Verbal Ability
21 Board English previous year questions on Verbal Ability — options free on every question; 2 include the answer & explanation free, the rest unlock with PYQ Pass.
Chose the odd one out:
Shoes
(C) Shoes
All others (jacket, shirt, coat) are upper-body clothes; shoes are worn on feet.
He had read our minds correctly. (turn into interrogative)
Hadn't he read our minds correctly?
(D) Hadn't he read our minds correctly? CORRECT. Positive assertive (past perfect) → Negative interrogative: 'Hadn't he read...' is the correct form.
(A) Had he read our minds correctly? WRONG. A neutral question — but the rule requires the negative form (Hadn't) when converting a positive assertive.
(B) Did he not have read our minds correctly WRONG. Grammatically incorrect — "did" cannot combine with "have read" (past perfect). Missing question mark too.
(C) Did he not read our minds correctly? WRONG. Uses simple past "did read" instead of past perfect "had read" — wrong tense structure.
M. Hamel was too emotional to utter a word. (remove 'too')
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Taking the money the tramp ran away. (Turn into compound sentence)
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Are you _______ ?
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He will die unless he is operated on. (Choose with 'if')
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You do preach worse than a parson. (change the degree)
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I had reached the station before the arrival of the train. (Identify the type)
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Mukesh insists on being his own master. (correct complex sentence)
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Has anyone seen the wind? (Choose the correct assertive sentence)
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A ___________ woman has to observe some rituals and customs during pregnancy.
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It was an extraordinary thing in those days. (Turn into interrogative)
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The poet had visited the Gemini Studios. (Begin sentence with 'it')
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I jumped over the bench and sat down at my desk. (Turn into Simple Sentence)
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The tramp did not say anything. (Turn into affirmative sentence)
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A government by one person is ________ .
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My children told me that they would love me _______
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He seemed to be quite frightened. (turn into exclamatory)
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The crofter locked the door and put the key in his pocket. (use 'No sooner ... than')
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It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end. (Turn into negative sentence)
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It is too early to thank him. (Remove 'too')
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