Understanding Word Choice: Tyre vs. Tire
The question requires choosing the correct words to complete the sentence: "Inhaling the smoke from a burning _________ could _________ you quickly." This involves understanding the meaning and spelling of similar-sounding words.
Analyzing the Blanks
- First Blank: Needs a noun referring to an object that can burn. The options provide 'tire' and 'tyre'. 'Tyre' is the British English spelling for the rubber covering of a wheel, which can burn.
- Second Blank: Needs a verb describing the effect of inhaling smoke. The options provide 'tire' and 'tier'. 'Tire' (as a verb) means to become weary or exhausted. 'Tier' refers to a level or rank.
Evaluating the Options
- Option 1 (tire / tier): "burning tire could tier you" - Incorrect. 'Tier' does not fit the context of exhaustion.
- Option 2 (tire / tyre): "burning tire could tyre you" - Incorrect. 'Tyre' is a noun, not a verb meaning exhaustion.
- Option 3 (tyre / tire): "burning tyre could tire you" - Correct. 'Tyre' (noun) fits as the object that burns. 'Tire' (verb) fits as the effect of becoming exhausted from the smoke.
- Option 4 (tyre / tier): "burning tyre could tier you" - Incorrect. 'Tier' does not fit the context of exhaustion.
Therefore, the correct completion uses the British spelling 'tyre' for the object and the verb 'tire' (meaning to exhaust) for the effect.
Important Questions from Basic Vocabulary
Choose the most appropriate alternative from the options given below to complete the following sentence:
The administrators went on to implement yet another unreasonable measure, arguing that the measures were already _______ and one more would hardly make a difference.- If '→' denotes increasing order of intensity, then the meaning of the words [sick → infirm → moribund] is analogous to [silly → → daft]. Which one of the given options is appropriate to fill the blank?
Choose the appropriate word/phrase, out of the four options given below, to complete the following sentence:
Frogs _______________- ________ with someone else's email account is now a very serious offence.
- "The horror! The horror!" - these are the last words of ________.
