Are You Smarter Than You Were?

An activity you always do when you meet people you have never known is called ....

• asking for directions
• discussing the weather
• shaking hands
• introducing oneself
• making small talk

A: ..., ...........?

B: Hello, I am Benny Thomson. Nice to meet you.

The best response to fill in the blank is ....

• What do you do for a living?
• Where are you from?
• What are you doing?

• How old are you?
• What is your name?

X: Mona, what does your father do for a living?

Y: I do not know what he does, but he always tells me that his job is to defend someone who is not at fault.

From what Mona says, it can be concluded that his father is ...

• A teacher

• A soldier

• A chef

• A lawyer

• A general attorney

Mike: Your brother's job is amazing, Joe. I cannot say any words to describe how glorious his job is.

Joe: Yap. That is why I ever told you to be someone whose job is to cure someone.

From this dialogue, we know that Joe's brother works in the ...

• bank

• hospital

• school

• art gallery

• bookstore

Sissy: Did you see the blue shirt displayed by the shopkeeper?

Claire: Of course, I saw it. I wanted to buy that shirt, but I cannot afford the price.

From this simple dialogue, we know that they just came by to ...

• buying clothes
• returning an item
• looking for a sale
• window shopping
• trying on outfits

I am always used to replacing a word mentioned in an antecedent. I have various types whose functions are varied. When people use me in their writing, their writing will seem natural.

Do you know who I am ...

• Noun
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Verb
• Pronoun

Catherine is green with envy at what her twin has. Catherine thinks that their parents are not fair and show favouritism. Ever since Catherine thought that way, Catherine has kept her distance away from her twin.

The perfect pronouns to replace the underlined words are ...

• they

• she, we

• she

• she, her

• her, she

Benjamin and Mark like playing football. They have loved playing football since they were kids.

The perfect word to replace the doubled words is ...

• hers

• it's

• its

• his

• it

Celine just bought a new smartwatch. One day, their sister found it and tossed it to the floor. Because the sound of the slam was quite hard, Celine ran hurriedly to his living room.

There are 2 wrong uses of Pronouns here. They are ...

• his, theirs

• them, her

• their
• their, his

• his, they

Andy and Tim swim in the pool. They swim once a week at the nearest swimming pool.

The underlined word acts as ...

• a conjunction
• adjective pronoun

• subject pronoun

• object pronoun

• an adjective