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(c) polyandry

Polyandry is having more than one husband at a time. Polygamy is having several spouses in general, and bigamy is having two spouses (illegally).

(d) None

"World War II" is a proper name, so it takes no article.

(c) when she will get

After "Do you know", the question becomes an embedded (indirect) question, so normal statement word order is used: subject before verb ("when she will get married"), not "when will she get".

(c) have

The subject "The boys" is plural, so the plural auxiliary "have" is used with "done": "The boys who have done this work are intelligent."

(b) Despite

"Despite" is followed directly by a noun phrase ("his repeated failure"). "In spite" would need "of", while "Although" and "Even though" need a full clause.

(a) is

"Bread and butter" is thought of as one single item (a combined food), so it takes a singular verb: "Bread and butter is our daily need."

(c) Don't let yourself be seen

The imperative "Don't let people see you" becomes passive by making "you" the receiver of the action: "Don't let yourself be seen."

(b) express grief falsely

"Crocodile tears" means insincere or fake sorrow, like the crocodile that is said to weep while devouring its prey.

(c) haven't you

"You've done" is "You have done", a positive statement with the auxiliary "have", so the tag is negative: "haven't you?"

(d) None

Rara Lake is the name of a particular lake, a proper noun, so no article is used: "Rara Lake is popular all over the world." The article "The" would be wrong here.

(a) Metaphor

A metaphor compares two things directly without words such as "like" or "as" (e.g. "Life is a journey"). A simile uses "like/as".

(a) will you

A tag for an imperative sentence, including an emphatic one beginning with "Do", is normally "will you?": "Do come tomorrow, will you?"

(a) Volatile

"Volatile" means unstable and liable to change suddenly, which fits the political climate. "Voluble" means talkative, "voluminous" means very large, and "vulnerable" means easily harmed.

(d) than

"No sooner" is followed by "than": "No sooner had they left than it started to rain." ("Hardly/scarcely" take "when".)

(b) catch

The collocation is "catch cold": "I put on warm clothes so that I might not catch cold."

(a) for

"Look for" means to search: "What are you looking for?"

(b) her

After the preposition "from" (understood after "and"), the object form is needed: "I expect nothing from you and her."

(c) requires

The subject is the gerund phrase "Reading quickly and well", which is singular, so the verb is "requires": "Reading quickly and well requires practice."

(b) that

After "all" (an indefinite word), the relative pronoun "that" is used, not "which": "All that glitters is not gold."

(c) twinkled

Stars "twinkle" (shine with small flickering light), which suits the peaceful night scene. "Shimned" is not a word, and "beamed" and "glittered" are less natural for stars.

(d) with

"Fill ... with" is the correct pattern: "Fill the jug with pure water."

(a) An accident

"Accident" is a singular countable noun beginning with a vowel sound, so it needs "an": "there's been an accident."

(b) bars of soap

"Soap" is uncountable, so it stays singular, and the countable unit "bar" takes the plural: "twelve bars of soap". The form "soaps" is wrong.

(d) at

"Yell at" someone means to shout angrily at them: "She yelled at him."

(c) the manager's office

The possessive of a person is usually shown with 's before the thing owned: "the manager's office". The other forms are wrongly built.

(b) a

"Cheaper hotel" is a singular noun phrase beginning with a consonant sound, and no particular hotel is meant, so "a" is used: "Why don't you stay at a cheaper hotel?"

(a) in finding

"Succeed" takes the preposition "in" followed by a gerund: "Have you succeeded in finding the job yet?"

(b) rink

A rink is a place for skating (ice rink, roller rink). A pitch is for football or cricket, an arena is a general stadium, and a court is for tennis or basketball.

(b) speech

"Lose one's speech" is the correct collocation, with the noun "speech". Talk is not used this way, and speak and speaking are not nouns here.

(c) so that

"So that" expresses purpose: he disguised himself in order that people would think he was poor.

(d) work

"Make" in the active voice takes a bare infinitive (make + object + base verb): "made the students work hard".

(a) expansion

After the verb "undergo" a noun is needed. "Expansion" is the noun, so metals undergo expansion when heated.

(a) will you

An imperative sentence takes the question tag "will you?": "Stop that noise, will you?"

(a) The woman, who is wearing blue sari, is my teacher

The relative clause is set off by a pair of commas and the verb "is" has a proper subject. Option (c) lacks the closing comma, and the others have faulty plurals or missing relative pronouns.

(a) moving

"Would you mind" is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing): "Would you mind moving our car?"

(a) supercede

The correct spelling is "supersede". Exceed, proceed and concede are correctly spelt.

(b) lion:lair

A convict is kept in a prison in the way a lion is kept in (lives in) its lair; the relationship is an occupant and its dwelling place. Fowl: kennel does not fit, since a kennel is for dogs.

(a) hedonist

A hedonist is devoted to sensuous pleasure and enjoyment. A stoic is indifferent to pleasure, and an epicure is a lover of fine food and drink.

(a) arrive

The time word "now" calls for the present tense, so "They arrive now" (present simple, as in announcing an event) fits best; the past and future forms conflict with "now".

(d) moss

The proverb is "A rolling stone gathers no moss": a person who keeps moving from place to place or job to job never settles down or builds anything lasting.

(b) endemic

An epidemic spreads quickly through a population and then dies down. An endemic disease is always present in a particular place at a steady level, so it is the usual opposite. A pandemic is a wider epidemic, not an opposite.

(d) of

"Guilty" takes the preposition of: "The prisoner was proved guilty of the crime."

(a) S + V + DO + ADJ

She (subject) + felt (verb) + herself (direct object) + lifted up (a participle describing the object, i.e. an adjectival complement).

(a) of

A superlative is followed by of when it picks one from a group: "the worst of all".

(c) to renovate

The causative get takes an object and a to-infinitive: "get someone to do something". (Compare have someone do and get something done.)

(c) rudely

"Mind your own business" is an impolite thing to say, so the adverb that fits is rudely. Harshly is close, but rudely is the standard collocation for this remark.

(d) healthy

Morbid means unhealthy, especially an unwholesome interest in death, disease or gloomy things. Its opposite is healthy (wholesome). Cheerful is opposite only to the "gloomy" sense, so healthy is the better answer.

(c) new red wool

Adjectives before a noun follow the order opinion → size → age → shape → colour → origin → material → purpose. Here: age (new) → colour (red) → material (wool).

(b) remained fine

"She would certainly come" is the result clause of a second conditional (would + verb), so the if-clause takes the simple past: "if the weather remained fine".

(c) calligraphy

Penmanship is the art or skill of handwriting, which is what calligraphy means.

(a) Respectfulness

Obeisance is deep respect, often shown by bowing; its synonym is respectfulness (deference, homage).

(a) chapter two

A noun followed by a cardinal number takes no article: chapter two. With an ordinal you need the: the second chapter. So (b) lacks the article, and (c) and (d) are not standard.