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IBPS Clerk Unit 8A: Contextual Vocabulary and Word Formation — practice questions

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Choose the correct form: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'Read the answer and worked solution →Match each word to its synonym (Bank English)Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and match: word to its antonym (Bank English)Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the WRONG idiom meaning (Bank English)Read the answer and worked solution →Typing rush: type each banking/grammar term correctlyRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists as a synonym of BRAVERead the answer and worked solution →Tap every word Fernald lists as a synonym of HONESTRead the answer and worked solution →Which headword does this belong under?Read the answer and worked solution →Choosing the nearest synonymRead the answer and worked solution →Match each headword to a synonym from its entryRead the answer and worked solution →

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Choose the correct form: 'By the time we arrived, the movie ___.'

  1. started
  2. starts
  3. had started
  4. has started
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Correct answer: C. had started

For an action completed BEFORE another past action, use past perfect ('had started'). 'By the time we arrived' = past event the movie starting was earlier.

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Match each word to its synonym (Bank English)

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Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Voracious
    Right
    Greedy
  2. Left
    Lucid
    Right
    Clear
  3. Left
    Frugal
    Right
    Thrifty

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Flip and match: word to its antonym (Bank English)

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  1. A
    Generous
    B
    Stingy
  2. A
    Bold
    B
    Timid
  3. A
    Permanent
    B
    Temporary
  4. A
    Wise
    B
    Foolish

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