GIKI English MCQs

'Under' shows the spatial relationship between the keys and the cushion.
Words that express such relationships are prepositions.

'But' joins two independent clauses of equal grammatical importance.
It is one of the standard coordinating conjunctions.

'Honesty' names a quality rather than a physical object.
Names of qualities, ideas, or states are abstract nouns.

'Alas!' expresses sudden emotion, especially sorrow or regret.
Such standalone emotional expressions are interjections.

'Him' is the objective form required after the verb 'praised.'
Object pronouns receive the action of a verb.

'Those' points out which books are meant and appears before the noun.
Demonstratives functioning before nouns are determiners.

'Over' describes movement above and across an obstacle.
It is appropriate for jumping across a wall.

'Connected by' identifies the means or link joining two places.
The road functions as that connecting means.

'Since' introduces the starting point of a period continuing to the present.
'Monday' is a specific starting point.

'For' introduces a duration of time.
'Three days' states the length of the absence.

'Tastes' is a linking verb here and connects the subject to a description.
A subject complement after a linking verb is normally an adjective.

'On' is used with days of the week and specific dates.
Therefore, 'on Friday' is correct.