General Verbal Ability and Comprehension 3

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of a compound sentence?

Accepted Answer

She was tired, but she finished her homework.

Answer

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':

Accepted Answer

Talkative

Answer

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'?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Personification gives human qualities (roaring angrily) to a non-human thing (thunder).

Question 4

Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:

Accepted Answer

It's a beautiful day, isn't it?

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Brief and short-lived

Answer

Ephemeral describes something that lasts for a very short time, from the Greek 'ephemeros' (lasting a day).

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General Verbal Ability and Comprehension 3