FAST Verbal Proficiency 3

Question 1

Which sentence uses the word 'AFFECT' correctly?

Accepted Answer

Cold weather can affect crop yields.

Answer

Affect is a verb meaning to influence or have an impact on something, correctly used in option B.

Question 2

What is the best meaning of the idiom 'burn the midnight oil'?

Accepted Answer

Work or study late into the night

Answer

To burn the midnight oil means to work or study late into the night, historically referring to using oil lamps after dark.

Question 3

Choose the word that means 'excessively eager to please others':

Accepted Answer

Obsequious

Answer

Obsequious describes someone who is excessively eager to serve or please others, often in a fawning manner.

Question 4

Which option correctly identifies the grammatical error? 'Me and my colleague presented the report to the board.'

Accepted Answer

'Me' should be 'I'

Answer

When used as a subject of a sentence, 'I' is correct; 'Me' is an object pronoun and should not start a subject phrase.

Question 5

Select the correct meaning of the prefix 'ANTE-' as in 'antechamber' or 'antedate'.

Accepted Answer

Before or preceding

Answer

The prefix ante- means before or preceding in time or position, as in antechamber (a room before another) or antedate (to date before).

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