Explanation
Passage for Reading & Comprehension: In Pakistan, HUNDREDS of people DIE every year in traffic accidents. The media and the government focus a lot on TERRORISM, ALTHOUGH traffic accidents are more common than acts of terrorism.
The main reasons for accidents are: POOR conditions of vehicles, violations of traffic rules, use of mobile phones while driving, UNDERAGE children driving, bad road conditions, and dim or no street lights.
The government SHOULD take effective steps, like creating awareness among people through the media and training the traffic police, SO THAT the number of accidents is reduced.
1. The word "die" is used as? Usual routine deaths
2. The word "terrorism" means? Violent action
3. The Capitalized word "although" is used as? A conjunction
4. The word "poor" is used to mean?
Poorness
5. There are certain main reasons for accidents mentioned in the above paragraph. Which one of these is the simplest reason? Violations of traffic rules
6. The word "should" is used as? Modal and auxiliary verb
7. Other common words for mobile phones are? Cell phone
8. The words "so that"? Are used as linking connecting words (conjunctions)
9. In the third sentence of the passage, the comma is used four times to? Separate phrases used from one another
10. How many effective steps are mentioned in the last paragraph sentence to reduce the number of accidents? Two