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Question 20
Fill the paragraph using woven, myriad, deft, stumble, surpass and marvellous.
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1. deft 2. woven 3. marvellous 4. myriad 5. stumble 6. surpass
Question 21
Match the collective nouns.
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| Phrase | Match |
|---|---|
| a swarm of | locusts |
| a constellation of | stars |
| a grove of | trees |
| a troupe of | dancers |
| a battalion of | soldiers |
| a fleet of | ships |
Question 22
Match the idioms with ‘eye’.
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| Idiom | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apple of one’s eye | a very precious person |
| in the blink of an eye | very quickly |
| keep an eye on | watch closely |
| turn a blind eye | pretend not to notice |
| see eye to eye | agree |
| bird’s-eye view | overall view from above |
Question 23
Which nouns can take the suffix -ish to form adjectives?
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girlish, boyish, bookish . Other forms from the printed list are not standard in the same way.
