Directions: Select the correct word or phrase to complete a grammatical and idiomatic sentence.

1. Agriculture in America has — industrial progress.
(1) kept pace with (2) kept paces along
(3) kept its pace for
(4) kept pace together with
(5) None of these

2. He is — if he does not meet this situation boldly.
(1) unworthy of his salt
(2) not worth his salt
(3) not of worth to his salt
(4) not worth of the salt
(5) None of these

3. I know I have a copy of the book you need, but at the moment, I can't — it.
(1) lay my hands on (2) lie my hand
(3) lay my fingers on (4) lay my hands to
(5) None of these

4. Due to industrial recession, retrenchment of jobs is — in big and small units alike.
(1) order for the day (2) the daily order
(3) the order of the day (4) the order every day
(5) None of these

5. It is due to lack of careful advance planning that your scheme has
(1) come upon grief (2) come out with grief
(3) come to grief (4) come in grief.
(5) None of these

Directions: In each of these questions, a sentence has been divided into four parts and marked (1), (2), (3) (4) and (5). One of these parts contains a mistake in grammar, idiom or syntax. Identify that part and mark it as the answer.

6. (1) She was as pretty
(2) if not prettier than
(3) any other girl who had come
(4) to participate in the meeting
(5) None of these

7. (1) If one reads the newspaper regularly
(2) you will be surprised at the improvement
(3) in your overall reading skills
(4) from day to day.
(5) None of these

8. (1) After finding the problem,
(2) the mechanic cleaned the carburettor,
(3) started the engine
(4) and found it working smoothly
(5) None of these

9. (1) The only people in the theatre
(2) on that stormy night
(3) were the staff of the theatre
(4) and me (5) None of these

10. (1) She was wearing a wig that was
(2) far more attractive than
(3) the other women who had
(4) their natural hair
(5) None of these

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