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I was going through the basics of SC again when I encountered these questions. I am fairly sure that I got these right, but just to be sure, I want someone else's opinion whose grammar is strong.

Question 1 - The kitchen is ......... to the back door.

a) - next
b) - far
c) - opposite
d) - away

Question 2 - Taking a plane to the island is much ......... than going by boat.

a) - faster
b) - fast
c) - fastest
d) - more faster

Question 3) - My dad would get angry if I listened to ......... heavy metal music.

a) - hardcore
b) - hardheaded
c) - hardcash
d) - hardpressed

Question 4) - The guilty looking teenager ......... when the police started to ask him about the stolen car.

a) - clammed
b) - clammed up
c) - clammed about

Question 5) - 'Less' and 'fewer' often cause confusion, 'farther' and 'further' can also create problems for those trying to use strict grammar. Which sentence correctly uses 'further'?

a) - I threw the ball further than John
b) - My house is further from the station
c) - The rain caused further flooding in the region
d) - All the above are correct


Quick responses would be really appreciated. If your first language is English or you are already fluent in English please do not be offended by these questions. It should only take you a few seconds to answer. Thank you.

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I am having trouble deciding the final answer and it has not been provided from the book I am studying, so your help would be really appreciated as quickly as possible. Thanks.
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I was going through the basics of SC again when I encountered these questions. I am fairly sure that I got these right, but just to be sure, I want someone else's opinion whose grammar is strong.

Question 1 - The kitchen is ......... to the back door.

a) - next
b) - far
c) - opposite
d) - away

Question 2 - Taking a plane to the island is much ......... than going by boat.

a) - faster
b) - fast
c) - fastest
d) - more faster

Question 3) - My dad would get angry if I listened to ......... heavy metal music.

a) - hardcore
b) - hardheaded
c) - hardcash
d) - hardpressed

Question 4) - The guilty looking teenager ......... when the police started to ask him about the stolen car.

a) - clammed
b) - clammed up
c) - clammed about

Question 5) - 'Less' and 'fewer' often cause confusion, 'farther' and 'further' can also create problems for those trying to use strict grammar. Which sentence correctly uses 'further'?

a) - I threw the ball further than John
b) - My house is further from the station
c) - The rain caused further flooding in the region
d) - All the above are correct


Quick responses would be really appreciated. If your first language is English or you are already fluent in English please do not be offended by these questions. It should only take you a few seconds to answer. Thank you.
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A, A, A, A, C

4 may be B but I feel it's redundant to use "up"
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Hello, anantvarma. My native language is American English, and I would cast my votes for A, A, A, B, and C, respectively, almost fully in agreement with what sydqur posted above. I would not be assisting in any meaningful way, however, if I did not shed some light into why I would select these answers. My explanations are below.

anantvarma
I was going through the basics of SC again when I encountered these questions. I am fairly sure that I got these right, but just to be sure, I want someone else's opinion whose grammar is strong.

Question 1 - The kitchen is ......... to the back door.

a) - next (next to is the correct idiom)
b) - far (far from is the correct idiom)
c) - opposite (opposite can work on its own—e.g., the window was opposite (i.e. facing) the door)
d) - away (away from is the correct idiom)
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Question 2 - Taking a plane to the island is much ......... than going by boat.

a) - faster (two modes of travel are being compared, so the comparative -er (or -re) form is appropriate)
b) - fast (the comparative form is required)
c) - fastest (this is known as the superlative form—the comparative word ends in -st—and should be reserved for comparisons of more than two entities)
d) - more faster (more and faster are both comparative, so this introduces a redundancy)
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Question 3) - My dad would get angry if I listened to ......... heavy metal music.

a) - hardcore (heavy metal implies hardcore, but I guess this could work)
b) - hardheaded (this is the adjectival form of hardhead, what is known as a bahuvrihi compound, in which the first part of the word modifies the second (i.e. something with a hard head); music cannot be described as hardheaded)
c) - hardcash (this is a new word to me; hardcash music, in any case, makes no sense)
d) - hardpressed (someone can be hard-pressed to do or think of something, but music cannot face such problems)
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Question 4) - The guilty looking teenager ......... when the police started to ask him about the stolen car.

a) - clammed (the idiom is to clam up, not to clam, at least in American English)
b) - clammed up (this is the proper idiom)
c) - clammed about (this is made up; picture a clam and what it does when a predator comes around—it shuts or closes down (i.e. tightens up))
What happened to (d)?
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Question 5) - 'Less' and 'fewer' often cause confusion, 'farther' and 'further' can also create problems for those trying to use strict grammar. Which sentence correctly uses 'further'?

a) - I threw the ball further than John (further is used to describe a non-physical distance, and the distance a ball traveled could be measured, so farther is needed instead)
b) - My house is further from the station (again, such a distance could be measured)
c) - The rain caused further flooding in the region (correct; flooding is used generally and cannot be measured in terms of distance)
d) - All the above are correct (incorrect, for reasons explained above)


Quick responses would be really appreciated. If your first language is English or you are already fluent in English please do not be offended by these questions. It should only take you a few seconds to answer. Thank you.
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Anyone offended by such questions should not be part of this community. We are here to help one another prepare for a difficult exam, one that taxes the reasoning abilities of even those fluent in the language.

I know you wanted short responses, but I like to guide people. If my explanations can help you or others who face a similar challenge, then I am glad to offer such a contribution.

Good luck with your studies.

- Andrew

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