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Q31. One word for 'a speech by a single actor alone on the stage':

  1. Prologue
  2. Monologue
  3. Dialogue
  4. Soliloquy
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Correct answer: D. Soliloquy

A soliloquy is a speech to oneself.

Q32. Choose the correct pronoun: Between you and ___, this is a secret.

  1. mine
  2. I
  3. me
  4. myself
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Correct answer: C. me

After a preposition, the objective case 'me' is used.

Q33. Change into indirect speech: She said, 'I will come tomorrow.'

  1. She said that she will come tomorrow.
  2. She said that she would come the next day.
  3. She said that she would come tomorrow.
  4. She said that I would come the next day.
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Correct answer: B. She said that she would come the next day.

Will becomes would and tomorrow becomes the next day.

Q34. Choose the antonym of 'success'.

  1. Victory
  2. Win
  3. Failure
  4. Triumph
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Correct answer: C. Failure

Failure is the opposite of success.

Q35. Choose the antonym of 'odd'.

  1. Even
  2. Strange
  3. Peculiar
  4. Weird
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Correct answer: A. Even

Even is the opposite of odd (numbers).

Q36. Meaning of 'to let the cat out of the bag':

  1. To cause fear
  2. To reveal a secret
  3. To be careless
  4. To free an animal
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Correct answer: B. To reveal a secret

It means to disclose a secret.

Q37. Choose the correct option: He ___ a letter yesterday.

  1. written
  2. wrote
  3. write
  4. writes
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Correct answer: B. wrote

The simple past of write is wrote.

Q38. Choose the antonym of 'expand'.

  1. Contract
  2. Enlarge
  3. Grow
  4. Widen
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Correct answer: A. Contract

The opposite of expand is contract.

Q39. Meaning of 'under the weather':

  1. Feeling ill
  2. Being happy
  3. Being outdoors
  4. Being rich
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Correct answer: A. Feeling ill

It means slightly unwell.

Q40. Meaning of 'once in a blue moon':

  1. Every month
  2. Daily
  3. Very rarely
  4. Very often
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Correct answer: C. Very rarely

It means happening very rarely.

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