Do you know the answers to these English grammar quiz?
1. In the last fiscal year, the bank had a dramatic ( ) in profits.
(a) raise (b) rise (c) increased (d) inflation
2. If not properly ( ), packages may be damaged or lost.
(a) wrap (b) wrapping (c) wrapped (d) wrapper
3. The location of our new branch is kept ( ), so no one knows exactly where it will be.
(a) detailed (b) confidential (c) accessible (d) limited
Especially, #1. if you think the answer is (b), please explain me why (a) can not be the correct answer.
Favorite Answer
#1 is rise – check out the link below – it will help you with the choices raise vs. rise
rise is “to move upward without assistance” while raise is “to lift up”
No one actually lifted the profits – they went up without assistance
Hope this helps 🙂
http://english-zone.com/verbs/raise.html
2 c wrapped
3 b confidential
2. (b) wrapped.
3. (c) confidential.
2. wrapped
3. confidential
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