Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct option.

The coach's ___________ voice could be heard over all the other noise in the gymnasium.


►sanguine

►ingratiating

►strident              Correct

► mellifluous

Read the statement carefully and choose ‘inference’ from the given options.

If you get fired from your job, you can infer that:


►You did something wrong.      Correct

►You will never get a job again

►You were the best worker.

►You might get a raise.

Read the sentence carefully and decide which of the five choices provided comes closest in meaning to the word underlined.

Sue affected to like her only until she found a better friend.


►Agreed

►Pretended        Correct

►Wanted

►Bothered

Indicate the correct form of verb in the sentence given below.

He was told not to laugh at policemen.

Please choose one

►-ed

►-ing

►Infinitive

►Past               Correct

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank.

Newton imagined light to ________ of particles emitted from luminous bodies.

Please choose one


► assist

► desist

► consist            Correct

► persist

Which suffix can correctly be added to the root word 'electric' to make a new word?

Please choose one

► ed

► ian                Correct

► sion

► y

Fill in the blank with the most suitable phrasal verb.

The weather brought my cold......

Please choose one

► down

► up                               Correct

► off

► on

Choose antonym for the underlined word.

Our investigation will reveal the truth.

Please choose one

► conceal                    Correct

► expose

► inspect

► announce

Locate ‘gerund’ in each sentence.

1. Hours of editing the newspaper ruined her day.

2. Hanging the pictures on the wall was more difficult than we had anticipated.

3. Try to slip away without telling your friends about it.

4. Each afternoon Miriam enjoyed swimming a few laps.

5. Winning at poker makes Don feel important.

6. I am demoting the officer for disobeying orders.

7. One of my favorite events is canoeing down the Mississippi River.

8.  Sometimes wisdom simply means knowing about the importance of silence.

9.  Without studying for the test, you are taking a big chance.

10. Abbey is enjoying listening to the Rolling Stones' music.

1. Editing

2. Hanging

3. Telling

4. Swimming

5. Winning

6. Disobeying

7. Canoeing

8. Knowing

9. Studying, taking

10. Enjoying, listening, Rolling

Read the passage and answer the question.

It is early summer. August’s long-awaited vacation time still seems ages away, but by the same toke, its torpor-producing heat and mildew-generating humidity have not yet arrived. Instead, these cool, end-of-June days practically insist on getting the picnic season under way immediately. But, alas, there is a difficulty: alfresco dining has a bad name among us. Tenth-rate hot dogs, carbonized chicken parts, and beef a-la-charcoal are principally what come to mind when we hear the words "outdoor food".

Q. What does the author want to convey through this passage.
    

Fill in the blanks with the following words:

although     However     whereas     Yet     despite

1. My friend Ammara has just bought herself some new shoes---------- she already has some 20 pairs
2. We decided to walk from coast to coast ----------our lack of training.
3. The hotel wasn't really idyllic. ----------, we had a great time there.
4. I love cycling -----------my wife prefers walking.
5. I don't really believe everything he says. ---------, I thoroughly enjoy being with him.

Name at least two Reading Skills to locate information in the text.

1. Scanning
2. Skimming
3. Reading for detail

Ref: http://busyteacher.org/4669-3-most-essential-reading-skills-your-students.html

How many kinds of irony are usually known? Define.

Irony is found in everyday conversation as well as in writing. Irony always involves ‘discrepancy’ - meaning that something doesn't quite fit - and it usually takes two forms situational and verbal.

(I) Situational irony occurs when the discrepancy lies in the situation itself. You

expect something but something else happens. Or a situation calls for an expected response

but something unexpected happens instead e.g. there is a house on fire and you expect the

fire fighter to aim a water hose / pipe at the fire, but instead he aims a petrol pipe / hose.

That would be very ironical.

(II) Verbal irony occurs when there is discrepancy between what is said and

what is meant e.g. usually the exact opposite, or a near opposite of what is meant: an eager

cricket player looks out of the window and sees that it is raining. “Oh, great!” he says,

meaning exactly the opposite. Another example to illustrate this: After seeing a terrible

performance by an actor in a movie someone might say “Now that’s an actor who is sure to

win the Best Actor Award for this year!” – Both examples illustrate verbal irony.

Choose appropriate options for the sentence given below:

 He was a principle player who was more powerful than the staff member who engineered the race that effected the chairman's professional career. 

Define ‘Time Relaters’.

Time relaters are connectives use to show the relationship between two ideas, events, etc...

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank.

Coach Calhoun tried to ___________ his team to try harder in the face of overwhelming odds.

Please choose one

► exhort                      Correct 

       

►  instigate           

       

► emulate

       

►  flout 

Click on the option that you think is correct.

Hemp cannot be used to produce marijuana, ___ its low THC content.

Please choose one

► as

       

► because

       

► because of                       Correct

       

► and

Choose the correctly spelled word from the options provided.

Please choose one

► callender

       

► calendar              Correct

       

► calendre

       

► calander

Choose the best meaning for the word underlined.

There is an optimum way to approach each kind of exam question.  For a multiple-choice item, for example, first eliminate any clearly wrong answers.  For an essay question, jot down an outline first.

Please choose one

► time-consuming

       

► annoying

       

► best                       Correct

       

► inconvenient

Choose the best meaning for the highlighted word

1. A student of contemporary art must also study the classic works of artists from the past, recognizing that these masters produced the modern art of their own time.

Please choose one

► religious

       

► not having to do with religion

       

► modern                     Correct

       

► former