While issues like high blood pressure, (1)/diabetes and smoking are widely discussed as (2)/public health concerns, a very few know that poor air quality (3)/also results in a similar number of deaths (4).
Here, the article ‘a’ is inappropriate before ‘very few’. ‘Very few’ here refers to very few people, which is plural. Hence, ‘a’ cannot be used before it. If it was ‘very few number of people’, ‘a’ can be used before ‘very few’, because ‘number’ is singular and ‘a’ has to be used. While issues like high blood pressure, diabetes and smoking are widely discussed as public health concerns, very few know that poor air quality also results in a similar number of deaths.
The comfortable chaise in the corner of the room was her favourite spot to ____ with a good book and relax.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the alternatives given below each sentence.
The office needs proper _____
He will dispense ______ your services.
Be it cash crops or food crops, the _____ is profit and this is what matters _____ any small farmer.
...Given below are a few sentences with two blanks in each. Below each sentence are given four pair of words among which one pair might fill the blank. If...
Despite his ___ efforts, he could not ___ the dismal situation he found himself in.
Although she is _______ well rounded, Rashi is definitely a much stronger reader than she is a mathematician.
You______ accepted his offer.
Select the most appropriate homophone to fill in the blank.
In many road accidents people break their bones mainly because their vehicle __...
1. In the affairs of nations, large and powerful ones long have ______ their wills on the small and weak ones.
2. The chamber exercises a complet...
