App, Test7- 25q= 50 marks
1 Idioms/ phrases:
Top-notch
The highest marking on a tree or a building
Person or organization that attracts only the top
Of highest possible quality
Person of integrity
2 Idioms/ phrases:
At the drop of a hat
Suddenly and without much thought
Do something without much pressure
Clumsy person who drops hats everywhere
A happy and easy-going man
3 Idioms/ phrases:
Pin back your ears
To clean your ears with a pin
Person or organisation that pins important issues
To keep yourself away from hearing bad stuff
To listen carefully to something.
4 Choose the correct option expressing the meaning of the bracketed word:
He [initiated] the dialogue.
ordered
began
interfered
refused
5 Choose the correct option expressing the meaning of the bracketed word:
The [complexity] of the issue baffled everyone.
complacency
grievance
conclusion
intricacy
6 Choose the correct option expressing the meaning of the bracketed word:
He drank [excessive] amount of liquor.
unreasonable
innocuous
inculpable
inordinate
7 Fill in:
He is a man _______ means.
in
of
at
on
8 Fill in:
Have you ever tried ___________ a coconut tree?
climbing
to climbing
climb
for climbing
9 Rearrangement:
P. that he ordered
Q. the post was
R. the first job he performed on reaching
S. my release from jail
R P S Q
R S P Q
P R S Q
R Q P S
10 Rearrangement:
P. both winter and summer
Q. extreme
R. are truly
S. here in India
R P S Q
S R Q P
S P R Q
P S R Q
11 Spot the error:
Look! The boy over there
wears the same sweater
as you.
No error
12 Spot the error:
Where are you coming from?
Are you
an American?
No error
13 Identify the bracketed word:
For the next generation of interior architects an design graduates, work [opportunities] are immense.
adjective
adverb
conjunction
noun
14 Identify the bracketed word:
[The] cat loves comfort.
pronoun
adverb
indefinite article
determiner
15 Identify the bracketed word:
[Ours] is a great country.
noun
adjective
pronoun
adverb
16 Voice:
His speech astonished me.
I was astonish by his speech.
I was astonished in his speech.
I was astonished at his speech.
I had astonished by his speech.
17 Voice:
Who has broken the new chair?
By who has the new chair been broken?
By whom has the new chair been broken?
By whom has the new chair broken?
Whom has the new chair been broken?
18 Narration:
She has said, ''I am winning the election.''
She said that she was winning the election.
She has said that she was winning the election.
She said that she is winning the election.
She has said that she is winning the election.
19 Narration:
He said to her, ''Why did he insult your brother?''
He asked her why he had insulted her brother.
He asked her why he had insulted his brother.
He asked her why had he insulted her brother.
He asked her why he insulted her brother.
20 Improve the bracketed part:
My brother is looking forward to [meeting] his employer tomorrow
meet
to meet
met
no improvement
21 Improve the bracketed part:
One is often pleased with [himself].
herself
oneself
themselves
no improvement
22 Choose the correctly spelt word:
fortith
forteith
fourtieth
fortieth
23 Identify the sentence:
I went shopping notwithstanding the bad weather.
Simple s
Compound s
Complex s
Compound- complex s
24 One word substitution:
A dabbler (not serious) in art, science and literature
sober
dilettante
grave
soothing
25 One word substitution:
A person who leads an immoral life
itinerary
libertine
clumsy
earnest
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