Quiz – 1

The use of although when admitting a fact about something which you regard as less important than a contrasting fact.

The word "Is" is used when a subject is singular.

The two lions standing silently next to a large tree in the Amazon Rainforest were not seen by the two hunters.
Were is used in the second person singular and plural (you, your, yours) and first and third person plural (we, they).

Satish was endowed with a natural talent for music.
With meaning 'in the same place as' or With means 'in the same place as someone or something' or 'accompanying'.

Everyday last week my aunt broke a plate.
2nd form of break is used here because sentences talking about the past.

I had been walking for half an hour when it suddenly started to rain.
The use of had been if there were two events in the past a continuing action or a situation and a single finished action at the end.

There was cut-throat competition for electoral seats.

Cutthroat competition is described as a condition in which competitors use damaging tactics to drive others out of the business.

The government is encouraging the village upliftment programme in the country.
Pogramme means a set of related measures or activities with a particular long-term aim.

She jumped off the bus while it was moving.
The statement is in the past tense, correct is she jumped off ‘while it ‘was’ moving, as ‘was’ is the past tense of ‘is’.

When he lived in Hyderabad, he went to the cinema once a week.

Went is the stand-alone PAST TENSE of the VERB go.