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Indian Navy AA (Artificer Apprentice) Idioms — practice questions — page 2

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Reading the rules backRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the paragraph rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: compositionRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: tighten a sentenceRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Rule of usage, or principle of composition?Read the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: rule with its pointRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: punctuation rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Applying the principlesRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence problem Strunk's rules would catchRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the composition principlesRead the answer and worked solution →More of Strunk's rulesRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: sentence structureRead the answer and worked solution →Which rule is being applied?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of the active voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the definition of the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Active or passive?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Naming the voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: turn an active sentence passiveRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: why the passive is usedRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every sentence in the passive voiceRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: voice with its signatureRead the answer and worked solution →Which sentence element moved?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Reading the rules back

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Questions
  1. Question
    The possessive singular of a noun is formed by adding
    Choices
    1. s'
    2. es
    3. 's
    Correct choice
    's
  2. Question
    Parenthetic expressions are enclosed between
    Choices
    1. commas
    2. colons
    3. dashes only
    Correct choice
    commas
  3. Question
    Independent clauses should NOT be joined by
    Choices
    1. a semicolon
    2. a comma alone
    3. a conjunction
    Correct choice
    a comma alone
  4. Question
    Strunk's advice on needless words is to
    Choices
    1. keep them for rhythm
    2. replace them with longer ones
    3. omit them
    Correct choice
    omit them
Straight recall of the numbered rules. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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Complete the paragraph rules

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Missing parts
  1. Answer
    paragraph
    Choices
    1. paragraph
    2. sentence
    3. clause
  2. Answer
    topic
    Choices
    1. topic
    2. closing
    3. quoted
Complete the statement
Make the {0} the unit of composition, one for each topic. As a rule, begin each one with a {1} sentence.
Two rules govern how a paragraph is built. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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True or false: composition

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  1. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The paragraph is the unit of composition.
  2. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Each paragraph should as a rule begin with a topic sentence.
  3. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    Co-ordinate ideas should be expressed in similar form.
  4. Statement is true
    No
    Statement
    Related words should be kept far apart.
  5. Statement is true
    Yes
    Statement
    The emphatic words of a sentence belong at the end.
Each line is one of Strunk's principles, stated straight or bent. Source: The Elements of Style, William Strunk Jr. (1918), public domain.

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