General Verbal Ability and Comprehension 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?
- Although she was tired, she finished her homework.
- She was tired, but she finished her homework. (Correct answer)
- She finished her tired homework.
- Finishing her homework made her tired.
Correct answer: She was tired, but she finished her homework.
A compound sentence joins two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction; option B joins 'she was tired' and 'she finished her homework' with 'but'.
Question 2: Choose the word closest in meaning to 'loquacious':
- Silent
- Talkative (Correct answer)
- Logical
- Lazy
Correct answer: Talkative
Loquacious means tending to talk a great deal; it comes from the Latin 'loqui,' meaning to speak.
Question 3: Which literary device is used in the phrase 'The thunder roared angrily across the sky'?
- Simile
- Alliteration
- Personification (Correct answer)
- Hyperbole
Correct answer: Personification
Personification gives human qualities (roaring angrily) to a non-human thing (thunder).
Question 4: Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:
- Its a beautiful day, isn't it.
- It's a beautiful day, isn't it? (Correct answer)
- Its' a beautiful day isn't it?
- It's a beautiful day isn't, it?
Correct answer: It's a beautiful day, isn't it?
It's (with apostrophe) is the contraction for 'it is,' and the sentence ends with a question mark because it contains a question tag.
Question 5: The word 'ephemeral' most nearly means:
- Eternal and lasting
- Brief and short-lived (Correct answer)
- Bright and vivid
- Difficult and complex
Correct answer: Brief and short-lived
Ephemeral describes something that lasts for a very short time, from the Greek 'ephemeros' (lasting a day).
Question 6: Which of the following sentences contains a misplaced modifier?
- She nearly drove her children to school every day. (Correct answer)
- The children nearly drove to school every day.
- She drove her children to school almost every day.
- Almost every day she drove her children to school.
Correct answer: She nearly drove her children to school every day.
In option A, 'nearly' is misplaced next to 'drove,' suggesting she almost drove but didn't, rather than meaning she drove them almost every day.
Question 7: When reading for the author's purpose, which category does a persuasive essay belong to?
- To inform
- To entertain
- To persuade (Correct answer)
- To describe
Correct answer: To persuade
A persuasive essay is explicitly designed to convince the reader to adopt a particular viewpoint or take an action.
General Verbal Ability and Comprehension 3
Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?