English Practice Set 276

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1. Q1 · English · Homonyms / Confusing Word Pairs
   The current in the river was too strong for swimming.
   AThe sailor struggled against the rapid currentBThe fisherman measured the depth of the currentCThe swimmer floated easily in the calm currentDThe journalist reported on the current political developments
2. Q2 · English · Reading Comprehension / Cloze Test
   She believes that gardening (24)___ her feel relaxed.
   AmakesBmakeCmadeDmaking
3. Q3 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
   She is married with a rich businessman and has enough money to splurge on luxuries.
   Ahas marriage withBis married toChas married withDNo improvement
4. Q4 · English · Ordering of Words
   Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "affected / the / common / man / prices / badly / have / Rising"
   Aprices have the common badly Rising man affected.BRising prices have affected the common man badly.Chave the man affected common badly Rising prices.Dprices the badly Rising affected common man have.
5. Q5 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Phrasal Verbs): Column A: A. Work out B. Get over C. Put off D. Pull off Column B: 1. to succeed in doing something difficult 2. to recover from something 3. to postpone 4. to exercise, or to find a solution
   AA-4, B-2, C-3, D-1BA-3, B-2, C-4, D-1CA-3, B-4, C-2, D-1DA-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
6. Q6 · English · Idioms & Phrases
   Choose the correct meaning of the idiom 'Under the weather':
   AFeeling slightly unwellBEnjoying the rainCVery happyDExtremely busy
7. Q7 · English · Vocabulary
   Choose the correctly spelled word.
   ATecnologyBTechnologyCTechnolgyDTechknowledgy
8. Q8 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (One Word Substitutes): Column A: A. One who hates mankind B. A government by the people C. One who loves books D. One who eats everything, both plant and animal Column B: 1. Bibliophile 2. Democracy 3. Omnivore 4. Misanthrope
   AA-1, B-2, C-3, D-4BA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1CA-4, B-2, C-1, D-3DA-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
9. Q9 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
   Change into indirect speech: She asked me, "Are you coming to the party?"
   AShe asked me if I might coming to the party.Bhe asked me if I should coming to the party.CShe asked me if I were coming to the party.DShe asked me if I was coming to the party.
10. Q10 · English · Grammar — Nouns/Pronouns/Adjectives/Adverbs
    Select the grammatically correct option: Of the two candidates, she is the _____ one.
    Amost intelligentBmore intelligentCa uniqueDoldest