Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

The secretary to my boss is very efficient as he not only gives him the required information and also handles correspondence independently.

Direction: Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. My grandmother always went to school with me because the school was attached to the temple.

B. When we both finished, we would be back together.

C. While the children sat in rows on either side of the verandah singing the alphabet or prayer in chorus, my grandmother sat inside reading the scriptures.

D. The priest taught us the alphabet and the morning prayer.

Direction: Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute for the underlined word.

The weather forecast mentioned that there would be a cloud burst this afternoon.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Keats and Shelly were poets of the same period; in other words, they were _______.