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Kerala PSC English Grammar Book Study Materials 1 Page 271
Book's First PageIMPROVEMENT OF SENTENCES I brush my teeth every day at 7 O’clock in the 685. (2) Been is the Past Participle of be morning is the right sentence. gone is the Past Participle of go. 670. (2) below and under can mean lower than; below is Been describes completed visits. used when one thing is not directly under another. When we refer to a destination, to (Prep.) is used. under is used when something is covered by what is Here, to (Prep.) is the right usage. over it. 686. (1) engulfed (V.) : flow over/ cover completely Hence, live below poverty line is the right usage. circled (V.) : to move in a circle, especially in the air 671. (2) Here, Only I can do is the right usage. It means : encircled (V.) : to surround somebody/something Only I not others. completely in a circle 672. (3) on (Prep.) is used when expressing one’s good surrounded (V.) : confined on all sides ; encircled wishes in the context of a happy event engulfed is generally used of a natural force which for (Pre.) is used when offering praise for someone’s sweeps over something so as to surround/cover it achievement. completely. l Congratulations on winning the lottery ! Hence, engulfed is the right usage. l Congratulations for completing 100 days without an 687. (1) Predict (v.) : tell in advance accident ! declare (V.) : to say something officially/publicly Here, on (Prep.) is the right usage. augur (V.) : to be a sign that something will be suc- 673. (3) The sentence is showing past time. Hence, lost cessful/not successful in the future her doll is the right usage. portend (V.) : to be a sign or warning of something 674. (1) In such cases, where a Negative Clause has to be that is going to happen in the future, especially some- linked, nor is used at the beginning of the Second thing bad/unpleasant Clause, followed by an Aux. V./Mod./be, followed by the Sub. and the Main V., if there is any. Here, predict is the right usage. l I don’t like him, nor does my sister. 688. (1) transcoding (V.) : computing to transfer date from ̄ ̄ one format to another Aux. V. Sub. Here, is one of the items is the right usage. Hence, nor did I is the right usage. 689. (4) No improvement 675. (1) difficult to do/understand/answer throwing tantrums (Id.) : putting on an active dis- Here, hard will replace hardly play of childish temper ; to become very angry and Old things die hard means take a long time to change/ unreasonable end it — used in Present Tense expressing emotions : expressing feelings (happiness, 676. (2) The sentence is Negative. Hence, can one (Affir- anger, frustration, etc.) mative) is the right usage. 690. (2) Reflexive Pro. is used when we want to refer back 677. (1) Singular Subject agrees with Singular Verb. to the Sub. of the sentence/clause. Hence, was is the right usage. Hence, absented himself is the right usage. 678. (3) Here, was pleased is the right usage. 691. (1) Here, when the conductor arrives is the right 679. (3) tentacles (N.) : used for feeling or holding things, usage. for moving or for getting food 692. (2) obsolete (Adj.) : no longer in use fins (N.) : a thin flat part that sticks out from a body redundant (Adj.) : more than is needed, desired/ of a fish, used for swimming and keeping balance required flippers (N.) : a flat part of the body of some sea superfluous (Adj.) : serving no useful purpose; pointless animals, used for swimming extinct (Adj.) : no longer in existence Here, tentacles is the right usage. Here, obsolete is the right usage. 680. (3) The to-Inf. is used for indicating the purpose/ 693. (4) No improvement intention of an action. In this case to has the same 694. (3) Here, is a joy is the right usage. meaning as in order to/so as to 695. (3) off (Prep.) : down or away from a place/at a dis- Hence, to keep the city clean is the right usage. tance in space/time 681. (1) for (Prep.) is used for saying how long something Hence, fell off the roof is the right usage. lasts/continues/has been the case (a period of time) 696. (1) Here, because of the is the right usage. since (Conj.) is used for saying that something has 697. (1) Here, fled is the right usage. been the case from a particular time in the past until 698. (2) Sub. is used before the (V.) now (a point in time) Hence, why you did not call is the right usage. l He has been living in Paris for three months. 699. (4) No improvement l He has been living in Paris since 1980. 700. (3) Use of double negatives – couldn’t and no more Here, for is the right usage. is incorrect. Hence, anymore will replace no more 682. (4) No improvement 701. (1) rumbles (V.) to move slowly and heavily 683. (1) help (V.) is usually followed by a Gerund and not rattles (V.) : to make a series of short loud sounds as an Inf. it moves somewhere Hence, laughing is the right usage. ripples (V.) : to move or to make something move in 684. (2) The sentence is Negative. Hence, question tag very small waves should be Affirmative i.e. does she ? is the right usage. Hence, rumbles is the right usage here. SEE–278