Q.1 |
It was then he (i)____ (hear) the jostle and squeal of elephants. Below him on each side of (ii)____ shallow river-bed, the elephants traveled. He could see the cows and babies and one great old tusker. He (iii)____(play) his trunk to and fro to learn whatever the breeze could tell him, (iv)___ suddenly he hesitated. Fill in the blank (iii) with appropriate tense? |
a) | play |
b) | was playing |
c) | was played |
d) | playing |
Q.2 |
Read the following and answer the questions based on it: Who is the target customer? |
a) | Parents |
b) | Teachers |
c) | Office-going people |
d) | School-going children |
Q.3 |
Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom: Blow one's own trumpet |
a) | flatters |
b) | praises others |
c) | admonishes others |
d) | praises ownself |
Q.4 |
Find out the collective noun from the given sentence: Fox wanted to eat a bunch of grapes. |
a) | wanted |
b) | bunch |
c) | fox |
d) | eat |
Q.5 |
Fill in the blank: How _____ oranges did you put in the box? |
a) | much |
b) | big |
c) | so much |
d) | many |
Q.6 |
Choose the correct article: Every guy in ___ class has to submit the homework. |
a) | a |
b) | an |
c) | the |
d) | no article |
Q.7 |
Tenses Identify the tense: He was always smiling. |
a) | Past Continuous Tense |
b) | Present Continuous Tense |
c) | Simple Past Tense |
d) | Simple Present Tense |
Q.8 |
Choose the correct option to fill in the blank: He ____ to fishing every Sunday. |
a) | go |
b) | going |
c) | goes |
d) | gone |
Q.9 |
Participles Pick out the participle from the following sentence: I saw the storm approaching. |
a) | I |
b) | saw |
c) | storm |
d) | approaching |
Q.10 |
Choose the common nouns from the options: America's first wild animal trainer, Isaac Van Amburgh generated controversy as far back as 1830 due to his cruel treatment of animals. |
a) | controversy |
b) | Amburgh |
c) | generated |
d) | far |
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