Fill in the blanks in the given sentences in List-I with the appropriate prepositional phrases in List-II: | List-I | List-II | | --- | --- | | (Sentences) | (Preposition phrases) | | (A) I drive to work, but I'd never do it ______ if I could avoid it. | (I) at once | | (B) You should take the dessert out of the freezer and serve it ______. | (II) by choice | | (C) I thought I understood the equation but ______ I realized it was complicated. | (III) at the very least | | (D) The store should give me my money back or ______ offer to exchange the shoes. | (IV) on reflection | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Option 1: (A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

Option 2: (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

Option 3: (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

Option 4: (A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

AfterBoards · Accepted Answer

The answer is '(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)'. View full solution:

List-I	List-II
(Figures of speech)	(Definitions)
(A) Metaphor	(I) Giving human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
(B) Personification	(II) A phrase that combines contradictory or opposite words.
(C) Hyperbole	(III) An imaginative comparison between two unrelated things without using "like" or "as."
(D) Oxymoron	(IV) An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Figures of speech)
(A) The stars danced in the sky	(I) Hyperbole
(B) She sells seashells	(II) Personification
(C) I could eat a horse	(III) Metaphor
(D) Life is a roller coaster	(IV) Alliteration

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