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Day 6: Modals of Deduction

​Question: You look tired. You _____ working all day!

​A) must have been

​B) should have been

​C) can't have been

​D) would be

​Correct Answer: A) must have been

​Quick Explanation: Use must have + past participle to make a strong positive logical deduction about something in the past.

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Day 5: Commonly Confused Words

​Question: She sang much better _____ expected.

​A) then

​B) than

​C) that

​D) from

​Correct Answer: B) than

​Quick Explanation: Use than for comparisons (better than). Use then to indicate time or sequence (first this, then that).

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Day 4: Conditional Sentences

​Question: If I _____ enough money, I would buy that car.

​A) have

​B) had

​C) had had

​D) will have

​Correct Answer: B) had

​Quick Explanation: This is a Second Conditional (hypothetical present situation). The structure is If + Simple Past, would + base verb.

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Day 1: Prepositions of Time

​Question: He has been working here _____ 2020.

​A) for

​B) since

​C) from

​D) during

​Correct Answer: B) since

​Quick Explanation: Use since for a specific point in time (2020) and for for a duration/duration length (e.g., for 4 years).

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Question: Hardly had he reached the station ______ the train left.

​(A) than

​(B) when

​(C) then

​(D) that

​Answer: (B) when

(Rule: The pair for 'Hardly/Scarcely' is always 'when'. 'No sooner' takes 'than'.)

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Question 1: (Modifiers / Nouns)

​Question: I have bought two ______ of bread for breakfast.

​(A) loafs

​(B) loaf

​(C) loaves

​(D) breads

​Answer: (C) loaves

(Rule: 'Bread' is an uncountable noun and cannot be pluralized as 'breads'. To count it, we use 'loaves of bread' or 'slices of bread'.)

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Quiz 7: Prepositions (Errors)

​Question:

[Class 10 English Grammar]

He prefers tea _____ coffee.

​Option A: than

​Option B: to

​Option C: from

​Option D: for

​Correct Answer: Option B

​Explanation: Words like prefer, superior, inferior, senior, junior are followed by the preposition to, not than.

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Quiz 6: Time and Tense

​Question:

[Class 10 English Grammar]

By the time the doctor arrived, the patient _____ .

​Option A: died

​Option B: has died

​Option C: had died

​Option D: is dying

​Correct Answer: Option C

​Explanation: When two past actions happen one after another, the earlier action takes the Past Perfect Tense (had + V3). (Odia: ଅତୀତରେ ଦୁଇଟି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଘଟିଥିବା କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ପାଇଁ Past Perfect 'had died' ବ୍ୟବହାର ହେବ।)

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​Quiz 5: Subject-Verb Agreement (Collective Noun)

​Question:

[Class 10 English Grammar]

The jury _____ divided in their opinions.

​Option A: was

​Option B: were

​Option C: is

​Option D: has

​Correct Answer: Option B

​Explanation: When a collective noun like jury or committee acts individually or has divided opinions, it takes a plural verb (were). If united, it takes a singular verb.

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Quiz 4: Direct & Indirect Speech

​Question:

[Class 10 English Grammar]

Change into Indirect Speech: The teacher said, "The sun rises in the east."

​Option A: The teacher said that the sun rose in the east.

​Option B: The teacher said that the sun rises in the east.

​Option C: The teacher asked if the sun rises in the east.

​Option D: The teacher tells that the sun was rising in the east.

​Correct Answer: Option B

​Explanation: For universal truths or scientific facts, the tense inside direct speech does not change when converted to indirect speech. (Odia: Universal truth ବା ଚିରନ୍ତନ ସତ୍ୟ ବାକ୍ୟର Tense ବଦଳେ ନାହିଁ।)

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