Answer the following:

1. ‘An orphan needs a lot of love and care.’- What is the gender of the highlighted word: (i) masculine; (ii) feminine; (iii) neuter; (iv) common?
2. ‘We all remember the happy days of childhood.’- What kind of noun is it: (i) common; (ii) collective; (iii) abstract?
3. ‘Do you wish to meet the commander-in-chief?’- Change it to a plural statement.
4. ‘None of the boys have submitted their project’- Pick the error/s.
5. Which of the two dresses is the ________________? (prettier/prettiest)
6. The __________________ part of the book lacks interest. (later/latter)
7. ‘She is as wise as her brother.’- Change the degree of comparison without changing the meaning.
8. ________________ chocolate cookies that she had baked were sold out before lunch. (A few/The few/Few)
9. ‘We were given these instructions by the teacher herself.’- Is it a reflexive pronoun or emphatic?
10. ‘Do not insult the weak.’- Is it active or passive voice? Change the voice.

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Answers:

1. common
2. abstract
3. Do you wish to meet the commanders-in-chief?
4. None of the boys has submitted his project.
5. prettier
6. latter
7. She is not wiser than her brother.
8. The few
9. emphatic
10. active; The weak should not be insulted.