English Practice Set 1945

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1. Q1 · English · Idioms and Phrases
   Choose the idiom/phrase that means: "alert and competent"
   AAt the drop of a hatBOn the ballCOn thin iceDUnder the weather
2. Q2 · English · English Language
   Choose the correct passive-voice form: "They are constructing a new bridge over the river."
   AA new bridge is being constructed over the river.BA new bridge was being constructed over the river.CA new bridge is constructed over the river.DA new bridge has been constructed over the river.
3. Q3 · English · One Word Substitutes
   Select the one-word substitute for: "Fear of the dark"
   AAcrophobiaBDemophobiaCNyctophobiaDXenophobia
4. Q4 · English · Grammar — Tenses & Verb Forms
   Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: _____ the truth all along.
   AwentBhad already startedCShe was knowingDknew
5. Q5 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
   Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘no substitution required’. It is expected that this police power will only apply to air and (sea routes between the Great Britain and the Northern Ireland).
   Asea routes across the Great Britain and Northern IrelandBsea routes across the Great Britain and the Northern IrelandCsea routes between Great Britain and Northern IrelandDNo substitution required
6. Q6 · English · Fill in the Blanks
   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Although the team worked _____, they could not _____ the deadline.
   Ahard / meetBhard / extendClittle / meetDhard / miss
7. Q7 · English · Fill in the Blanks
   The students requested the school management to conduct a….. exam mock test.
   AproBpostCmultiDpre
8. Q8 · English · Ordering of Words
   Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "at / arrives / always / the / He / o'clock / before / office / nine"
   Ao'clock the before always arrives nine office at He.Barrives before always nine the o'clock office He at.CHe always arrives at the office before nine o'clock.Do'clock the always before at office He arrives nine.
9. Q9 · English · Idioms and Phrases
   Pull yourself together
   AFeel agitatedBDiscourage the orphansCCalm down after an upsetting incidentDEncourage the rich
10. Q10 · English · Idioms and Phrases
    Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'put out' in the following sentence: He was put out when I refused his request for a loan.
    AVexedBResoslvedCAngryDContented