Explanation

Fruitful means productive or successful.

Futile means useless or unsuccessful, making it the antonym.

Fruitful means پیداواری یا کامیاب

Futile means بیکار یا ناکام

Explanation

Reported question → "He said to her" changes to "He asked her".

Simple past tense "did you buy" changes to past perfect → "had bought".

"This shop" becomes "that shop" in indirect speech.

Explanation

"A few" means some, indicating a small number but not none — a positive quantity.

The sentence implies some friends are still available for help, so "A few" is correct.

Explanation

Conditional-2 refers to unreal or hypothetical situations in the present or future.

Structure: If + past simple, would + base verb

("If I were the head... I would relax...") fits this pattern.

Explanation

Possessive pronoun "Her" comes first.

Followed by adjectives in this order:

Opinion (comfortable)

Age (old)

Material (wooden)

This is the correct sequence for multiple adjectives before a noun.

Explanation

The Restoration period (around 1660–1700) is the shortest among the listed literary periods.

It is known for the revival of drama and comedy after the English Civil War.

Explanation

Imagery refers to the use of vivid or descriptive language that appeals to the senses (sight, sound, smell, touch, taste).

It helps readers create mental pictures and experience the text more fully.

Explanation

Shylock is a central character, a Jewish moneylender, in Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice.

The play deals with themes of justice, mercy, and revenge.

Explanation

"Fly in the face of" means to openly oppose or go against something, especially tradition or accepted norms.

The phrase fits the context of defying established traditions.

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In Piaget's theory of cognitive development, the formal operational stage (age ~12 and up) is when children begin to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.

It is the final stage in Piaget’s model.