Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 02:50:39 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the correct preposition to fill the gap. ___ bad weather, the trip will be postponed to next week.
Select correct option:
In case to
In case from
In case of
In case

Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 02:51:39 PM ) Total Marks: The second part of the essay is the ______ where you develop the main idea with the help of examples and details
Select correct option:
Conclusion
Start
Outline
Main body
Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 02:52:58 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The writing of ______ which will depend on the purpose and the subject of the essay.
Select correct option:
Starting line
First line
Ending line
An outline
Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 02:54:07 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. Emerging in the spring or summer as an elongate, brownish to black beetle, the grub with its velvety body ______ in length from 9 to 10 mm.
Select correct option:
range
it will have ranged
which has ranged
ranges
Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 02:55:26 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Some writers think of ______ similar to the road side traffic signs that tell the reader the direction he/she has to take
Select correct option:
Compound signals
Transition signals
Word signals
In transition signals
Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 02:56:50 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.
Select correct option:
Alcoholism, as stated earlier is a chemical disease, that can be altered by behavior.
Alcoholism as stated earlier is a chemical disease, that can be altered, by behavior.
Alcoholism, as stated earlier, is a chemical disease that can be altered by behavior.
Alcoholism as stated earlier is a chemical disease that can be altered by behavior.
Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 02:58:16 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the phrasal verb most similar in meaning to: pay an informal visit
Select correct option:
call in
keep up
drop in on
keep up with
Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 02:59:48 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.
Select correct option:
Two students obviously pranksters replaced the chalk, in the classrooms, with sticks of white chocolate.
Two students, obviously pranksters, replaced the chalk in the classrooms with sticks of white chocolate.
Two students obviously pranksters, replaced the chalk in the classrooms, with sticks of white chocolate.
Two students obviously pranksters replaced the chalk in the classrooms with sticks of white chocolate.
Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 03:01:06 PM ) Total Marks: 1
______: Primarily from reading, talking to people, listening to talk shows, TV programs on current issues etc.
Select correct option:
Sharing ideas
Getting Ideas
Sharing thoughts
Writing views
Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 03:02:29 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the closest meaning of “see into”:
Select correct option:
to witness departure
to detect
to attend to
to find out the true nature of something

------
......
Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 03:06:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. The total of livestock of all kinds which used the National Agricultural System in 1910 under pay permits ______ 2.75% in comparison with the previous year.
Select correct option:
carried off
fired off
laid off
fell off
Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 03:07:22 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank by choosing the best option. I know that they have all abandoned you one by one but I hope you wouldn’t forget that I have------by you from the beginning.
Select correct option:
joined
stuck
fastened
adhered
Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 03:08:35 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Identify the SUBJECT of the given sentence John went to the store.
Select correct option:
John
Went
Store
To
Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 03:09:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Thesis statement means_______
Select correct option:
Concluding lines
Introduction
Help
states the main topic
Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 03:10:02 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What is true of the following sentence? She had married.
Select correct option:
It is a compound-complex sentence.
It is a compound sentence
It is a sentence fragment.
It is a comma splice.
Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 03:10:54 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What is the antonym for 'Elongate'?
Select correct option:
Stretch
Lengthen
Shorten
Straighten
Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 03:12:00 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Some writers think of ______ similar to the road side traffic signs that tell the reader the direction he/she has to take
Select correct option:
Compound signals
Transition signals
Word signals
In transition signals
Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 03:13:22 PM ) Total Marks: 1
1. By ______ we mean that your paragraph is easy to read and understand
Select correct option:
Coherence
Unity
Sentence
Words
Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 03:14:17 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. Emerging in the spring or summer as an elongate, brownish to black beetle, the grub with its velvety body ______ in length from 9 to 10 mm.
Select correct option:
range
it will have ranged
which has ranged
ranges
Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 03:14:42 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the best option. Even if things get difficult, I will not ------or hesitate to stand up for you.
Select correct option:
waiver
waver
tremble
quiver
......
------
Question # 1 of 10 ( Start time: 03:18:55 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Identify the VERB in the given sentence. Ayesha cooked the food for her parents.
Select correct option:
Ayehsa
Cooked
Food
Parents
Question # 2 of 10 ( Start time: 03:19:24 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The concluding paragraph consists of a summary of the main points.
Select correct option:
Summary
Central idea
Important lines
Message
Question # 3 of 10 ( Start time: 03:20:29 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. Emerging in the spring or summer as an elongate, brownish to black beetle, the grub with its velvety body ______ in length from 9 to 10 mm.
Select correct option:
range
it will have ranged
which has ranged
ranges
Question # 4 of 10 ( Start time: 03:20:51 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the best option to fill the blank in the sentence below: Writing is such a/an...... that it cannot easily be broken down into a series of skills and sub-skills for teaching.
Select correct option:
art
stream of thought
complex activity
none of above
Question # 5 of 10 ( Start time: 03:22:16 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. To Darwin we ______ that has made the interrelations of organisms central in modern natural history.
Select correct option:
have owed the change
owe the change
owing the change
have owed the change
Question # 6 of 10 ( Start time: 03:23:45 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the correct option. She comes of a ______ family.
Select correct option:
Respectful
Respectable
Respectfully
Respectably
Question # 7 of 10 ( Start time: 03:24:33 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Choose the correct option. If I don't go to the class I'll be in big trouble.
Select correct option:
If I don't go, to the class I'll be, in big trouble
If I don't go to the class, I'll be in big trouble.
If I don't go to the class. I'll be in big trouble.
Correct
Question # 8 of 10 ( Start time: 03:25:39 PM ) Total Marks: 1
______ in text means that only one main idea is stated in the topic sentence.
Select correct option:
Separation
Coherence
Words
Unity
Question # 9 of 10 ( Start time: 03:27:01 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The second part of the essay is the ______ where you develop the main idea with the help of examples and details
Select correct option:
Conclusion
Start
Outline
Main body
Question # 10 of 10 ( Start time: 03:27:47 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What is the antonym for 'Sate'?
Select correct option:
Disappoint
Envision
Hostile
Pate

ENG101 Important MCQs

Fill in the blank with the correct spelling of the word from the given option. This agenda item will ______that one.
Select correct option:
/ supersede
/ superceed
/ superceid
/ superseed
Which one of these means 'a useless person’?
Select correct option:
/ Dead loss
/ Dead wood
/ Dead weight
/ Dead heat
Use grammatical information to predict the word that correctly completes the following sentence. Within the last few years a new and ______science has been explored.
Select correct option:
/ much
/ exciting
/ recently
/ within
Find the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. "Give it to me, will you?" "_____"
Select correct option:
/ Please.
/ Here you are.
/ It's here.
/ I'll.
Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. Some of the votes______to have been miscounted.
Select correct option:
/ Seemes
/ seem
  • Use grammatical information to predict the word that correctly completes the following sentence. Sometimes oil ______to the surface to form tar pits.
    oozetricklesoak seeps
  • Tell the Antonym of the word given in capital letters. I can’t believe how SELFISH some people can be.
    Timid generousmean stingy

  • This documentary is a ______of values between the East and the West.

Comparatively Comparison Comparative Compares

  • The suffix in the words ‘Fatalism and Methodism’ has the meaning:
  • state, quality, action place for belief in person concerned with

  • Choose the best option for given statement. Jack is______upset about losing his keys.

sadly loudly extremely ferociously

  • Read the cause in the situation and choose the effect. "A child stretched a balloon, put it to his lips, and purse his lips around the balloon’s neck."
  • The balloon deflated Balloon poppedChild blew up the balloon Child took a deep breathe
  • Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: Words are provided in...... cloze test.

DeletionInflectional Phrasal Multiple choice

  • Complete the given statement by choosing best option. We chose the ______pumpkin. (Large)

-ly -est -ful -ness

  • Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: Inflectional cloze is good for practicing grammar in a ...... passage.

CloseLengthyConnectedRandom

  • Choose the best meaning/definition for the word in Capital letters. Santos knew that the reading class would improve his vocabulary and comprehension, thus increasing his chances of success in SUBSEQUENT college courses.
  • out of order followingless important first

Choose the best meaning for each highlighted word

1. Joseph wanted to adopt a healthy lifestyle, so he resolved to abstain from high-fat, fast food and sugar-laden sodas.

  • Agree to unwillingly
  • Give up voluntarily
  • Accept without question
  • Stain one’s reputation

2: The coach observed his team’s bizarre behavior and concluded that the players were suffering from dehydration.

  • Unusual
  • A flea market and bake sale
  • Appropriate
  • Ordinary

3: The Senate hearing committee demanded the corporation’s officers to provide credible documents to explain their unusual accounting procedures.

  • Practical
  • Praiseworthy
  • Believable
  • Worthless

4: Usman knew that the reading class would improve his vocabulary and comprehension, thus increasing his chances of success in subsequent college courses.

  • Following
  • First
  • Out of order
  • Less important

Put the correct form of words given in brackets while using affixes.

  1. This word is very difficult to spell, and even worse, it's ______. (Pronounce)
  2. He's lost his book again. I don't know where he has ______it this time. (Place)
  3. He wants to be a ______when he grows up. (Mathematics)
  4. I think that you should ______. It may not be the best thing to do. (Consider)
  5. She looked at her ______in the mirror. (Reflect)

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Complete the following sentence by choosing the correct option.

The UConn women basketball team's perfect season ______in a championship win over Tennessee.

► fulminated

► fomented

► culminated

► alleviated

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Fill in the blank with correct option.

A kind of ______seemed to occur when David graduated from high school. He became a serious student all of a sudden.

► milieu

► metamorphosis

► epithet

► accolade

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following statements expresses fact?

► Professor Ahmad khan argues that the effect of carbon emissions on the surrounding environment will only get worse.

► This product might cause stomach upset for some people in years to come.

► In 2005, Brazil and FC Barcelona star Ronaldinho was named FIFA World Footballer of The Year.

► Local councilors should spend more time listening to residents and less time listening to each other.

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Choose the best meaning/definition for the highlighted word.

Santos knew that the reading class would improve his vocabulary and comprehension, thus increasing his chances of success in subsequent college courses.

► less important

► out of order

► following

► . first

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of these means ‘a loose garment’?

► Cloak

► Clock

► Clone

► Clot

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct option.

You must have been _____ daydreaming _____ sleeping in class again.

► neither…or

► both…or

► either…or

► either…and

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. /pair of connectives.

James usually has his lunch at this restaurant _____ sometimes he eats elsewhere.

► if

► either

► neither

► but

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Complete the sentence by choosing the best option /pair of connectives.

_____ the men _____ their supervisor is to be blamed for the mishap.

► Neither…and

► Either…and

► Neither…nor

► Either…nor

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Choose the best meaning or synonym for the highlighted word.

When your plan brings us great wealth, you will be rewarded for your sagacity.

► huge appetite for herbs

► good looks

► mistakes

► intelligence

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank.

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

► exhort

► instigate

► emulate

► flout

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank.

Newton imagined light to ______of particles emitted from luminous bodies.

► assist

► desist

► consist

► persist

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Which one of the following cannot be used for the suffix –ure? 1. lect- 2. fiss- 3. depart- 4. polit-

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Read the cause in the given situation and choose the effect.

I ran as fast as I could, passing all the other runners in the race. I wasn't even tired, either.

► I won the race

► I came in last place in the race.

► I decided to run the last lap of the race again.

► I stopped at the store for a snack, since I was ahead of everyone else.

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Fill in the blank with the most suitable phrasal verb.

She brought..... the deal even though nobody thought she was capable of doing it.

► off

► in

► out

► down

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Identify the best answer which is not a synonym for the word 'sleepy'.

► lethargic

► soporific

► hyperbolic

► somnolent

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Choose the phrasal verb most similar in meaning to: Wear

► Try on

► Fill out

► Have on

► Turn on

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 2 )

Choose appropriate options for the sentence given below:

I (accept/except) all your compliments, but I (advice/advise) you to offer (fewer/less) of them at a time because (its /it's) not good for a person to hear too many positive things about himself in one day.

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 2 )

What is a consonant sound?

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 3 )

Write antonym for each underlined word in the blanks provided.

1. You could see the happiness on the girl’s face when she won first prize.

2. The man sold his expensive art collection to the museum for a lot of money.

3. We turned the wrong direction and got lost. -

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 5 )

Underline two synonyms in each sentence.

1. Irma thinks you are very well informed, but Shelly believesyou don’t know what you're talking about.

2. Kerry gave a triumphant shout to celebrate our team's victorious record.

3. I couldn’t recall her name and I don’t even remember where we met.

4. Chris wasn’t in his seat when the teacher passed out the morning assignment. He was tardy as usual. Then he missed the bus and was late for supper

5. George was demanded to confess his guilt. The other kids knew that George would never admit that he had done wrong.

MIDTERM
EXAMINATION

Spring 2010

ENG101- English Comprehension (Session - 3)

Question No: 1
( Marks: 1 )
- Please choose one
Choose the phrasal verb most similar in meaning to:Refuse
Turn up
►Turn down
►Look out for
►Put out
►Turn up
Question No: 2
- Please choose one
Which suffix cannot be added to the root word 'employ' to make a new word?
less
►ment

►ing
►less

►er
Question No: 3
- Please choose one

Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. /pair of connectives.

Each class is to present __either___ a drama ___or__ a song for the concert.

►both…nor
►either…or
►either…and
►both…or
Question No: 4
Please choose one

Read the sentence carefully and identify which of the given choices is closest in meaning to the word underlined.

J.Paul Getty, the late billionaire, was sofrugalthat he had a pay telephone for the guests in his home.thrifty
►Sensitive
►Generous
►Thrifty

►Honest
Question No: 5
- Please choose one
Read the statement carefully and choose ‘inference’ from the given options.
If you go to a birthday party, you can infer that:
There will be a cake
►There will be a cake.
►The person is turning 20.
►There will be a clown.
►You will have bad time.
Question No: 6
- Please choose one
Choose the best meaning for the highlighted word.
1.A student ofcontemporaryart must also study the classic works of artists from the past, recognizing that these masters produced the modern art of their own time.
modern

►religious ►not having to do with religion
►modern ►former
Question No: 7
- Please choose one
Choose the best meaning for the word underlined.
There is anoptimumway 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.
best
►time-consuming
►annoying
►best
►inconvenient
Question No: 8
- Please choose one
Choose the correctly spelled word from the options provided.
calendar
►callender
►calendar
►calendre
►calander
Question No: 9
- Please choose one
Click on the option that you think is correct.Hemp cannot be used to produce marijuana, _because of__ its low THC content.
►as