Weekly test, 5th Feb., 2022

Weekly test, 5th Feb. 2022

English grammar - 25 Questions

1. Find the synonym:

Barrier

a.comfort

b.justify

c.impediment 

d.embrace

2. Find the synonym:

Migrate

a.limited

b.beagle

c.transit

d.bottleneck

3. Find the antonym:

Blindness

a.cecity

b.vista

c.confront

d.contour

4. FInd the antonym:

Manifest

a.showcase

b.apparent

c.obvious

d.conceal

5. Idiom/ phrase:

A moot point

a.unclear

b.disputed

c.unknown

d.agreeable

6. Idiom/ phrase:

To pull a long face

a.Look happily

b.Look sad

c.Look calm

d.Look surprised

7. One word substitution:

Violation of that which is holy and sacred

a.sacrilege

b.bizarre

c.malevolent

d.iniquiry

8. One word substitution:

Misappropriation of money

a.Bereavement

b.Condiment

c.Abridgement

d.Embezzlement

9. One word substitution:

One who damages public property

a.Epicure

b.Vandal

c.Demagogue

d.Cynosure

10. Spot the error:

a.Each boy and every

b.girl have to

c.study well.

d.No error

11. Spot the error:

a.I am used to

b.listening to

c.this noise.

d.No error

12. Spot the error:

a.It is I

b.who is 

c.going to suffer.

d.No error

13. Spot the error:

a.He pays me 

b.a visit 

c.without fail.

d.No error

14

Fill in:

There is no substitute ............... hard work.

a.to

b.for

c.in

d.at

15

Fill in:

She is vying ............... me ............. the title.

a.with- for

b.for- with

c.to- for

d.for- to

16. Fill in:

Don't look a gift ............... in the mouth.

a.goat

b.horse

c.tiger

d.lion

17. Fill in:

Ramesh ............ in the shade of a tree before he could walk further.

a.laid

b.lie

c.lied

d.lay

18. Fill in:

The fire service personnel put ............ the fire with much difficulty.

a.of

b.out

c.off

d.on

19. Voice:

He wants everyone to look up to him.

a.He wants to looked up to by everyone.

b.He wants to be looked up to.

c.He wants to be looked up to everyone.

d.He is wanted to look up to everyone.

20. Narration:

She said to me, ''Where were you yesterday?''

a.She asked me where I was the day before.

b.She asked me where I had been the previous day.

c.She asked me where I were the day before

d.She asked me where I had the previous day.

21. Identify the bracketed part:

Her father works [as] a clerk.

a.conjunction

b.adverb

c.preposition

d.adjective

22. Identify the sentence:

She is more intelligent than I am.

a.compound

b.complex

c.simple

d.compound- complex

23. Identify the gender:

Client

a.masculine

b.feminine

c.neuter

d.common

24. What is the feminine gender of 'Signor'?

a.Signoress

b.Signori

c.Sognorium

d.Signora

25. Identify the figure of speech:

Pride goeth forth on horseback, grand and gay.

a.Apostrophe

b.Personification

c.Oxymoron

d.Metaphor