Q: There is an increase in the incidents of violence these days. The police have tightened security. (A) Because there is an increase ..... (B) As there is an increase ..... (C) While there is an increase .....
Solution: The reason for the security being tightened is because of the increase in the incidents of violence. This is conveyed in A and B.
Q: There was a heavy downpour for the last two days. Life came to a standstill. (A) Since there was a heavy downpour ..... (B) There being a heavy downpour ..... (C) While there was heavy downpour .....
Solution: Starter A gives a reason. It can ideally begin the sentence as the first given sentence is the cause/reason. Starter B can also begin the sentence, as the reason is implied.
Q: I remember ... on the terrace ... the stars when I slept.
Solution: A gerund is used as a noun, but is formed by adding an action-word with "ing". It is not the main verb in a sentence and is used to mention the reasons of the action taking place.
Q: Joseph regrets ... Jonah ... participate in the dance competition.
Solution: A gerund is used as a noun, but is formed by adding an action-word with "ing". It is not the main verb in a sentence and is used to mention the reasons of the action taking place.
Q: I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into ans out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module. Which one of the following reasons would one consider as more as possible for the warning lights to be on?
Solution: Catastrophe means a sudden widespread disaster & imminent means impending; warning lights to be on means there must be same danger. A is not correct debris means trash; shower of trash is irrelevant.
Q: I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into ans out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module. The statement that the dazzling sunshine was "for once unfiltered by layers of air" means
Solution: We at earth do not experience the direct rays of the sun. The sunlight we experience is refracted by the different layers of the atmosphere. But they are currently heading back into the atmosphere from the outer space. They are experiencing the direct sunlight. Hence the term dazzling sunshine was "for once unfiltered by layers of air".
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