Read the passage: \'Studies show that students who read for pleasure perform 20% better academically. Yet, screen time has reduced recreational reading by 40% in the past decade.\' What is the author\'s concern?

Choose the one-word substitution for \'A person who talks too much\':

He has been absent _____ Monday.

Choose the correct synonym of \'Candid\':

She said, \'I will finish this by tomorrow.\' (Change to Indirect Speech)

[RC] The cat sat on the mat. It was a sunny day. The cat enjoyed the warmth. What did the cat sit on?