Tenses
Fill in the gaps with the correct tense of the verb in brackets.1 My friends ________ smoking
had given
given up
gave
have given up
none of the above
2 It was hot in the room, so I ________ the window
Opened
Opens
is Opening
Open
None of the above
3 When I was a child, I ________ To be a doctor
Want
Wanted
Will Want
Wanting
None of the above
4 Jim always goes to work by bus ________ He went to work by car
This week
Tomorrow
Yesterday
Day After tomorrow
None of the above
5 Caroline ________ To the cinema three times last week
Will be going
will go
Shall be going
None of the above
All
6 Dave and Pat ________ the museum
Visited
Will Visit
Have Visited
Visiting
None of the above
7 I ________ just ________ my bike
Have,Clean
Had,Cleaned
Has,Clean
Cleaning
None of the above
8 The thief ________ the locker
Broke
Broken
Breaked
Is breaking
None of the above
9 I ________ a letter for Sam
Wrote
Writing
Written
Has written
None of the above
10 Ram ________ watching movies
Like
Likes
Liked
Has liked
None of the above
Subject Verb Agreement
Choose the correct option.11 The parking pass and the ticket ________ on the desk
Lies
Lie
Lied
Liee
None of the above
12 The Mayor and Governor ________ that the bill will soon become a law.
Hopes
Hope
Hoped
Hop
None of the above
13 The parents and the child often ________ Disney moyies.
Watch
Watches
Watching
Watched
None of the above
14 Each of the girl ________ well.
Sing
Sings
Singing
Singe
None of the above
15 Al and Eli ________ to the beach to surf with their Mends.
Goes
Go
Going
Were
None of the above
16 When Joan and Jade arrived, they found that their friends ________ waved their boards.
Had
Has
Were
Is
None of the above
17 My problem, which is minor in comparison 1 with others, ________ because I dropped out of high school.
Exists
Existing
Exist
Is Exist
None of the above
18 You should decide which one of the three choices A, B or C best ________ the question.
Answer
Is
Answers
Answering
None of the above
19 All of the students who took his class ________ passed.
Has
Is
Are
Have
None of the above
20 The number of deaths ________ increasing.
Are
Have
Is
Not
None of the above
21 The students or the teacher ________ guitar.
Plays
Play
Playing
Have
None of the above
22 ________ the jury going to decide on the case soon?
Are
Have
Not
Is
None of the above
23 The players, as well as the captain, ________ to win.
Wants
Want
Should
Is
None of the above
24 There ________ fifteen candies in that bag. Now there ________ only one left.
Was,are
Were,is
Was,is
is,are
None of the above
25 The price of these jeans ________ reasonable.
Is
Are
Not
Has
None of the above
26 Thirty years ________ a long time.
Is
Are
Not
Have
None of the above
27 The school of fish ________ in the sea.
Swim
Swimming
Swims
Swimmed
None of the above
28 The dog or the cats ________ in the house.
Is
Are
Not
Has
None of the above
29 Mathematics ________ my favorite subject.
Is
Are
Not
Has
None of the above
30 The scissors ________ lying on the table.
Is
Are
Not
Have
None of the above
Sentence Construction
Choose the correct option.31 She never knew whether her husband would be in an angry or cheerful mood as he was such a ________ character.
Volatile
Passive
Lazy
Voluble
None of the above
32 She is much too ________ to have anything to do with that obnoxious affair.
Happy
Hasty
Noble
Proud
None of the above
33 So many servants attended ________ him during his illness.
At
Upon
On
With
About
34 His answer was such ________ I expected him to give.
That
Which
As
like which
Who
35 The principal and staff have made ________ efforts to enable the students to attend college on the days of the bus strike.
Integrated
Deliberate
Concerted
Systematic
None of the above
36 History records seventeen incursions of Sultan Mahmood ________ India.
Against
Into
Upon
On
None of the above
37 Many women in the developing countries experience a cycle of poor health that ________ before they are born and persists through adulthood passing from generation to generation.
Derives
Establishes
Begins
Originates
None of the above
38 Everyone should ________ himself against illness since medical care has now become expensive.
Vaccinate
Insure
Brace
Ensure
Inoculate
39 These essays are intellectually ________ and represent various levels of complexity.
Modern
Superior
Demanding
Revealing
40 The priest addressed the ________ for more than an-hour and was listened to with rapt attention.
Staff
Audience
Congregation
Crew
None of the above
Reading Passage
Please read the following sentence/passage and fill-in the blanks with most appropriate word(s) from the options/choice provided under each. From designing and printing corporate brouchures and business cards to photocopying students' essays it's all in a day's work for Multicopy Printing.The family-run firm is one of the most successful printing, copyshop and design offices in the region. Although it is a _____(1)_____ small company, it thinks big. The company has made a considerable_____(2)_____ in high-tech machinery to_____(3)_____up in this rapidly changing industry. The company's success has recently enabled it to modernize and_____(4)_____its premises. Multicopy's Managing Director, Colin Marsh, says,"It was very_____(5)_____before. We may get up to two tones of paper delivered a day and we were running out of space to_____(6)_____it. Now, we are the only business in this area_____(7)_____a print service from start to finish all under one roof. A vast amount of work can be_____(8)_____in a very short span of time. The firm was_____(9)_____up 22 years ago by Colin's father, who was the area manager for a national_____(10)_____of printers before starting his own business.
41 Fill in the blank no.1
Relatively
Roughly
Wholly
Nearly
None of the above
42 Fill in the blank no.2
Investment
Expense
Cost
Payment
None of the above
43 Fill in the blank no.3
Go
Get
Keep
Going
None of the above
44 Fill in the blank no.4
Boost
Exceed
Continue
Expand
None of the above
45 Fill in the blank no.5
Closed
crowded
Occupied
Filled
None of the above
46 Fill in the blank no.6
reserve
collect
store
fetch
None of the above
47 Fill in the blank no.7
lending
providing
stocking
holding
None of the above
48 Fill in the blank no.8
settled
built
constructed
completed
None of the above
49 Fill in the blank no.9
taken
put
made
set
None of the above
50 Fill in the blank no.10
branch
chain
system
series
None of the above
Prepositions
Choose the correct option.51 We checked, but there was no improvement ________ the weather
at
in
on
with
by
52 He lives ________ a farm
in
at
within
beneath
in
53 How far is it Here ________ the airport?
To/from
From/to
In/to
In/At
None of the above
54 They walked ________ me without speaking
On
Past
Through
At
None of the above
55 ________ our stay in London, we visited a lot of museums
During
While
For
In
None of the above
56 I will be ready to leave ________ about twenty minutes
In
on
at
down
None of the above
57 The fruits are too spur ________ be eaten
Under
At
To
Over
None of the above
58 I am waiting ________ my mother's call
Above
Below
For
Up
None of the above
59 You can buy stamps ________ the post office
On
At
Up
In
None of the above
60 President Saddam Hussain has lived ________ the gun all his life
with
for
by
on
through
61 Pakistan is not enamoured ________ the bomb for its own sake
with
for
of
by
None of the above
62 It is dangerous to enter ________ the enemy's camp
in
into
on
through
by
63 President Saddam Hussain has been familiar ________ a gun all his life
with
for
by
on
through
64 Religious leaders should not delve ________ politics
in
with
at
into
None of the above
65 What you say has hardly any bearing ________ the lives of tribals
about
for
on
with
None of the above
66 India is committed ________ a policy of peaceful existence
for
with
to
of
on
67 Sometimes we have to put ________ with irksome or unpleasant situations
on
in
off
up
for
68 I must hold discussions ________ you ________ that matter shortly
about,in
with,on
with,for
about,for
None of these
69 I have been waiting here for him ________ three weeks
for
from
since
on
None of the above
70 The soldiers rebelled ________ the king
at
on
with
against
None of the above
Confusable Words
Select the appropriate word in each sentence.71 I will try not to let his words ________ me
affect
effect
except
xcept
None of the above
72 The way he waved his hands ________ that he was happy about the decision
inferred
implied
imply
infer
None of the above
73 I can run farther than you, but let's discuss that ________ after the race
First
further
Advance
Beyond
None of the above
74 Depending on the requirements, you may have to ________ your decision
Altar
Alter
Alternate
Alternative
None of the above
75 I am completely ________ in this course
Disinterested
Unwanted
Disinterest
Unintrest
None of the above
76 She has apparently found it difficult to ________ the circumstances
Except
Accept
Expect
Expected
None of the above
77 She apparently doesn't care about ________ origins in antiquity
Its
It's
It not
Them
None of the above
78 Fact is stranger than ________
fiction
faction
All
I dont know
None of the above
79 ________ law was enforced in the territory as a last resort
Martial
Marshal
All
I dont know
None of the above
80 Are you ________ that he has been lying to me
inferring
implying
All
I dont know
None of the above
Building Verbiage (Synonyms)
Choose the word among the four options which is the closest in meaning to the given word.81 extrovert
outgoing person
shy
calm
fussy
passive
82 pungent
sharp sensation
flowery
tasty
cute
clever
83 Unsuccessful
related,having a common ancestry
futile,functionless,superfluous
lacking self-control,unchaste,unrestrained
gently flickering with soft clear light,light and witty (fig)
None of the above
84 Inconsistent
deliberately trying to influence, not impartial
related, having a common ancestry
mournful, like a lament
unstable, prone to change or movement
None of the above
85 BEAT
Defeat
Caress
Beaten
Bend
None of the above
Building Verbiage (Antonyms)
Choose the word among the four options which is the opposite to the given word.86 CANDID
Convivial
Frank
Sly
Candidate
None of the above
87 Precipitous
exact
very steep
uncertain
absurd
None of the above
88 Myriad
bright
imaginary
very great number
variety
None of the above
89 Docile
vague
gentle
stupid
stubborn
None of the above
90 Mitigate
to heal
soften
pardon
send on a mission
None of the above
Articles
Insert the correct article in the blanks A, An, The91 Fruit is usually sold by ________ pound
The
A
An
None of the above
Thee
92 He is ________ humble man
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
93 Yes, that's ________ Good Idea
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
94 He is one of ________ smartest people I know
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
95 I can't believe I failed ________ yesterday's test!
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
96 Why don't you try ________ apple?
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
97 Yesterday I saw ________ animal
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
98 Marshals ________ honest girl.
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
99 Janate ________ piece of pizza.
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
100 ________ apple a day keeps the doctor away!
A
An
The
Thee
None of the above
