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“You must not drop litter in the street.” Choose the correct passive voice:Modal Passive
[Choose the correct passive voice]✅ Correct Answer: B
Modal passive = modal verb + be + past participle. The modal verb (must, should, can) does not change.
“Must not drop” (modal active) → “must not be dropped” (modal passive). The modal verb ‘must’ stays the same — only ‘drop’ changes to ‘be dropped’. Changing ‘must’ to ‘should’ changes the meaning entirely.
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“They had cooked the meal before 10 o’clock.” Choose the correct passive voice:Past Perfect Passive
[Choose the correct passive voice]✅ Correct Answer: C
Past perfect passive = had + been + past participle.
“Had cooked” (past perfect active) → “had been cooked” (past perfect passive). The past perfect tense signals that the cooking was completed before another past reference point (10 o’clock). “Was cooked” drops the past-perfect meaning.
Articles, Conjunctions & Prepositions Q 53–55
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“Faisalabad is famous ________ its textile mills.”Prepositions
[Choose the correct preposition]✅ Correct Answer: C
‘Famous for’ is a fixed prepositional phrase meaning well-known because of something.
“Famous for” is the correct collocation. Examples: Pakistan is famous for its hospitality. Peshawar is famous for its chapli kebab. ‘Famous in’ = known within a place. ‘Famous of’ and ‘famous at’ are both grammatically wrong.
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“I wanted to go to the movies, ________ the tickets were already sold out.”Conjunctions
[Choose the correct conjunction]✅ Correct Answer: C
‘But’ is a coordinating conjunction used to show contrast or an unexpected result between two ideas.
The two ideas contrast — wanting to go (positive) vs tickets sold out (negative obstacle). ‘But’ connects contrasting ideas. ‘So’ shows result. ‘Therefore’ is a transitional adverb, not a coordinating conjunction — it cannot join two independent clauses with just a comma.
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“________ last month, I haven’t seen him even once.”Prepositions
[Choose the correct preposition]✅ Correct Answer: B
‘Since’ = from a specific point in time up to now (used with perfect tenses). ‘For’ = duration of time. ‘Ago’ = past point measured from now (used with simple past only).
“Last month” is a specific point in time → use ‘since’. The present perfect “haven’t seen” confirms ‘since’ is correct. ‘Ago’ would require simple past: “I didn’t see him a month ago.” ‘From’ is used with ‘to’: “from Monday to Friday.”
Modals, Participles & Word Forms Q 56–60
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“Do I have to clean the kitchen?” Which modal correctly expresses the same meaning?Modal Verbs
[Choose the correct modal]✅ Correct Answer: B
‘Have to’ expresses obligation/necessity. Its modal equivalent is ‘must’.
“Do I have to” = Is it obligatory/necessary for me? The modal ‘must’ carries the same meaning of obligation or necessity. ‘Can’ = ability; ‘should’ = advice; ‘may’ = permission. Only ‘must’ correctly replaces ‘have to’ in questions of obligation.
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“The umbrella ________ (find) at the bus stop belongs to Abrar.” Choose the correct participle form:Participles
[Choose the correct participle]✅ Correct Answer: B
Past participle used as adjective = describes a completed passive action on the noun. Present participle = active ongoing action.
“The umbrella found at the bus stop” — the umbrella was found (passive, completed action). Past participle ‘found’ modifies the noun ‘umbrella’. ‘Finding’ (present participle) would mean the umbrella is actively finding something — which makes no sense.
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“The ________ lingual staff at this school will make you feel welcome.” Choose the correct prefix:Prefixes
[Choose the correct prefix]✅ Correct Answer: C
Prefix ‘multi-‘ = many. Prefix ‘over-‘ = too much. Prefix ‘mis-‘ = wrongly. Prefix ‘anti-‘ = against.
‘Multilingual’ means able to speak many languages. A school with staff who speak multiple languages would be multilingual. ‘Overlingual’, ‘mislingual’ and ‘antilingual’ are not real English words.
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“She came here so that she ________ meet her child.”Modal Verbs
[Choose the correct modal verb]✅ Correct Answer: B
In clauses of purpose with ‘so that’: present tense main clause → may; past tense main clause → might.
“She came” is past tense in the main clause → the purpose clause uses ‘might’. “She comes so that she may meet” (present). “She came so that she might meet” (past). This is a classic grammar rule tested frequently in SST and CSS papers.
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“Speak slowly lest you ________ awake the child.”Conjunctions + Modals
[Choose the correct modal verb]✅ Correct Answer: C
‘Lest’ is a negative conjunction meaning ‘for fear that’. It is always followed by ‘should’ in formal/standard English.
“Lest + should + base verb” is the correct structure. “Speak slowly lest you should awake the child” = Speak slowly for fear that you might wake the child. ‘Lest’ already carries a negative meaning so we never add ‘not’ after it. This is an advanced grammar point tested in CSS and SST exams.
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