English Content 24 Marks
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1 ) Choose the correct sentence regarding the use of 'such…. that'.
1. It is an interesting city such that we are going to visit it again.
2. It is so interesting city such that we are going to visit it again.
3. It is such an interesting city that we are going to visit it again.
4. It is an interesting such city that we are going to visit it again.
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2. The judge looked into the details of the case.
The meaning of the phrasal verb 'looked into' is:
1. turned into
2. observed keenly
3. wrote something
4. cleared something
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3. Choose the model auxiliary verb that can be used to express
possibility.
1. should
2. must
3. ought
4. can
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4. Choose the sentence that has a noun clause.
1. What you say is not clear to me.
2. What is your name?.
3. That house is beautiful.
4. He is a man of strength.
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5. Choose the sentence with a defining relative clause.
1. The silk sarees are made in Benares and they are popular all
over the world.
2. The silk sarees which are made in Benares are popular all
over the world.
3. The silk sarees are made in Benares, so they are popular all
over the world.
4. Being made in Benares, the silk sarees are popular all over
the world.
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6.Don't be too upset about it, …………..
Choose the correct question tag to complete this sentence.
1. shall we ?
2. will you ?
3. should you ?
4. do you ?
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7. Choose the sentence with a non-finite clause.
1. Having done his homework, he went out to play.
2. He went out to play because he had done his homework.
3. He had done his homework and went out to play.
4. He went out to play after he had done his homework.
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8. Choose the correct 'Yes / No' question.
1. You are a student ?
2. How will you know that ?
3. Do you think are you right ?
4. Do you think you are right ?
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9. Siri got a good job by means of her own abilities and skills.
The meaning of 'by means of' in the above sentence is:
1. together
2. through
3. substitute
4. together with
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10. . If I had attended the function, I ………….. wished him.
Choose the correct verb to fill in the blank.
1 ) had
2. shall have
3. would have been
4. would have
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11. We did not leave early enough.
'Enough' in the sentence above is:
1. a noun
2. a verb
3. an adjective
4. an adverb
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12. No sooner had I closed the door............ somebody knocked again.
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
1. then
2. than
3. when
4. while
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13. Choose the sentence that does not have an adverbial clause.
1. Nobody was free because all were engaged in some important
work.
2. Nobody was free since all were engaged in some important
work.
3. If you ask him, he will help you.
4. I have not met him but written a letter to him.
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14. Choose the noun phrase with the correct order of adjectives.
1. A dirty black crow
2. A crow dirty black
3. A crow black dirty
4. A black dirty crow
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15. "I lost my pencil. Have you seen it anywhere?"
"No, I haven't. When .............. the pencil?"
Choose the group of words to fill in the blank.
1. did you last use
2. you used last
3. have you last used
4. last you used
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16. Walking makes you healthy.
In the above sentence, 'walking' is :
1. a model verb
2. a present participle
3. a gerund
4. a past participle
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17. When two actions in the past are clearly separated by time, the
earlier action is expressed in:
1. the past perfect tense
2. the simple past tense
3. the simple present tense
4. the present perfect tense
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18. The weaver said to Ramya, "Do you like this saree?"
The reported speech of this sentence is:
1. The weaver told Ramya he liked this saree.
2. The weaver asked Ramya that she liked this saree.
3. The weaver asked Ramya if she liked this saree.
4. The weaver asked Ramya if she liked that saree.
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19. Gopi is an honest person. ................ honesty of Gopi is known to all.
Choose the article that fits the context.
1. a
2. an
3. the
4. No article is needed
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20. Choose the conjunction that can be used to write a compound
sentence.
1. so ........ that
2. neither ........... nor
3. even though
4. in order that
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Read the following passage and choose the correct answers to
the questions given after
Today perhaps your only association with the word 'polio' is
the Sabin Oral Vaccine that protects children from the
disease. Fifty five years ago this was not so. The dreaded
disease, which mainly affects the brain and spinal cord
causing stiffening and weakening of muscles, crippling and
paralysis – which is why I am in a wheelchair today. If
somebody had predicted, when I was the seventh child in a
family of four pairs of brothers and sisters, with huge 23
years gap between the first and the last. I was so fair and
brown haired that I looked more look like a foreigner than a
Dawood Bohri. I was also considered to be the healthiest of
the brood.
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21. In his childhood, the narrator was:
1. a weakling
2. very healthy
3. tall and slim
4. short and stout
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22. In this passage, the word 'brood' refers to:
1. polio victims
2. foreign children
3. children in the family
4. Indian children
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23. The narrator was the seventh child in a family of:
1. eight children
2. sixteen children
3. twenty three children
4. four children
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24. A letter expressing condolences is:
1. a business letter
2. an informal letter
3. a formal letter
4. an official letter
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