1) What does the idiom 'gain ground' mean?
A) to give excuses
B) to get a shelter
C) to get a piece of land
D) to succeed slowly
2) Identify the antonym of the given word:
"BARREN"
A) desert
B) arid
C) fertile
D) empty
3) Fill in the blanks with the correct word pair:
I saw a ___________ snake lying under a box
full of ___________ for the office use.
A) stationary, stationery
B) stationery, stationery
C) stationary, stationary
D) stationery, stationary
4) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
The man complained _______ headache but nobody
listened to him.
A) of
B) from
C) for
D) to
5) Choose the most appropriate sentence for
the given sentence in Indirect or Direct speech:
They said that we cannot live without oxygen.
A) They said, "That we cannot live without
oxygen".
B) They said, "We cannot live without oxygen".
C) They said, "We could not live without
oxygen".
D) They said, "They cannot live without
oxygen".
6) Choose the most appropriate sentence for
the given sentence in the Indirect or Direct
speech.
Ali said to me, "I am going home".
A) Ali told to me that he is going home.
B) Ali told me that I will going home.
C) Ali told me that he was going home.
D) Ali told me that I am going home.
7) Fill in the blanks with the correct pronouns:
The mayor wrote a letter to Seema and _______
in which he asked us if we could settle the
matter between __________.
A)me, us
B)I, us
C)me, we
D)myself, ourselves
8) Identify the clause of the underlined part of
the sentence.
The house across the road, which belongs to
Max, is up for rent.
A) noun clause
B) adverb clause
C) adjective clause
D) verb clause
9) Fill in the blanks with the correct Modal
Verb:
Tina watched the movie in Marathi so,
________ understand very much of it.
A) can't
B) wouldn’t
C) shouldn’t
D) couldn’t
10) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
_______ President of Sri Lanka will be on a visit
to India very soon.
A) The
B) A
C) No article
D) An
11) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
For protection from rain, one ________ carry an
umbrella during the rainy season.
A) would
B) should
C) could
D) will
12) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
He has promised to meet me at the restaurant
in __________ hour.
A) an
B) no article
C) the
D) a
13) Pick out the noun phrase in the following
sentence:
A bunch of keys lay on the floor.
A) lay
B) lay on the floor
C) A bunch of keys
D) A bunch
14) Fill in the blanks with the correct
homophones:
He asked me to keep the things ________ but I
could not ________ him properly.
A) hear, hear
B) here, hear
C) here, here
D) hear, here
15) Identify the Synonym of the word given:
ALERT
A) lethargic
B) energetic
C) watchful
D) inattentive
16) Fill in the blanks with the correct option:
The village head brought _______ a
reconciliation between the two enemies.
A) among
B) in
C) about
D) through
17) Fill in the blanks and complete the phrase:
They want to win this match_____________.
A) to cost an arm and leg
B) the best of both worlds
C) by hook or by crook
D) once in a blue moon
18) Fill in the blanks with the correct word:
I would __________________ all parents to
spend quality time with their kids.
A) advise
B) advice
C) advising
D) adviced
19) Identify the Antonym of the given word:
MITIGATE
A) intensify
B) compose
C) calm
D) abate
20) Fill in the blanks with the correct Pronouns:
My neighbor lived alone, with _____ to look
after ________.
A) everyone / he
B) someone / him
C) no one / him
D) anyone / himself
21) Pick out the main clause in the following
sentence:
Even though the fish was covered in exotic
spices, Zac refused to eat it.
A) Even though the fish was covered
B) Even though the fish was covered in exotic
spices,
C) Covered in exotic spices
D)Zac refused to eat it
22) Find the correct sentence for the given jumbled words:
poured/ he/ tea / a/into/ some/ cup
A) He poured into cup some tea a.
B) He tea poured some into a cup.
C) Poured he some tea into a cup.
D) He poured some tea into a cup.
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