English Grammar - Read Mode
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'Access' means the means or opportunity to approach or enter a place. 'Excess' means too much. 'Free access' means they could freely see the Principal.
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The time indicator 'yesterday' places the sentence in the past tense. The negative form of the past simple uses 'did not' + base verb. Therefore, 'did not' is correct.
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An 'Epicurean' is a person devoted to sensual enjoyment, especially that derived from fine food and drink. This philosophy aligns with 'eat, drink and be merry'.
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'Arrived' is an intransitive verb because it does not take a direct object. One arrives *at* a place, but one does not 'arrive' something. It expresses an action that is complete in itself.
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'To win a prize' is a phrase centering on the infinitive 'to win'. It functions as the subject of the sentence, which is a noun function. Thus, it is a noun phrase (or infinitive phrase functioning as a noun).
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'Infectious' diseases are caused by organisms and can be transmitted. 'Contagious' means spread by contact. The broad category of environmentally transmitted diseases falls under 'infectious'.
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'Lamenting', 'screaming', and 'weeping' are forms of vocalizing distress or crying. 'Sinking' (misspelled as 'stinking' in Q455, here 'sinking') means going down and is unrelated.
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'Sensational' means causing great public interest and excitement. The discovery of penicillin was a major breakthrough, making it a sensational event. 'Sensible' means practical.
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Modern English uses 'natural gender', where gender is determined by the biological sex of the object (he for male, she for female, it for inanimate), unlike grammatical gender in languages like French.
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A determiner introduces and modifies a noun. In 'Bring me the book', the word 'the' is a definite article, which is a type of determiner specifying 'book'. None of the provided options list 'the', making the question unanswerable as given. The correct determiner is 'the'.