TOEFL Questions

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Sober means not afected by alcohol, clear headed, very serious, sensible,...

Antonyms of Sober are :: light hearted, frivolous, sensational, emotional,...

An infinitive is a verbal that can function as noun, adjective, or adverb.

Having or involving the basic form of a verb is called Infinnitive clause.

Way to know whether there is an infinitive is to see whether there is the word "to" in the sentence.

Hence, option B) It is normal to make mistakes. is an infinitive sentence.

Words that sound the same but are spelled different are called homophones. Homophones are a type of homonyms.

Some of the Examples of homophones are ::

One - Won

Son - Sun

Hole - Whole

Loan - Lone

Steal - Steel

Which - Witch

What - Watt

Sea - See

Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written.. This can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level. The usual way to join parallel structures is with the use of coordinating conjunctions such as "and" or "or."

Except Horse, remaining all belong to female category.

Hind - Female Deer

Ewe - Female Sheep

Bitch - Female Dog. 

We know that, preceeded means to come before. 

Hence, the given sentence, preceded in death means that person had died before this person.

For example :: Rahul preceeded Ravi in death, means Rahul died before Ravi.

Inhabit means a place or environment to live in for a person or animal or a group.

Vacate, move and reside means to leave a place and are opposite to live. Reside is the only word most nearly means as inhabit.

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.