1. Identify the bracketed part:
I could not find the diary (that) you had given me.
A. Conjunction
B. Relative pronoun ✅
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun
E. Preposition
2. Identify the bracketed part:
She told me (that) she had the gold ring.
A. Conjunction ✅
B. Relative pronoun
C. Adverb
D. Pronoun
E. Preposition
3. Identify the bracketed part:
I (have) his phone number.
A. Lexical verb ✅
B. Auxiliary verb
C. Linking verb
D. Past participle
4. Identify the bracketed part:
He (does) his work honestly.
A. Lexical verb ✅
B. Auxiliary verb
C. Linking verb
D. Past participle form
5. Identify the bracketed part:
The water is (still) today.
A. Verb
B. Adjective ✅
C. Adverb
D. Conjunction
6. Which sentence is correct?
a. He had completed the task before I had come.
b. ✅ He had completed the task before I came.
c. He had completed the task before I come.
d. He completed the task before I had come.
7. Which sentence is correct?
a. She had left the city after he had asked me about her.
b. She left the city after he has asked me about her.
c. She left the city after he asks me about her.
d. ✅ She left the city after he had asked me about her.
8. Fill in
He was used to ................ carelessly under his previous manager.
a. work
b. working ✅
c. worked
d. works
9. Fill in
She ................ her old keyboard.
a. uses to
b. was used to ✅
c. is use to
d. used to
10. Fill in
He ................ here anymore. Call him on his phone number.
a. don't live
b. doesn't live ✅
c. didn't lived
d. doesn't lives
11. Fill in
If you .................. the exam, you'll get a smartphone.
a. passed
b. will pass
c. pass ✅
d. passes
12. Fill in:
I know whose ..................
a. notebook are this
b. notebook it is ✅
c. notebook is it
d. notebook are that
13. Fill in
I wish I ......... strong muscles.
a.have/ b. ✅ had/ c.were/ d.was
14. Fill in
Sumit is adept ......... cooking sea food.
a.from/ b. ✅ at/ c.of/ d.on
15. Fill in
Is she ........... last canditate waiting for the interview?
a.a/ b. ✅ the/ c.an/ d.no article
16. Fill in
Ramesh is wiser than ........ in my class.
a. ✅ any other student/ b.any student/ c.most other student/ d.all other student
17. Fill in
My father did not approve ..................... the plan of travelling to Ukraine because of the conflict.
1) ✅ of 2) one 3) to 4) with
18. Fill in
I fell ......... him because of a property dispute.
1) out from 2) ✅ out with 3) through with 4) through from
19. Spot the error:
a. He has told
b. me how
c. ✅ is his father.
d. No error
20. Spot the error:
a. She beat
b. ✅ him to tear the book
c. comprising good stories.
d. No error
21. Spot the error:
a. I was glad
b. ✅ for seeing
c. all my friends.
d. No error
22. Spot the error:
a. ✅ His half
b. salary is
c. spent on buying books.
d. No error
23. Spot the error:
a. Are'nt your father
b. and your elder brother
c. out of town?
d. ✅ No error
24. Spot the error:
a. If you had seen yesterday’s basketball match
b. ✅ I am sure you will have enjoyed
c. watching your point guard.
d. No error
25. Find the synonym of the given word:
Lull
a. fast
b. noisy
c. ✅ poised
d. tricky
26. Find the synonym of the given word:
Hinder
a. jump
b. assist
c. ✅ impede
d. fall
27. Find the synonym of the given word:
Abeyance= 1) Commencement 2) Perjury 3) Condone 4) ✅ Suspension
28. Find the synonym of the given word:
Composed= 1) ✅ Unfazed 2) Insane 3) Playful 4) Bewildered
29. Find the synonym of the given word:
Boisterous= 1) ✅ Clamorous 2) Ferocious 3) Speechless 4) Unfettered
30. Find the synonym of the given word:
Haggard= 1) ✅ Lean 2) Insane 3) Rejected 4) Ridiculed
31. Find the synonym of the given word:
Profligate- 1) Modest 2) ✅ Immoral 3) Upright 4) Virtuous
32. Find the synonym of the given word:
Oracular- 1) Lucid 2) Distinct 3) ✅ Cryptic 4) Unambiguous
33. Find the synonym of the given word:
Nauseous- 1) ✅ Loathsome 2) Benevolent 3) Worthy 4) Considerable
34. Find the antonym of the given word:
Detestable
a. wicked
b. sinner
c. ✅ charming
d. annoying
35. Find the antonym of the given word:
Diffident
a. timid
b. ✅ courageous
c. sluggish
d. quick
36. Find the antonym of the given word:
Clandestine= 1) Abrupt 2) Illicit 3) ✅ Open 4) Wary
37. Find the antonym of the given word:
Audacity= 1) Greed 2) Kindness 3) ✅ Cowardice 4) Sigh
38. Find the antonym of the given word:
Ostentation= 1) Comical 2) Insane 3) ✅ Modest 4) Swanky
39. Find the antonym of the given word:
Commiserate=1) Debatable 2) Empathize 3) ✅ Indifferent 4) Legion
40. Find the antonym of the given word:
Protract- 1) Delay 2) ✅ Advance 3) Unwise 4) Sharp
41. Find the antonym of the given word:
Remnant- 1) ✅ Whole 2) Slice 3) Fraction 4) Part
42. Find the antonym of the given word:
Sneer- 1) ✅ Praise 2) Scorn 3) Mock 4) Despise
43. Voice:
I shall not take the next exam.
a. The next exam will not be took by me.
b. The next exam wouldn't be taken by me.
c. The next exam won't be taken by me. ✅
d. The next exam shall not be taken by me.
44. Voice:
We have to object to the new guidelines.
A. The new guidelines have been objected to.
B. The new guidelines have to be objected to. ✅
C. The new guideline has to be objected to.
D. The new guidelines have to be objected.
45. Voice:
He needn't earn money.
A. Money is not needed by him.
B. Money need to not be earned by him.
C. Money needn't be earned by him. ✅
D. Money doesn't needs to be earned by him.
46. Narration:
He said to me, ''What shall we do?''
a. He asked me what should we do.
b. He asked me what we will do.
c. He asked me what we would do.
d. He asked me what we should do. ✅
47. Narration:
"Fie! what a dirty child!" said my aunt.
1) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly what a dirty child.
2) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly that the child is very dirty.
3) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly that the child was very dirty. ✅
4) My aunt exclaimed disgustedly what a dirty child it is.
48. Narration:
The jeweller said to us, "These diamonds are polished here."
1) The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished there.
2) The jeweller informed us that those diamonds were polished there. ✅
3) The jeweller had informed us that those diamonds were polished there.
4) The jeweller informed us that these diamonds were polished here.
49. What is the past participle form of 'reveal'?
a.revealled
b.revealed ✅
c.revealing
d.reveals
50. Find the incorrectly spelt word:
a.wrest
b.rust
c.dug
d.smug
e.all are correct ✅
51. Improve the bracketed part
If he [go] there, he would have got a job.
a. went
b. had gone ✅
c. goes
d. No improvement
52. Improve the bracketed part:
Milton was the greatest of (all other) writers.
1) ✅ all the 2) any other 3) the other 4) No improvement
53. Improve the bracketed part:
She is not used (to sleep) for so long.
1) to be sleeping 2) to sleep 3) ✅ to sleeping 4) No improvement
54. Idiom:
To steal the limelight=1) To act in a foolish way 2) To break something 3) ✅ To draw the focus of attention to oneself 4) To see the hidden meaning
55. Idiom:
In a jiffy= 1) Fail to win appreciation 2) In an appropriate manner 3) ✅ Something that is done very quickly 4) To fall in love
56. One word substitution:
Mania for travel= 1) ✅ Dromomania 2) Hypomania 3) Megalomania 4) Nymphomania
57. One word substitution:
One who has suddenly gained new wealth, power or prestige= 1) Egotist 2) Impostor 3) ✅ Parvenu 4) Scullery
58. One word substitution:
An arrangement of flowers fastened in a ring used for laying on a grave:
1) Brier
2) Prickle
3) ✅ Wreath
4) Splint
59. One word substitution:
The remains of something that has been badly damaged:
1) Pristine
2) Immaculate
3) ✅ Wreckage
4) Sterile
60. Rearrangement:
P: It isn't bragging about how great you are.
Q: It's not about thinking you're perfect because nobody is but knowing that you're worthy of being loved and accepted.
R: Self esteem is how much you value yourself and how important you think you are.
S: It's how you see yourself and feel about your achievements.
1) SQRP 2) RQSP 3) ✅ RSPQ 4) SRQP
61. Rearrangement:
P: Most of them are combinations of hydrogen and carbon in varying proportions.
Q: Crude mineral oil comes out of the earth as a thick brown or black liquid with a strong smell.
R: It is a complex mixture of many different substances, each with it's own individual qualities.
S: Such hydrocarbons are also found in other forms such as bitumen, asphalt and natural gas.
1) QPRS 2) PQRS 3) PQSR 4) ✅ QRPS
62. Rearrangement:
There was no need to
X-set a watch, for we had nothing
Y-to fear from anybody or
Z-anything in that vast untenanted plain
1) ZYX
2) ZXY
3) YZX
4) XYZ ✅
63. Rearrangement:
Thus, I stand on a
X-hill and watch a labourer
Y-upon the distant railway
Z-striking with his sledge
1) XYZ
2) XZY ✅
3) ZYX
4) ZXY
Cloze test:
Education is for life, not merely for a livelihood. As long as we are unmindful of this ............64.........., the ............65........ of our educational curriculum as well as that of our ............66........ and students is likely to remain ............67......... It is not enough for a society to have experts. It needs human beings who can think, feel and act generously, the kind of people who cannot be replaced by computers and ............68.........
64. 1) measure 2) resource 3) story 4) ✅ truth
65. 1) efficiency 2) effectiveness 3) ✅ quality 4) quantity
66. 1) friends 2) ideals 3) parents 4) ✅ teachers
67. 1) ✅ inadequate 2) indifferent 3) represented 4) unmeasurable
68. 1) mechanics 2) monitors 3) ✅ robots 4) televisions
Cloze test:
Children need to be taught the importance of hygiene early on so that it becomes a ..........69............. Children are the most ..........70........... to hygiene-related disorders like skin issues, rashes, infections, wounds, etc. Teach them early on about what to ..........71............ Teach them that taking a few ...........72.......... measures to prevent infections and diseases is ...........73..........
69. 1) kind 2) ✅ habit 3) regular 4) need
70. 1) innocent 2) responsible 3) pliable 4) ✅ susceptible
71. 1) ✅ avoid 2) read 3) right 4) learn
72. 1) scientific 2) ✅ precautionary 3) unimportant 4) insignificant
73. 1) optional 2) secondary 3) voluntary 4) ✅ imperative
74. Which one is a complex sentence?
A. He is worried about his new deal.
B. ✅ She called me up as she wanted to discuss something.
C. Mohan was unwell yet he finished his task on time.
D. He left and I switched the tv on.
75. Which one is an imperative sentence?
A. I want you to score well.
B. ✅ Please, leave now.
C. You need to be specific.
D. Could you prepare some food?
Find the antonyms:
76. Vacillate- a.unsteady/ b.mammoth/ c. ✅ determined/ d.munificent
77. Acrimonious- a. ✅ affectionate /b.caustic /c.nettle /d.irk
78. Proceed- a.lead / b. ✅ retreat / c.freed / d.knead
79. Lock up- a.restricted / b.chain/ c.confine / d. ✅ unchain
80. Reprimand- a.reproach / b.scold / c. ✅ extol / d.berate
81. Swift- a.fast / b.quick / c. ✅ lackadaisical / d.admiration
82. Abhorrence- a.affluence/ b.afraid/ c. ✅ affection/ d.affectation
Find the synonyms:
83. Stain- a.lucid / b.limpid / c. ✅ stigmatize / d.clear
84. Babble- a. ✅ chatter / b.reticent / c.baffle / d.introvert
85. Feud- a.agreement / b.harmony/ c.understanding/ d. ✅ altercation
86. Haul- a.maroon / b. ✅ lug / c.char / d.maul
87. Peevish- a.patient / b. ✅ irritable / c.calm / d.troubling
88. Bewail- a. ✅ bemoan / b.merriment / c.entertainment / d.celebrate
89. Retaliation- a.tolerance / b. ✅ counterattack / c.bear / d.ignore
Idioms/ One word substitutions/ Phrasal verbs/ Confusing words:
90. A system where all people are equal- a.bureaucracy/ b.oligarchy/ c.aristocracy/ d. ✅ egalitarian
91. Excuse- a.induce / b. ✅ alibi / c.truce/ d.refuse
92. The sound of monkeys- a.neigh /b.hiss /c. ✅ gibber/grunt
93. Hear it on the grapevine- a.to be hard of hearing/ b.dumb/ c. ✅ to hearsay/ d.deaf
94. As daft as a brush- a. ✅ fool/ b.shrewd / c.intelligible / d.agile
95. Feel down- a. ✅ down in the mouth / b.in the red / c.overjoyed / d.green
96. Splash out- a.miser / b.✅ blow up money / c.to be frugal / d.terminate
97. Evergreen- a.✅ perennial / b.fleeting / c.transient / d.temporary
98. Gripe- a.✅ grouse / b.refer / c.recommend/ d.comply
99. Celebration- a.feet / b.feat / c.fait/ d.✅ fiesta
100. Irascible- a.hesitating / b.✅ easily irritated/ c.irritating / d.piercing