(a) Use the following five idioms and phrases in your own sentences :…
Previous year question for Technical Communication Skills.
Question
(a) Use the following five idioms and phrases in your own sentences :
To show one's colours, Out of the blue, In black and white, To live from hand to mouth, To come to light, To throw some light upon, To be in the soup, On the verge of.
(b) Insert a suitable preposition/adverb in the following :
(i) He succeeded ............... escaping .......... the burning house.
(ii) The children are very fond ......... swimming .......... summer they spend most ......... their time .......... water.
(iii) How are you getting ........... in school ?
(iv) There is no point .......... going .......... car if we can't park near the theatre.
(v) She made a point ............. coming late so that everyone would look her.
(c) In the following sentences select the verb form which you feel is appropriate. If both the verb forms are appropriate, say why :
(i) The acoustics of the large hall (is, are) very poor.
(ii) Success and happiness (is, are) the goal of every student.
(iii) Statistics (is, are) a very difficult subject.
(iv) There (was, were) number of players waiting near the gate.
(v) Mr. Sharma, together with his five guests, (has, have) gone out to dinner.
- Year: 2018
- Subject: Technical Communication Skills
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