English Practice Set 504

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1. Q1 · English · Cloze Test
   Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word: "Municipal bodies have recently begun _____ tree plantation for new construction projects."
   ArigidBunderminesCambitiousDmandating
2. Q2 · English · Homonyms / Confusing Word Pairs
   Choose the sentence that uses a homonym of the underlined word: The judge will sentence the accused tomorrow.
   AHe received a ten-year sentence for the crimeBThe lawyer defended the sentence fiercelyCThe courtroom fell silent during the sentenceDShe wrote a beautiful sentence in her diary
3. Q3 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Synonyms): Column A: A. Esoteric B. Coax C. Amiable D. Gullible Column B: 1. Obscure 2. Naive 3. Affable 4. Persuade
   AA-1, B-4, C-2, D-3BA-1, B-3, C-4, D-2CA-1, B-4, C-3, D-2DA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
4. Q4 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
   The fall of Ranjith for the petty material benefit was really ignominious.
   AunfalteringBamusingCreprehensibleDignorable
5. Q5 · English · English Language
   Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The teacher said that the earth revolve around the sun.
   ArevolveBrevolvesCrevolvedDwas revolving
6. Q6 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Phrasal Verbs): Column A: A. Hold on B. Run out of C. Check out D. Live up to Column B: 1. to wait 2. to leave a hotel after paying, or to investigate 3. to have no more of something 4. to meet expectations
   AA-2, B-1, C-3, D-4BA-4, B-2, C-3, D-1CA-1, B-3, C-2, D-4DA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
7. Q7 · English · Vocabulary
   Choose the antonym of 'Generous'.
   AOldBHistoricCStingyDTriumph
8. Q8 · English · Vocabulary
   A statement of the obvious presented as if significant is called:
   ATruismBParadoxCClichéDProverb
9. Q9 · English · Ordering of Words
   Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "are / the / Farmers / to / monsoon / struggling / due / irregular"
   Athe struggling Farmers monsoon irregular due are to.Bdue monsoon struggling are to irregular Farmers the.CFarmers are struggling due to the irregular monsoon.Dirregular monsoon are Farmers struggling the to due.
10. Q10 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
    Change into indirect speech: He said, "I was studying when the power went off."
    AHe said that he had been studying when the power had gone off.Bshe said that he were been studying when the power had gone off.Cshe said that he had been studying when the power had gone off.Dshe said that he would been studying when the power had gone off.