Lady Cadet Course Academic Test - English Flashcards

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1. How is the passive voice of a modal verb (e.g., 'can', 'must') formed?

   modal + be + past participle. Example: 'You must complete the task' → 'The task must be completed by you.'

2. What is the difference between direct and indirect speech?

   Direct speech quotes the exact words within quotation marks ('He said, "I am tired"'); indirect (reported) speech reports the meaning without quotes ('He said that he was tired').

3. In indirect speech, how does the tense change when the reporting verb is in the past?

   The tense is shifted back (backshift): present becomes past, past becomes past perfect, will becomes would, can becomes could, may becomes might.

4. How do pronouns change when converting direct to indirect speech?

   Pronouns change according to the speaker/listener: first person to match the subject of the reporting verb, second person to match the object, and third person stays the same.

5. How are time and place words changed in indirect speech?

   now→then, today→that day, tomorrow→the next day, yesterday→the previous day, here→there, this→that, ago→before.

6. How is a question reported in indirect speech?

   Use 'asked'; for yes/no questions add 'if/whether', for wh-questions keep the wh-word, and change word order to a statement (no question mark). Example: 'He asked if I was coming.'

7. What is a synonym? Give a synonym for 'brave'.

   A synonym is a word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another. A synonym for 'brave' is 'courageous' (also valiant, bold).

8. Give synonyms for the words 'happy' and 'big'.

   Happy: joyful, glad, cheerful, delighted. Big: large, huge, enormous, immense.

9. What is a synonym for 'abundant' and for 'diligent'?

   Abundant: plentiful, ample, copious. Diligent: hardworking, industrious, assiduous.

10. What is an antonym? Give an antonym for 'victory'.

    An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning. An antonym for 'victory' is 'defeat.'

11. Give antonyms for 'ancient' and 'generous'.

    Ancient: modern/recent. Generous: stingy/miserly.

12. What are the antonyms of 'expand' and 'transparent'?

    Expand: contract/shrink. Transparent: opaque.

13. What is 'one word substitution' for 'a person who writes dictionaries'?

    Lexicographer.

14. What single word means 'a place where soldiers live or are housed'?

    Barracks.

15. What is the one-word substitution for 'a person who cannot read or write'?

    Illiterate.

16. What single word means 'a government by the people, for the people'?

    Democracy.

17. What one word means 'animals that eat flesh/meat'?

    Carnivores (plant-eaters are herbivores; both are omnivores).

18. What does the idiom 'to bite the bullet' mean?

    To endure a painful or difficult situation with courage; to face something unavoidable bravely.

19. What does the idiom 'once in a blue moon' mean?

    Very rarely; something that happens only occasionally.

20. What does the phrase 'to let the cat out of the bag' mean?

    To reveal a secret, usually unintentionally.

21. What does the idiom 'a piece of cake' mean?

    Something very easy to do.

22. Identify the correctly spelled word: 'recieve', 'receive', 'receeve', or 'receve'.

    'Receive' — following the rule 'i before e except after c.'

23. Which is the correct spelling: 'occassion', 'ocasion', 'occasion', or 'occassionn'?

    'Occasion' (one 'c'... actually double 'c', single 's'): spelled o-c-c-a-s-i-o-n.

24. Correct the sentence error: 'He do not likes coffee.'

    'He does not like coffee.' (Use 'does' with third-person singular, and the main verb stays in base form after the auxiliary.)

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