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Q1. The root 'mal' in 'malnutrition' means:
- say
- good
- bad
- far
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Answer: C. bad
The correct answer is “bad”. 'mal' in 'malnutrition': bad.
Q2. Fill in the blank: They ___ the poem next week.
- will translate
- had been translating
- are translating
- have been translating
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Answer: A. will translate
The time expression 'next week' requires the future indefinite.
Q3. Change into indirect speech: Ayesha said, "I have translated the poem here."
- Ayesha said that she has translated the poem there.
- Ayesha said that I had translated the poem here.
- Ayesha said that she had been translating the poem there.
- Ayesha said that she had translated the poem there.
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Answer: D. Ayesha said that she had translated the poem there.
'have translated' → 'had translated'; pronoun → 'she'; here → there.
Q4. In a formal letter, the closing when the recipient's name is not known is:
- Yours sincerely
- Yours faithfully
- Dear Sir/Madam
- polite, concise and impersonal
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Answer: B. Yours faithfully
Closing when the recipient's name is not known: Yours faithfully.
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