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1. He has resigned himself ——– fate.

A. in

B. into

C. for

D. to

2. He ——– wants to succeed in life must be prepared to work hard.

a) whoever

b) whom

c) who

d) whose

3. Men ——– are thinkers look for fates.

a) who

b) that

c) which

d) those

4. ——– you wake me up so early on a Sunday ?

A. Could

B. Dare

C. Must

D. Will

5. He was sorry ——– late last night.

a) about coming

b) to come

c) to coming

d) from coming

6.We got a letter not long ——– .

a) afterwards 

b) after 

c) off 

d) about

7. ——– you hear the president’s speech?

(a) have

(b) has

(c) had

(d) did`

8. Your criteria ——– not valid.

(a) is

(b) are

(c) had

(d) None of these

9. Was it ——– you were talking about.

(a) she

(b) her

(c) here

(d) None of these

10. The news was ——– good to be true.

a) very

b) too

c) so

d) as

Answers with Explanations:-

1. TO (option ‘D’) is correct. RESIGN YOURSELF TO STH=to accept sth unpleasant that cannot be changed or avoided. Note this: SHE RESIGNED HERSELF TO HER FATE.

2. WHO (option ‘c’). If we see the answer options we need a subjective relative pronoun (a word which can be used as a subject) here. Obviously two such words are there in your example: WHOEVER and WHO. But WHOEVER is not possible in this sentence as this word itself includes HE in it. WHOEVER=The one who/he who/she who. So option ‘c’ WHO is right. If HE was not there in the sentence WHOEVER would have been correct. WHOEVER WANTS TO SUCCEED IN LIFE MUST BE PREPARED TO WORK HARD. Look, the word HE has not been used here in this example.

3. WHO (option ‘a). THAT as a relative pronoun for persons is used only in informal English, so WHO is correct. THOSE IS NOT A RELATIVE PRONOUN; SO CANT BE USED HERE.

4. DARE (option ‘B’). Use of the phrase SO EARLY in the sentence is making it clear that this sentence is not a request………..so ‘A’ & ‘ D’ both are impossible. This is not an order also…………so ‘C’ too is impossible. DARE (option ‘B)’ is correct………..means CAN YOU BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO WAKE ME UP SO EARLY ON A SUNDAY

5. ABOUT COMING (option ‘a’). BE SORRY ABOUT/FOR + GERUND (verb+ing) is used for apology/regret. The context here says that the person in the subject of the sentence (here HE) wanted to apologize.

BE SORRY + INFINITIVE (first form of the verb) is chiefly used to sympathize; so option ‘b’ TO COME is not possible here.

6. AFTERWARDS (option ‘a’). AFTER if it’s a preposition in the sentence must be followed by a noun, pronoun or gerund (VERB + ING):

Don’t bathe immediately AFTER A MEAL/AFTER EATING.

Don’t have a meal and bathe immediately AFTER IT

If we do not wish to use a noun, pronoun or gerund, we cannot use AFTER, but must use AFTERWARDS or THEN:

Don’t have a meal and bathe immediately AFTERWARDS.

They bathed and AFTERWARDS played games. OR

They bathed and played games AFTERWARDS. OR

They bathed and THEN played games.

AFTERWARDS can be used at EITHER END of the sentence and can be modified by SOON, IMMEDIATELY, NOT LONG etc:

SOON AFTERWARDS we got a letter.

We got a letter NOT LONG AFTERWARDS.

7. DID (option ‘d’). The main verb in the sentence is HEAR, and of course a helping verb is needed. The rest of the helping verbs must have third form of the verb, but HEAR is the first form. So option ‘d’ is correct. DID when it’s a helping verb, always takes first form of the main verb.

8. ARE (option ‘b’). CRITERIA is plural of CRITERION and takes a plural verb, hence ARE is correct.

9. SHE (option ‘a’). SHE is correct as it’s modified by a defining clause ‘you were talking about’, WHOM before it being missed as it’s understood.

10. TOO (option ‘b’). Usage of TOO + ADJECTIVE/ADVERB + TO means MORE THAN ENOUGH. Means The news was so good that it was very hard/sensible to believe that it was true.

NOTE: We use VERY when we mean TO A HIGH DEGREE. Here it’s not possible. The description is too long to say, so plz consult any good book for other given words.