EPFO APFC • General Studies • 2016 • Q.7
General EnglishMedium
Consider the sentence : 'The teacher gave me the book' (where the words are numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 for convenience of reference). Consider also the insertion of a single word 'only' into this sentence to indicate a desired emphasis. Where shall this word be inserted if the emphasis is to be (i) On the recipient (ii) On the uniqueness of the item given (iii) On the giver respectively (only one at a time)?
1
The
2
teacher
3
gave
4
me
5
the
6
book
Insert a single word 'only' to indicate the desired emphasis:
i
On the recipient
ii
On the uniqueness of the item given
iii
On the giver
Syllabus Connection
Structure & Reading: Structure of sentence, sentence improvements, sentence rearrangement, error detection, fill in the blanks, reading comprehension (passage-based questions). (APFC)
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