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ENGLISH MOCK TEST 1
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1. Fill in the following blanks with the most appropriate choice.
The student _____ the conversation without waiting for the speaker to stop talking.
‘Interrupted’ is the most logical answer.
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2. Fill in the following blanks with the most appropriate choice.
I could not finish the work in time because I was very _____.
‘tired’ is the most logical answer.
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3. Fill in the following blanks with the most appropriate choice.
I am _____ to having a hearty breakfast in the morning.
‘used to ….’ is the right usage. The other choices have different prepositions. For example, ‘fond of…’ have a liking towards…’, desirous of…’ .
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4. Fill in the following blanks with the most appropriate choice.
Primitive men probably _____ eclipses of the sun and the moon a source of awe and terror.
The answer is ‘regarded’ because it implies the ‘treatment’ the primitive men gave to the sun and the moon.
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5. Fill in the following blanks with the most appropriate choice
.Martha’s appeal for mercy was met with a _____ response from her kidnapper.
‘Hard response’ does not make sense. Also, one cannot figure out what is a ‘curious response’. ‘Callous’ means ‘cold hearted or indifferent’ which is the most suitable choice.
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6. Identify the word which has the correct spelling.
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7. Identify the word which has the correct spelling.
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8. Identify the word which has the correct spelling.
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9. Identify the word which has the correct spelling.
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10. Identify the word which has the correct spelling.
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11. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
I make lists to keep my …11… level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I …12… that vague, nagging sense that there are an overwhelming …13… of things to be done, all of which are on the …14… of being forgotten. Ed, on the other hand, controls his …15… precisely by forgetting them.
Anxiety’ is the best word to describe vague, nagging sense.
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12. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
‘Lose’ makes sense because the list helps matters
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13. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
‘Number’ is the best choice because 15 is already mentioned once.
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14. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
I make lists to keep my …11… level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I …12… that vague, nagging Number of questions: 30 Time Allowed: 30 mins. sense that there are an overwhelming …13… of things to be done, all of which are on the …14… of being forgotten. Ed, on the other hand, controls his …15… precisely by forgetting them.
‘Verge of being forgotten’ which means almost forgotten is the most appropriate phrase.
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15. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
‘Anxiety’ is a recurring theme in this paragraph. Hence, the correct word to be used is ‘stress’.
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16. Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as the answer.
The music teacher (a)/ let (b)/ Radhika and I (c)/ play the piano (d).
‘Me’ as an object pronoun will replace ‘I’.
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17. Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as the answer.
Falling on the (a)/ roof, the rain (b)/ attached (c)/ my attention (d).
‘caught my attention’ is the correct idiomatic usage.
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18. Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as the answer.
The dog (a)/ barks loud (b)/ whenever it sees (c)/ a stranger (d).
‘Loudly’ as an adverb should be used to modify the verb ‘barks’.
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19. Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as the answer.
She is (a)/ more older (b)/ to (c)/ her sister (d).
Usage of ‘elder’ instead of ‘more older’ is correct as elder is used for individuals of the same family. The correct sentence is: ‘she is elder to her sister’.
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20. Read each of the following sentences to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. Mark the number of that part as the answer.
Your stomach (a)/ can hold (b)/ about a (c)/litre of foods (d).
use. . . ‘a litre of food’.
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21. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
After a cancer scare, I was warned …21… pursuing my dream of having a baby. Still my brush with …22… inspired me to try to find a child who was in …23…, to save a …24…, if I could not create one. So my husband and I decided to …25… a child.
The usage of the word ‘warned’ before the blank gives us the hint that the word used in the blank has to be a negative one and hence ‘against’ is most appropriate.
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22. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
The correct word to be used here is ‘mortality’ because the author just survived a cancer scare, hence had a brush with mortality.
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23. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
The blank requires a negative word because the writer gives a hint before this blank that he is in search of a child who needs help. Hence, the correct answer is ‘danger’
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24. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
‘Life’ is the correct word to be used as the writer gives a hint about saving a child if she is not able to create one.
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25. The following passage contains blanks that are to be filled in with an appropriate word from the four given options. Choose the best word from the given alternatives.
Keeping in mind the meaning of the entire paragraph, the word that would fit in the last blank is ‘adopt’ because the couple are planning to save the life of a child who needs help
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26. Fill in the following blanks with the appropriate choices.
Because of his excellent _____ skills, he could mesmerize the crowd with the power of his speech.
A ‘loquacious’ person is a talkative person and need not be a good public speaker. So, choice (a) is incorrect. It is hard to understand the relation of ‘convincing’ skills and power of speech. Choice (c) is wrong as presentation skills need not necessarily make a good orator. Thus, choice (d) is the correct answer.
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27. Fill in the following blanks with the appropriate choices.
The patriot was given a tumultuous welcome _____ his countrymen.
The answer should be ‘by’ as you are given something ‘by’ somebody. The other choices don’t make sense grammatically.
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28. Fill in the following blanks with the appropriate choices.
There is no time like the _____ to start thinking about owning a house.
‘present’ is the best word that can fit in this commonly advocated sentence.
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29. Fill in the following blanks with the appropriate choices.
Practice will _____ pay its dividends.
‘eventually’ is the correct word because the results of any practice come after some time.
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30. Fill in the following blanks with the appropriate choices.
When certain kinds of monkeys are _____, they act just like human beings.
The correct word to be used here is ‘domesticated’, which means to train an animal to live in a human environment.
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