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Two full clauses joined by 'but' usually take which mark just before 'but'?Read the answer and worked solution →'I cut down all the trees, which were over six feet tall.' What does the comma show?Read the answer and worked solution →Which word is a preposition in 'The cat sat under the desk'?Read the answer and worked solution →Which preposition fits: 'My birthday is ___ 5 August.'Read the answer and worked solution →In English, a preposition normally comes where?Read the answer and worked solution →Which English word comes after its noun, like a postposition?Read the answer and worked solution →In Hindi, small relation words such as 'ka' come after the noun. They are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'Maya is very proud ___ her team.'Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'Dev is very good ___ drawing.'Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'Please listen ___ the teacher.'Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'Rohan will insist ___ paying the bill.'Read the answer and worked solution →In 'the pen of my aunt', the word 'of' shows what?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'The thief was caught by a police officer', the word 'by' marks who?Read the answer and worked solution →In 'Give the gift to him', the word 'to' marks which role?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase shows only a location and no movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Which sentence says that she actually reached the fence?Read the answer and worked solution →Can an English sentence end with a preposition, as in 'What did you sit on?'Read the answer and worked solution →'The fog stretched from London to Paris.' What do 'from' and 'to' show?Read the answer and worked solution →Which preposition fits: 'The cat jumped ___ the box and hid.'Read the answer and worked solution →

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Two full clauses joined by 'but' usually take which mark just before 'but'?

  1. a colon
  2. a hyphen
  3. an apostrophe
  4. a comma
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Correct answer: D. a comma

A comma normally comes before a coordinating conjunction that joins two independent clauses.

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'I cut down all the trees, which were over six feet tall.' What does the comma show?

  1. Only tall trees were cut
  2. Short trees were saved
  3. All the trees were cut
  4. No trees were cut
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Correct answer: C. All the trees were cut

With the comma the which-clause only adds information, so every tree was cut; without it only the tall ones would be cut.

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Which word is a preposition in 'The cat sat under the desk'?

  1. cat
  2. under
  3. sat
  4. desk
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Correct answer: B. under

Under shows where the cat sat in relation to the desk.

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