1. Complete the sentence choosing the right word from the options given below: Although adolescent maturational and developmental states occur in an orderly sequence, their timing _______ with regard to onset and duration. *
1 point
(a) lasts
(b) varies
(c) falters
(d) accelerates
2. Complete the sentence using correct modal verbs from the options given below: I ________ climb a mango tree when I was a kid but I ________ (not) do so now. *
1 point
(a) could, did
(b) can, can’t
(c) could, can’t
(d) can, did
3. Complete the sentence using a suitable adjective from the options given below: He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so _________. *
1 point
(a) quick
(b) happy
(c) quickly
(d) fastly
4. Add suitable prefixes to the underlined words to form antonyms from the options given below: The new officer is very responsible. He works logically. *
1 point
(a) un, un
(b) in, dis
(c) ir, il
(d) ir, in
5. Choose the correct pronoun from the options given below and complete the sentence: I don’t recognize the song _________ is playing. *
1 point
(a) which
(b) that
(c) who
(d) whom
Answers
Answer:
lyrics to emerge from the British music scene in the past 30 years. Their song titles alone contain more poetry than most lyric sheets – Shoplifters of the World Unite, Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – they’ve even inspired countless tattoos.
There Is a Light is one of their most-covered songs, with lyrics that were apparently inspired by one of Morrissey’s heroes, James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause. Appealing to teenagers everywhere, the lyrics talk about teenage alienation – a need to run away, experience the first excesses and excitements of life, when you no longer feel at home in the family home.
REM – It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
“That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes…”
REM have written some of the most successful songs of the past few decades, and it’s in no small part thanks to Michael Stipe’s (often misheard) lyrics. Stipe seems to pride himself on writing lyrics that are a little opaque – very symbolic, with meanings hidden. It’s the End of the World is no exception, and as one of their most upbeat and popular songs, it’s crammed with lyrics that test even the biggest REM fans.
Apparently a sort of tribute to Bob Dylan’s famously over-lyrical Subterranean Homesick Blues, you’ll soon get out of breath singing along to this! What does it all mean? As with many REM lyrics, no one really knows for sure. There are many little snippets of stories, some complaining about capitalism, others, and some words included simply because they sound so great when strung together in song: “The ladder starts to clatter with fear fight down height”.
Neil Young – Old Man
“Old man look at my life, I’m a lot like you…”
Often ranked up there with Bob Dylan in terms of his profound lyric writing, Neil has a knack for tugging at those heartstrings. Never afraid to let his emotions show, that is what helps to make his words so powerful – that they are truthful, and from the heart.
Old Man was a song written for the old caretaker who looked after Neil’s Broken Arrow ranch, which he purchased in 1970 and still lives on today. It compares the life of an old man with that of a young man, and finds that they are more alike in their needs than they realize.
Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi
“They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot…”
One of Neil’s fellow Canadian musicians, and a good friend of his from the folk scene, Joni Mitchell has written her fair share of famous lyrics. Perhaps the best know are the ones she penned for Big Yellow Taxi. Written about her concerns with pollution and the environment, Joni explains: ““I wrote ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart… this blight on paradise.”
The lines “you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone” apply to a whole range of circumstances besides the destruction of the earth – helping the song become a universal favourite.
The Muppets – Mah Nà Mah Nà
“Mah Nà Mah Nà…!”
The Muppets are here to prove that lyrics don’t have to about love, heartache, loss or be in any way profound to be popular. Mah Nà Mah Nà is one of The Muppets most famous ditties, beloved around the world, and it means…absolutely nothing.
Actually a song written by Piero Umiliani for an Italian movie, it contains nothing both nonsense words and scat singing. It just goes to show that sometimes successful lyrics simply need to sound good, becoming musical instruments in their own right, rather than holding any special meaning. It’s pretty impossible not to sing along!
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