Grammar - English Aptitude MCQ Questions and Answers

In the given statement desk and tables are being pointed out. As we can see, the answer must point out 'tables'. Thus, the answer must be a demonstrative pronoun followed by the correct form of the verb 'be' that can point out a plural object.
Option A is correct. 'Those' is a demonstrative pronoun used for plural objects and 'are' is also the form of the verb 'be' used for plural objects. 'Those are tables' is a correct phrase as 'those are' perfectly points at 'tables'.
Option B is incorrect. 'These' is a demonstrative pronoun used for plural objects, however, it is not followed by a verb. Thus, option B does not point out 'tables'.
Option C is incorrect. 'Are' is the correct form of 'be' for pointing at plural objects but, 'that' is not a demonstrative pronoun that can be used for plural objects.
Option D is incorrect. 'That' and 'is' both cannot be used for plural objects and so option D cannot be used to point at 'tables'.

Rome was not built in 'a day' is an idiom. The true meaning of the idiom is nothing great comes without hard work and time dedication.

'shall' is used with future tenses. 'tomorrow' means future tense and therefore 'shall not' is the correct usage.

We use 'a little' with singular uncountable nouns. We use 'a few' with plural countable nouns:
Mary said nothing, but she drank some tea and ate a little bread.
We stayed a few days in Florence and visited the museums.

The past tense of 'read' is 'read', spelled the same but pronounced differently - it is pronounced as 'red'. The verb 'read' has an irregular past tense form as it does not accept the addition of '-ed' or '-d'.

The preposition used along with 'rises' is in.

'acts on' means take action against something. The sentence means that 'alcohol' take action against the 'brain'.

The word 'has' can be used to express possession: She has a wonderful dress.
'Has been' is a present progressive tense verb. It implies anything that started in the past and is still going on or progressing.
The present perfect tense is used with the word 'had.' Had is the past perfect tense form of the verb 'to have,' which can also be used as an auxiliary verb.

The correct word here is for. In the given sentence, the person has not ridden a bike for a long time which has been mentioned in ages. Thus, the correct sentence is 'I haven't ridden a bike for ages'.

In the above sentence, a preposition is missing. And without a preposition the sentence is incomplete.
A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.
The most suitable prepositions for the given sentence can be for, about etc.