Accept and Except
- (a)Accept means apart from and except means recognise
- (b)Accept means recognise and except means include
- (c)Accept means consent and except means apart from
- (d)Accept means allude and except means apart from
Answer
C
Why
Correct — C, accept means consent and except means apart from. 'Accept' (verb) means to receive or agree to something; 'except' means excluding or apart from. Option (c) defines both correctly.
Why the others are wrong
- (a)Accept means apart from and except means recognise — Swaps the pair — it gives 'accept' the meaning of 'except' and vice versa.
- (b)Accept means recognise and except means include — 'except means include' is wrong — 'except' means to leave out, not include.
- (d)Accept means allude and except means apart from — 'accept means allude' is wrong; 'allude' means to refer to something indirectly.
Concept
'Accept' is a verb meaning to receive or agree, while 'except' means to exclude or apart from — a frequently confused pair.
Related PYQs
No directly related past PYQ was found.
Practice
- practice — not a real PYQ
Choose the correct sentence.
- (a)Everyone came accept Ravi
- (b)Everyone came except Ravi
- (c)I cannot except your offer
- (d)Please accept everyone apart Ravi
Answer(b) Everyone came except Ravi — 'except' means apart from.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'She was happy to ____ the award.' Choose the correct word.
- (a)except
- (b)accept
- (c)expect
- (d)aspect
Answer(b) accept — to receive or take the award.