English: Odd Words Set 3
Direction : In each question below there are four or five statements. Each statement has pairs of words/phrases that are highlighted. From the highlighted word(s)/phrase(s), select the most appropriate word(s)/phrase(s) to form correct sentences. Then choose the best option.
- (i) The prince wanted to ascent (A)/ ascend (B) to the throne
(ii) The doctor did not expect (A)/ except (B) the patient to die during the operation.
(iii) He delivered a speech on India shining with panacea (A)/ panache (B)
(iv) The accused swore the he did not steel (A)/ steal (B) the dead body of the saint
(v) The customer could not gain access (A)/ excess (B) to his ATM account
A) BABBA
B) ABBBA
C) AAABB
D) AAABA
E) BBABA
- (i) This situation will not effect (A) /affect (B) the results.
(ii) He made several illusions(A)/ allusions (B) to the murder of the prime minister
(iii) There is little reason to altar (A) /alter (B) my decision
(iv) The chairman remarks were not very apposite (A)/ opposite (B)
A) ABBA
B) BABB
C) BABA
D) BBBA
E) BBAB
- (i) He accepted (A)/ excepted (B) my reason for being late
(ii) The ministers drank to access(A)/ excess(B)
(iii) That was a terrible accident (A)/ incident (B) in his life
(iv) We must adopt (A)/ adapt (B) ourselves to the situation.
(v) They must adopt (A)/ Adapt (B) the child if it is to be saved
A) ABABA
B) BABBA
C) ABBBA
D) BBBBA
E) BAABA
- (i) He used to be audited (A)/ addicted (B) to drinking but now he is devoted to his studies
(ii) He acted on his lawyers advise (A)/ advice (B)
(iii) The lawyer nodded in a/an assent (A)/ ascent (B) at 6.p.m
(iv) We will avenge (A)/ revenge (B) the helpless and poor people
(v) He stepped on the breaks(A)/ brakes (B).
A) BBAAB
B) ABBAB
C) BAABA
D) BBABA
E) BBAAA
- (i) My brother’s vocation (A)/ vacation (B) is banking
(ii) These customs are a relics of barbarisms (A)/ barbarity (B)
(iii) He could not bare (A)/ bear (B) such hardship
(iv) Water ran down the creak (A)/ creek(B) rapidly
(v) His acts were beneficent(A)/ beneficial (B) to all.
A) AABBB
B) ABAAB
C) BABAB
D) ABBAB
E) BAABA
- (i) Kindly reserve a birth (A)/ berth (B) for me
(ii) Shakespeare was borne (A) born (B) in Stafford
(iii) The bridle (A)/ bridal (B) ceremony lasted for two hours
(iv) They canvas (A) /canvass (B) strongly for their party.
(v) There is a special cell (A)/ sell (B) for hard core criminals.
A) ABABA
B) BBBBA
C) AAAAB
D) BAABA
E) BBABA
- (i) His manner was rather ceremonious (A)/ ceremonial (B)
(ii) The cession (A)/ cessation (B) of the territory was demanded by the British
(iii) The bill will be introduced in the current (A)/ cession (B) session
(iv) The teller was asked to cheque (A)/ check (B) his accounts
(v) The mans attitude was too childish (A)/ childlike (B) for his age
A) ABBBB
B) AABBA
C) ABABA
D) ABBBA
E) BBABB
- (i) The speaker will cite (A)/ site (B) many reasons for our failure
(ii) My work is the compliment (A)/ complement (B) of his
(iii) Her speech was scarcely comprehensible (A)/ comprehensive (B)
(iv) He spoke with baited (A)/ bated (B) breath.
(v) The young man made his uncle confidant (A)/ confident (B).
A) ABBBA
B) ABABA
C) BABBA
D) BAABA
E) AAABA
- (i) I will keep your counsel (A)/ council (B) in mind
(ii) She was conscientious (A)/ conscious (B) of her faults
(iii) He is a contemptible (A)/ Contemptuous (B) chap
(iv) He worked continuously (A)/ Continually (B) from morn till night
(v) Corporal (A)/ Corporeal (B) Punishment is forbidden in schools..
A) ABBAA
B) BAAAA
C) ABAAA
D) ABBBB
E) BBABA
- (i) This coarse (A)/ Course (B) of action will eventually ruin us.
(ii) The rumour was to far fetched to be credible (A)/ creditable (B)
(iii) Drunkenness is not among his crimes (A) /vices(B)
(iv) This custom habit (A)/ habitual (B) still exists among savages
(v) The deceased (A)/ diseased (B) sheep were examined by the vet
A) BAABA
B) ABBAA
C) AAABB
D) BABAB
E) BBBBA