English Language MCQ practice free online · page 116

Correct option: A — to be treated the way you have treated others

To get a taste of your own medicine- to be treated the way you have treated others.

Correct option: C — avoiding to talk about the issue

Beating around the bush- avoiding to talk about the issue.

Correct option: D — have yet

have yet The given sentence is in the active voice as the subject ‘I’ is the being considered the doer of the action. Therefore, ‘been’ will be removed from the sentence. ‘Have to’ is a semi-modal and takes the first form of the verb(go) after it. Hence, ‘have yet’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: C — go through

go through ‘Go through’ is a phrasal verb which means to study something in detail. The given sentence states that you all need to go through the books prescribed in your syllabus. Hence, ‘go through’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — tirade of abuse

tirade of abuse ‘Tirade of abuse’ is the correct phrase to use here. It means a long angry speech in which someone criticies a person. The given sentence states that she faced a tirade of abuse after insisting that she was too beautiful to be liked. Hence, ‘tirade of abuse’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: D — between you and me

between you and me A preposition takes an objective case pronoun after it. ‘Between’ is a preposition that will take ‘me’ instead of ‘I’. Hence, ‘between you and me’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — affects the character

affects the character The given sentence needs a verb, not the noun ‘effects’ for the subject ‘the plot of the story’. ‘The plot of the story’ is a singular subject that will take ‘affects’ as a singular verb. Hence, ‘affects the character’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — despite decades of

despite decades of ‘Despite’ does not take ‘of’. Therefore, ‘of’ will be removed. Hence, ‘despite decades of’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: B — had left before I reached

had left before I reached If two actions took place in the past then the 1st action must be in the Past perfect tense (Had + V3) and the 2nd action must be in the Simple Past tense(V2). In the given sentence, ‘train leaving’ is the first action, so it will be written in past perfect tense. Hence, ‘had left(V3) before I reached(V2)’ is the most appropriate answer.

Correct option: A — whom she later married

whom she later married ‘Whom’ is a relative pronoun used for the object in a relative clause. In the underlined part, ‘whom’ has been used for the person she married. Hence, ‘whom she later married’ is the most appropriate answer.