App, Test7- 25q= 50 marks

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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