1. The old man is said _____ all his money to an old people's home when he died.

a. to leave
b. to leaving
c. have left
d. to have left

2. Unless we _____ throwing garbage into the river, it will be polluted.

a. won't stop
b. stop
c. will stop
d. don't stop

3. I was late _____ class yesterday.

a. to
b. for
c. in
d. until

4. The director has asked us to send monthly _____ to Mr. Jefferson in the finance department.

a. statement
b. Statements
c. states
d. state

5. The supplier has many different models of ____.

a. furnitures
b. furniture
c. furnituring
d. furnisher

6. The book was released after it got final ______ from the author.

a. approved
b. approving
c. approval
d. approve

7. New York is found on the east _____ of the United States.

a. beach
b. coast
c. shore
d. city

8. Which analogy is similar to WORDS : WRITER

a. Laws : Policeman
b. Butter : Baker
c. Chalk : Blackboard
d. Joy : Emotion

9.


The new job offer is alluring. The meaning of the underlined word is:

a. tempting
b. unexpected
c. ordinary
d. disappointing

10. I study hard _____ I should fail in the examination.

a. or
b. so that
c. unless
d. lest

11. Find out the odd word from the options:

a. Commend
b. Laud
c. Eulogize
d. Chide

12. ____ your sincerest cooperation, I would have failed.

a. Only for
b. But for
c. Due to
d. Because of

13. I'm sorry Kathy! Can you repeat that? I didn't ____ what you said.

a. listen
b. hear
c. see
d. feel

14. Her grades have improved, but only -

a. in a small amount
b. very slightly
c. minimum
d. some

15. Identify the incorrect sentence-

a. I feel unwell.
b. I have a headache.
c. Open page 50.
d. I wish I could fly.

16.



I know the reason why he came here. The underlined part is a/an -

a. adverbial clause
b. noun clause
c. adjective clause
d. None

17. I had no difficulty ____ their house although they had said people often did.

a. to find
b. finding
c. to finding
d. for finding

18. 'Secede' means the opposite of -

a. accessible
b. recall
c. merge
d. bail

19. The critics _____ that the review - as a book in English and in many other languages.

a. are said/could be published
b. say/can be published
c. will say/had been published
d. said/may be published

20. Although working conditions ____ in many occupations in the past few years, one can never be safe, particularly in places with higher risk occupations.

a. might improve
b. can't have improved
c. may have improved
d. could improve

21. We ______ the game if we'd had a few more minutes.

a. might have won
b. won
c. had won
d. will win

22. Which is a synonym of 'indolent'?

a. Frentic
b. Melancholy
c. Lazy
d. Pristine

23. An enormous _____ of locusts ate all the crops.

a. swarm
b. shoal
c. bevy
d. troop

24. 'Bread and _____. The missing item in this food twin is -

a. butter
b. egg
c. pork
d. cream

25. The single word for 'a person who is travelling about on foot' is -

a. pedestrian
b. pedal
c. traveller
d. plumber

26. 'Auction' takes the suffix ' -

a. -eer
b. -ism
c. -or
d. -ant

27. Choose the alternative (A, B, C or D) that best fills in the blank/answers the following: ____ is the study of weather and climate.

a. Genealogy
b. Astrology
c. Criminology
d. Meteorology

28. The woman ___________ was old and bent.

a. I spoke to her
b. that I spoke
c. whom I spoke to her
d. I spoke to

29. In time of financial crisis, such lavish expenditure should be _______

a. justified
b. curtailed
c. allowed
d. increased

30. Microscopes make small things appear larger than ____

a. really are
b. are really
c. are they really
d. they really are

31. The hybrid cars have ________ the features of a luxury car but also the efficiency of using less fuel than the normal cars.

a. that
b. additionally
c. all
d. not only

32. The book that you see ________ on the table belongs to me.

a. laid
b. lying
c. laying
d. lain

33. Theocracy is the rule of the _________

a. military
b. state
c. aristocrats
d. church

34. The medical doctor will disagree to the operation ______ she is convinced that it is absolutely necessary.

a. only if
b. unless
c. as long as
d. none

35. He fantasized _______ wining the lottery.

a. with
b. about
c. from
d. after

36. Many islands make up ___________

a. an isle
b. an archipelago
c. a peninsula
d. a continent

37. __________ the situation infuriated him, he did his best to hide his anger.

a. Because
b. As
c. Though
d. Since

38. A sceptic is one who ______

a. is considered to be strange or unusual
b. always expects bad things to happen
c. believes that people are selfish
d. has doubts about things that other people believe

39. He ______ to see us if he had been able to.

a. had come
b. would have come
c. came
d. would come

40. Ivanka speaks English fluently ______ she knows French.

a. however
b. moreover
c. but
d. because

41. His master _____________ angry with him even when he is late.

a. was never being
b. is never being
c. was never
d. is never

42. It is advisable __________

a. that a drastic measure be adopted
b. a drastic measure to be adopted
c. that to adopt a drastic measure
d. that needs drastic measure