Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets.<\/p>\n
1. Everyone seemed impressed with the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the idea.<\/p>\n
a) original<\/p>\n
b) originality<\/p>\n
c) originate<\/p>\n
Answer: originality<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Here the article \u2018the\u2019 preceding the blank space suggests that the following word is a noun.<\/p>\n Original is an adjective. It goes before a noun. Originate is a verb. Originality is a noun.<\/p>\n 2. Booker was \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. of the boy from Ohio who could read and write.<\/p>\n a) envy<\/p>\n b) envious<\/p>\n c) enviable<\/p>\n Answer:envious<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 3. The boy was \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. because he was ill.<\/p>\n a) irritable<\/p>\n b) irritability<\/p>\n c) irritably<\/p>\n Answer: irritable<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n 4. The media has to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 its campaign against corruption.<\/p>\n a) intense<\/p>\n b) intensify<\/p>\n c) intent<\/p>\n Answer: intensify<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The particle \u2018to\u2019 suggests that the following word is a verb. Intense is an adjective. Intensify is a verb. Intent is a noun.<\/p>\n 5. The government has declared its \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 to privatize the railways.<\/p>\n a) intent<\/p>\n b) intentional<\/p>\n c) intention<\/p>\n Answer: Either \u2018intent\u2019 or \u2018intention\u2019.<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n Both words are nouns. Intentional is an adjective.<\/p>\n 6. A true leader should remain calm and not react to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n a) provoke<\/p>\n b) provocation<\/p>\n c) provocative<\/p>\n Answer: provocation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The word provocation is a noun; provoke is a verb and provocative is an adjective.<\/p>\n 7. He takes great \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. in helping the poor and the needy.<\/p>\n a) pleasing<\/p>\n b) please<\/p>\n c) pleasure<\/p>\n Answer: pleasure<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Pleasure is a noun; please is a verb and pleasing is an adjective.<\/p>\n 8. We spent a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 week in Malaysia.<\/p>\n a) memorize<\/p>\n b) memorable<\/p>\n c) memory<\/p>\n Answer: memorable<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Memorize is a verb; memorable is an adjective and memory is a noun.<\/p>\n 9. For a refugee, life is always \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n a) precarious<\/p>\n b) precariously<\/p>\n c) precariousness<\/p>\n Answer: precarious<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Precarious is an adjective; precariously is an adverb; precariousness is a noun.<\/p>\n 10. Indiscriminate consumption will lead to the faster \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. of non-renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n a) exhaustion<\/p>\n b) exhaustive<\/p>\n c) exhausted<\/p>\n Answer: exhaustion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Notes<\/p>\n The word that following an article (a, an, the) or another determiner (some, any, this, that, few, both etc) should be a noun.<\/p>\n The word that precedes a noun should be an adjective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. Everyone seemed impressed with the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the idea. a) original b) originality c) originate Answer: originality Here...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kerala-syllabus-english","tag-sslc-english-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}