I have made three posts today 809, 810, 811. Pl. also see my post #021 at mcqgram.blogspot.com Click to see grammar
English has borrowed a large number of words from the Greek culture. Here is a small quiz based on the English words of Greek origin.
Fill up the blanks, selecting appropriate words, from the CHOICE BOX.
CHOICE BOX
Words:
accept ,
ascend ,
confer ,
confusion ,
corporation ,
fugitive ,
inclination ,
innate ,
judgment ,
maternal ,
notable ,
regent ,
reverse
SENTENCES(mostly proverbs)
1. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not____a wooden rudder- Emerson . ANSWER.,
2. The____is punished although the effect may not follow . ANSWER.,
3. A____has no soul to be damned nor body to be kicked . ANSWER.,
4. Guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never____real happiness . ANSWER.,
5. Let us enjoy the____hour . ANSWER.,
6. Obscurity of expression may spring from____of ideas. ANSWER.,
7. He behaves with earnestness and with____and good sense . ANSWER.,
8. Paternal things belong to a father, and ____things to the mother . ANSWER.,
REM:I believe that the words 'paternal and maternal' belong to Indo-European origin.
9, The genius of Shakespeare was an____university- Keats . ANSWER.,
10. What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is____to make an oyster! . ANSWER.,
11. Cynthia, fair____of the night- Gay . ANSWER.,
12. It is easy to____a hill and catch a tiger. ANSWER.
