English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s):
inoffensive
Options:In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:
Ali is crying because his mother was killed in a _____ accident
Options:Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).
The hospital can now boast of more _____?
Options:Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).
The stockbroker said it was an astute move to sell the shares then.
Options:In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:
I am _____ to another week's holiday this year after such a tedious job.
Options:In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:
His attempts were nipped in the bud
Options:If we examine the opportunities for education of girls or women in less developed countries, we usually find a dismal picture. In some countries, the ratio of boys to girls in secondary schools is more than seven to one. What happens to the girls? Often they are kept at home to look after younger siblings and to perform a variety of domestic chores. Their education is not perceived as in any way equal in importance to that of boys. When a non-literate or barely literate girl reaches adolescence, she has little or no qualification for employment, even if her community provides any opportunity for the employment of women. The solution is to get her married as soon as possible, with the inevitable result that she produces children too soon, too often and too late. With no formal education, she is hardly aware that there is any alternative. In a study made in Thailand, it was noted that the literate woman marries later and ceases childbearing earlier than her non-literate counterpart. But the latter is so chained to her household by the necessities of gathering fuel, preparing food and tending children that she is very difficult to reach, even if health services, nutrition, education, maternal and child health centres are available in her community. She does not understand what they are intended to do.
The phrase 'too late' in the passage implies that the woman Options:Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
The company paid some money to Abu to _____him for losses he suffered during the accident.
Options:Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:
If _____ one day we would talk about it for weeks
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