Question

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in brackets.
(a). Make it………… (convenient/ convenience) to everyone at the earliest possible.
(b). He longed for the comfortable ………. (environment/ transportation) of his living room.
(c). We like the………. (beneficent / beneficial) effects of a temperate climate.
(d). At the risk of being ………. (automate / redundant), I return to my original proposition.
(e). A person who travels in a spacecraft is called………… (astronaut / astronomer).

Answer 1

Answer:

1) convenient

2)enviorment

3)beneficial

4) redundant

5) astronaut

Explanation:

Answer 2

Here are the part-wise answers:

(a). Make it convenient to everyone at the earliest possible.

• Convenient is an adjective, while convenience is a noun. Therefore, in this sentence, 'convenient' is the correct option.

(b). He longed for the comfortable environment of his living room.

• An environment refers to any space/area in the vicinity of a subject. Here, transportation is not appropriate.

(c). We like the beneficial effects of a temperate climate.

• Beneficial is an adjective, while beneficient is an adverb. Here we are describing the good effects of temperate climate, hence we choose the adjective.

(d). At the risk of being redundant, I return to my original proposition.

• Redundant means obsolete or something no longer useful. Automate refers to something pre-programmed.
• Here, the speaker talks about going back to his/her original proposition as they do not want to keep repeating things.
• This situation is best described as 'redundant'.

(e). A person who travels in a spacecraft is called an astronaut.

• An astronaut is someone who travels to space, whereas an astronomer studies the universe and space.
• Thus, an astronaut is the correct option.

Therefore, the correct options are:

(a) convenient

(b) environment

(c) beneficial

(d) redundant

(e) astronaut