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MICAT Error Spotting — practice questions

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In a formal CAT passage, the writer is described as 'eloquent'. The connotation here is:Read the answer and worked solution →The prefix 'mal-' in words like 'malfunction' and 'malice' typically conveys:Read the answer and worked solution →The idiom 'to take the bull by the horns' means:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct word: 'The principal _____ behind the school's new policy is fairness.'Read the answer and worked solution →The word 'circumlocution' is best understood by breaking it into:Read the answer and worked solution →Spot the word that does NOT mean 'praise'Read the answer and worked solution →Sort: positive connotation or negative connotation?Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: (1) One of my cousin, (2) who is studying in Canada, (3) married an American. (4) No error.Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: (1) As soon as the Prime Minister (2) entered the Hall, (3) all the foreign delegates stand up. (4) No error.Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: (1) We asked him (2) to return back the book (3) but he refused to do so. (4) No error.Read the answer and worked solution →

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In a formal CAT passage, the writer is described as 'eloquent'. The connotation here is:

  1. Critical of the writer
  2. Positive and admiring
  3. Neutral and descriptive
  4. Sarcastic, with hidden disapproval
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Correct answer: B. Positive and admiring

'Eloquent' carries a strongly positive register, signalling articulate and persuasive expression. The author is admiring.

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The prefix 'mal-' in words like 'malfunction' and 'malice' typically conveys:

  1. A sense of bad, wrong, or improperly
  2. A sense of much, many, or plenty
  3. A sense of one, single, or alone
  4. A sense of time, sequential, or after
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Correct answer: A. A sense of bad, wrong, or improperly

The Latin prefix 'mal-' means bad or wrong. Malfunction = working badly; malice = bad intent. Common CAT-vocab prefix to memorise.

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The idiom 'to take the bull by the horns' means:

  1. To confront a difficult situation directly
  2. To literally grab a bull by its horns
  3. To turn around and run from danger
  4. To delay decisions for the future
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Correct answer: A. To confront a difficult situation directly

A common business idiom for confronting a problem directly. The literal sense is the trap.

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