Usage | MCQs

Explanation

"The petrol boat picked up signals of a ship in distress."

• "Distress" is a noun that refers to a state of danger or emergency.

• "Distressed" is an adjective, but it doesn’t fit the grammatical structure of the sentence.

• "Distressing" is a present participle/adjective that refers to something causing distress, but here we need the noun "distress".

Explanation

"As it was a minor offence, the traffic policeman let him off with a warning."

• "Offence" (noun) means a violation or a wrongdoing, especially of a law or rule.

• The sentence is talking about a small violation, so "minor offence" is the correct phrase.

Explanation

"Wise people do not spend their money foolishly."

• "Wise" is an adjective describing people.

• We use adjectives before nouns (e.g., wise people).

• "Wisely" is an adverb, and "wisdom" is a noun — both do not fit here.

Explanation

"I laughed at him for making a silly mistake."

• "Laughed at" is the correct phrase used when you are mocking 

• "For" is used to explain the reason for the action (in this case, making a silly mistake).

Explanation

The ship is bound for Pakistan. جہاز پاکستان کے لیے روانہ ہے۔

Be bound for is followed by a noun.  ship (noun)

Bound for is an idiom which means  منزل کی جانب رواں دواں

So "bound for" is the best option to make a meaningful sentence,

if in the sentence " the shipped" is mentioned  we select option A "to" because " bound to" is followed by a verb and "ships or shipping is a transitive verb

so bound for is the correct option

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Explanation

Fall Off is a phrase which means گرنا

ایملی گھوڑے سے گررئی ہے۔

Explanation

We do not use an article before the names of most cities, including Peshawar.

The sentence is correct as: "Do you still live in Peshawar?"

Explanation

"An honest person always speaks the truth."

• "Truth" is a noun and is the correct object of the verb "speaks".

• "True" is an adjective, and "truly" is an adverb — neither fits grammatically here.

Explanation

"The gift was bought for her."

"For" is used to indicate the recipient of the gift or action.

The gift was bought from her.

The correct preposition is "from" when indicating the source or seller.

So, the sentence becomes: "The gift was bought from her."

The gift was bought by her.

The correct preposition is "by" when indicating the agent performing an action (who bought the gift).

So, the sentence becomes: "The gift was bought by her."

Explanation

• She has been working since morning.
• This indicates that she started working in the morning and continues to do so.