefly; on must remain before the subject complement.
**2. Apply it:** The correction is The teacher touched on the concept briefly. The concept cannot be inserted between touched and on in this sense.
**Answer: C — The teacher touched the concept on briefly.**
**Convention note:** Irrevocable liar in D is an unusual lexical choice; irredeemable or habitual liar would be more idiomatic. C is the clear phrasal-verb ordering error targeted by the question.
A: **Incorrect:** Broke up correctly means that the crowd dispersed.
B: **Incorrect:** Stuck up for him correctly means defended or supported him.
C: **Correct:** Select it: touched the concept on incorrectly separates the expression.
D: **Incorrect:** Turned into is correctly followed by its complement, and hasn’t he matches has turned.
Choose the correct option:
"You ________ pay attention to the lecture."
(Context: To indicate the requirement of appropriate behaviour in the form of advice or
suggestion.)
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Might
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May
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Should
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Can
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** Should commonly gives advice or states desirable conduct without the force of an absolute command.
**2. Apply it:** The context asks for advice about attending to a lecture, so You should pay attention fits.
**Answer: C — Should.**
A: **Incorrect:** Might primarily expresses possibility here.
B: **Incorrect:** May commonly expresses permission or possibility.
C: **Correct:** Should supplies the requested advice.
D: **Incorrect:** Can mainly expresses ability or permission.
Choose an appropriate prefix that gives the antonym of "apologetic":
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Dis-
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Mis-
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Un-
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Non-
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The established negative adjective is unapologetic, meaning not apologetic or not expressing regret.
**2. Apply it:** Add un- to apologetic to form its usual antonym.
**Answer: C — Un-.**
A: **Incorrect:** Disapologetic is not the standard opposite.
B: **Incorrect:** Mis- usually signals error rather than this established negation.
C: **Correct:** Un- forms unapologetic.
D: **Incorrect:** Non- is not the usual prefix for this lexical antonym.
Choose the correct option: "Despite facing financial difficulties, they managed to ____________their
savings for several months."
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Live up
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Live on
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Live down
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Live through
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** To live on money means use that money to meet living expenses.
**2. Apply it:** Living on their savings means funding daily needs from previously saved money.
**Answer: B — Live on.**
A: **Incorrect:** Live up normally needs to, as in live up to expectations.
B: **Correct:** Live on savings is the intended source-of-support expression.
C: **Incorrect:** Live down means overcome the embarrassment of something.
D: **Incorrect:** Live through means experience and survive a difficult period.
Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.
**Employee:** ______________________ **(1)**
**HR**: Yes, Rakesh. Good morning.
**Employee:** Good morning ma’am. Sorry to call you instead of emailing, but this is urgent.
**HR:** _____________**(2)**
**Employee:** ______________**(3)**. Something unexpected came up.
**HR:** I see. How many days are you requesting?
**Employee:** Just tomorrow. ____________**(4)**
**HR:** Okay, I’ll process it right away. I’ll confirm as soon as it’s approved.
**Employee:** ____________________**(5)**
**HR:** You’re welcome. I’ll handle it. Take care.
Complete blank (1) with an appropriate response:
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I want to apply for a leave
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Hi, am I talking to the HR representative?
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Hello, this is Rakesh from the software development team. Am I talking to Ms.
Sunitha?
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I need to discuss something urgent.
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A professional telephone opening should introduce the caller and politely confirm the recipient.
**2. Apply it:** The option naming Rakesh, his team and Ms. Sunitha establishes both identities before the urgent request.
**Answer: C — Hello, this is Rakesh from the software development team. Am I talking to Ms. .**
A: **Incorrect:** It starts the request without identifying the caller or recipient.
B: **Incorrect:** It checks the recipient generally but omits the caller’s identity.
C: **Correct:** It provides a clear introduction and polite identity check.
D: **Incorrect:** It announces urgency without the necessary introduction.
Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.
**Employee:** ______________________ **(1)**
**HR**: Yes, Rakesh. Good morning.
**Employee:** Good morning ma’am. Sorry to call you instead of emailing, but this is urgent.
**HR:** _____________**(2)**
**Employee:** ______________**(3)**. Something unexpected came up.
**HR:** I see. How many days are you requesting?
**Employee:** Just tomorrow. ____________**(4)**
**HR:** Okay, I’ll process it right away. I’ll confirm as soon as it’s approved.
**Employee:** ____________________**(5)**
**HR:** You’re welcome. I’ll handle it. Take care.
Complete blank (2) with an appropriate response:
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No problem. What’s going on?
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Call me back later!
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I am busy right now, just email it to me.
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This better be important.
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** HR’s response should acknowledge the apology and invite an explanation of the urgent situation.
**2. Apply it:** No problem. What’s going on? does both and leads naturally to the leave request.
**Answer: A — No problem. What’s going on?.**
A: **Correct:** It reassures the employee and opens the discussion.
B: **Incorrect:** It dismisses the urgent call abruptly.
C: **Incorrect:** It rejects the chosen channel without acknowledging the emergency.
D: **Incorrect:** It sounds threatening rather than courteous.
Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.
**Employee:** ______________________ **(1)**
**HR**: Yes, Rakesh. Good morning.
**Employee:** Good morning ma’am. Sorry to call you instead of emailing, but this is urgent.
**HR:** _____________**(2)**
**Employee:** ______________**(3)**. Something unexpected came up.
**HR:** I see. How many days are you requesting?
**Employee:** Just tomorrow. ____________**(4)**
**HR:** Okay, I’ll process it right away. I’ll confirm as soon as it’s approved.
**Employee:** ____________________**(5)**
**HR:** You’re welcome. I’ll handle it. Take care.
Complete blank (3) with an appropriate response:
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I will be taking a leave
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I need to leave
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I’m shall not coming in tomorrow.
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I need to take a leave tomorrow.
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** The next line asks how many days are requested, so the employee must explain the need for leave.
**2. Apply it:** The option mentioning leave tomorrow clearly states the request and its date, matching the later answer Just tomorrow.
**Answer: D — I need to take a leave tomorrow..**
**Convention note:** The source uses take a leave, common in some regional varieties. In broadly standard workplace English, I need to take leave tomorrow or I need a day off tomorrow is more natural; D is the intended best option.
A: **Incorrect:** It announces leave but omits when it is needed.
B: **Incorrect:** Need to leave can mean departing immediately rather than requesting tomorrow off.
C: **Incorrect:** I’m shall not coming is grammatically malformed.
D: **Correct:** It states the intended absence and the relevant day.
Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.
**Employee:** ______________________ **(1)**
**HR**: Yes, Rakesh. Good morning.
**Employee:** Good morning ma’am. Sorry to call you instead of emailing, but this is urgent.
**HR:** _____________**(2)**
**Employee:** ______________**(3)**. Something unexpected came up.
**HR:** I see. How many days are you requesting?
**Employee:** Just tomorrow. ____________**(4)**
**HR:** Okay, I’ll process it right away. I’ll confirm as soon as it’s approved.
**Employee:** ____________________**(5)**
**HR:** You’re welcome. I’ll handle it. Take care.
Complete blank (4) with an appropriate response:
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I’ll be back the day after
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I’ll show up the day after, no promises
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I guess I’ll be back the day after
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I’ll be back when I’m done
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A one-day leave request should give HR a clear, dependable return date.
**2. Apply it:** I’ll be back the day after confirms that the employee expects to return after tomorrow’s absence.
**Answer: A — I’ll be back the day after.**
A: **Correct:** It clearly commits to returning after the one-day leave.
B: **Incorrect:** No promises undermines a reliable return arrangement.
C: **Incorrect:** I guess introduces avoidable uncertainty.
D: **Incorrect:** When I’m done does not provide a specific return date.
Complete the telephonic conversation given below with the most polite and correct responses.
**Employee:** ______________________ **(1)**
**HR**: Yes, Rakesh. Good morning.
**Employee:** Good morning ma’am. Sorry to call you instead of emailing, but this is urgent.
**HR:** _____________**(2)**
**Employee:** ______________**(3)**. Something unexpected came up.
**HR:** I see. How many days are you requesting?
**Employee:** Just tomorrow. ____________**(4)**
**HR:** Okay, I’ll process it right away. I’ll confirm as soon as it’s approved.
**Employee:** ____________________**(5)**
**HR:** You’re welcome. I’ll handle it. Take care.
Complete blank (5) with an appropriate response
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Okay, thanks. Just make it happen fast
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Thanks, I guess
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Alright, fine
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Thank you, I really appreciate it
Published solution
**1. Identify the rule or evidence:** A polite closing should thank the person for the assistance without adding pressure or resentment.
**2. Apply it:** Thank you, I really appreciate it expresses clear gratitude and fits HR’s following You’re welcome.
**Answer: D — Thank you, I really appreciate it.**
A: **Incorrect:** The demand for speed weakens the courtesy.
B: **Incorrect:** I guess makes the thanks sound reluctant.
C: **Incorrect:** Alright, fine conveys resignation rather than appreciation.
D: **Correct:** It sincerely thanks HR for the help.