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Question 1:

Rearrange the following scrambled letters to form a meaningful word:

R A E H T

Step 1: Letters: R, A, E, H, T

Step 2: Try possible arrangements: HEART, EARTH, HATER

Step 3: All are meaningful words. The most common is HEART.

Answer: HEART

Question 2:

Rearrange the following scrambled letters to form a meaningful word:

L L E H

Step 1: Letters: L, L, E, H

Step 2: Possible arrangements: HELL, LEHL, etc.

Step 3: The meaningful word is HELL.

Answer: HELL

Question 3:

Add a suitable prefix to the word "HAPPY" to make its opposite.

Step 1: HAPPY means feeling pleasure.

Step 2: To make it opposite, we need a prefix meaning "not".

Step 3: un- is the correct prefix: un + happy = unhappy

Answer: UNHAPPY

Question 4:

Add a suitable suffix to the word "HAPPY" to make a noun.

Step 1: HAPPY is an adjective.

Step 2: To make a noun, add -ness: happy + ness = happiness

Answer: HAPPINESS

Question 5:

Which of the following is a compound word?

A) Rainbow    B) Happiness    C) Quickly    D) Actor

Step 1: Rainbow = rain + bow (two words combined)

Step 2: Happiness = happy + ness (suffix addition)

Step 3: Quickly = quick + ly (suffix addition)

Step 4: Actor = act + or (suffix addition)

Answer: A) Rainbow

Question 6:

Which word is an anagram of "LISTEN"?

A) SILENT    B) TINSEL    C) Both A and B    D) None

Step 1: LISTEN has letters: L, I, S, T, E, N

Step 2: SILENT has: S, I, L, E, N, T — same letters ✓

Step 3: TINSEL has: T, I, N, S, E, L — same letters ✓

Step 4: Both are anagrams of LISTEN.

Answer: C) Both A and B

Question 7:

From the letters of the word "COMPUTER", which of the following words can be formed?

A) PUT    B) COT    C) MOP    D) All of these

Step 1: COMPUTER has letters: C, O, M, P, U, T, E, R

Step 2: PUT uses: P, U, T — available ✓

Step 3: COT uses: C, O, T — available ✓

Step 4: MOP uses: M, O, P — available ✓

Answer: D) All of these

Question 8:

From the letters of the word "EXPLORATION", which word CANNOT be formed?

A) EXPLAIN    B) TRAIN    C) RATION    D) PORTION

Step 1: EXPLORATION letters: E, X, P, L, O, R, A, T, I, O, N

Step 2: TRAIN uses: T, R, A, I, N — available ✓

Step 3: RATION uses: R, A, T, I, O, N — available ✓

Step 4: PORTION uses: P, O, R, T, I, O, N — available ✓

Step 5: EXPLAIN uses: E, X, P, L, A, I, N — X is not in EXPLORATION! ✗

Answer: A) EXPLAIN

Question 9:

Arrange the following jumbled letters to form a meaningful word:

T C A

Step 1: Letters: T, C, A

Step 2: Possible arrangements: ACT, CAT, TAC

Step 3: Both ACT and CAT are meaningful words.

Answer: ACT or CAT

Question 10:

How many meaningful words can be formed from the letters A, C, T using all letters?

Step 1: Letters: A, C, T

Step 2: All possible arrangements: ACT, CAT, TAC

Step 3: Meaningful words: ACT, CAT (TAC is not a standard word)

Step 4: Number of meaningful words = 2

Answer: 2 (ACT, CAT)

Question 11:

Which word is formed by adding both a prefix and a suffix to the root word "USE"?

A) REUSE    B) USABLE    C) REUSABLE    D) USAGE

Step 1: REUSE = re- (prefix) + USE (root) — only prefix

Step 2: USABLE = USE (root) + -able (suffix) — only suffix

Step 3: REUSABLE = re- (prefix) + USE (root) + -able (suffix) — both!

Step 4: USAGE = USE (root) + -age (suffix) — only suffix

Answer: C) REUSABLE

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