English Grammar - Read Mode
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When the gender of a child or animal is not specified or relevant, the pronoun 'its' is often used. 'The child cried for its mother.'
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This is a double comparative structure: 'The [comparative] ..., the [comparative] ...'. 'The greater the demand, the higher the price'.
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'But' joins the two adjectives/clauses ('poor' and 'honest') and shows contrast. A word that joins words or clauses is a conjunction.
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‘Osomapto Attojiboni’ (The Unfinished Memoirs) is the autobiography of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh.
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Birds fly in the sky, and fish swim in the water. This analogy relates the creature to its natural habitat/medium of movement.
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This is a third conditional sentence structure ('Had I known' = 'If I had known'). The result clause requires 'would have' + past participle. 'Would have invited'.
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A cricket is also an insect related to grasshoppers. The word 'cricket' has two meanings: a sport and an insect.
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Plutocracy is a system of government where the wealthy class rules. Oligarchy is rule by a few, Aristocracy by the best/noble, and Cryptocracy by secret groups.
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'Amoral' is formed by adding the prefix 'a-' (meaning without) to 'moral'. The other words (authentic, amnesia, aspersions) do not use 'a-' as a prefix in the same way.
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A finger is a part of a hand. Similarly, a leaf is attached to a twig (or branch). 'Twig' is the most appropriate counterpart in the options (corrected from 'Twing').