T20- 5

1. Spot the error: (Previous paper, Year ****)

I have acquire a feeling of self-confidence and courage.    

1. of self-confidence

2. acquire a feeling

3. and courage

4. I have

2. Fill in: (Previous paper, Year ****)

I did not attend the meeting because .......... invited.    

1. I had not

2. I had not been

3. I were not

4. I was not been

3. Find the synonym: (Previous paper, Year ****)

Unruffled

1.furious

2.serene

3.excited

4.uproar

4. Find the antonym: (Previous paper, Year ****)

DENOUNCE    

1. compliment

2. accuse

3. renounce

4. threaten 

5. Rearrangement: (Previous paper, Year ****)

A. I learnt to push Lily’s wheelchair.

B. It was fun to watch Lily roll her eyes to watch the ducks.

C. I parked the chair in front of the pond.

D. One afternoon, I wheeled her to the park.

1. ABCD

2. ACBD

3. ACDB

4. ADCB

6. Voice: (Previous paper, Year ****)

She has designed some beautiful dresses.    

1. Some beautiful dresses have been designed by her.

2. Some beautiful dresses have designed by her.

3. Some beautiful dresses have being designed by her.

4. Some beautiful dress have been designed by her.

7. Narration: (Previous paper, Year ****)

Mother said to him, “How did you get the tickets to the show?”    

1. Mother asked him that how he get the tickets to the show.

2. Mother asked him how he got the tickets to the show.

3. Mother asked him how he had got the tickets to the show.

4. Mother asked him that how had he got the tickets to the show.

8. Give one word: (Previous paper, Year ****)

A period of interval between two regimes and governments

1.duration

2.intervene

3.interregnum 

4.intermission 

9. Improve the bracketed part: (Previous paper, Year ****)

(Alas)! Don’t make a noise in the library.

1. No substitution

2. Hurrah

3. Hush

4. Wow

10. Find the incorrectly spelt word: (Previous paper, Year ****)

1. Caribbean 

2. Twelth

3. Archaeology 

4. Omission

11. What is the plural form of "Curriculum".

a.curriculumi / b.curriculi / c.curriculams / d.curricula 

12. What is the feminine gender of "stag".

a.duck / b.colt / c.countess / d.hind

13. Choose the correct case:

He objected to ........... speaking the truth.

a.I / b.mine / c.my / d.me

14. Choose the correct preposition:

Everyone revels .......... his freedom.

a.from / b.at / c.on / d.in

15. Choose the option expressing the meaning of the phrasal verb "put out":

a.stay

b.extinguish

c.keep

d.postpone

16. Identify the bracketed part:

He is (a) great cricketer.

a.adverb / b.intensifier / c.predicate / d.determiner

17. Identify the figure of speech:

O, Captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done.

a.apostrophe / b.oxymoron / c.hyperbole / d.personification 

18. Identify the gender:

WATER

a.feminine / b.neuter/ c.common / d.masculine

19. Identify the sentence:

LET HIM STAY ALONE.

a.Exclamatory S/ b.Imperative S/ c.Optative S/ d.Assertive S

20. Choose the correct conjunction:

.......... you are sincere, it will be difficult to succeed in future.

a.if / b.when / c.since / d.unless