1. Complete the proverb 'A wearer knows where .

a. he is right
b. a man goes
c. a shoe pinches
d. the pain disturbs

2. Which one is a reflexive pronoun?

a. He
b. Who
c. Himself
d. Each

3. What is the synonym of 'Extempore'?

a. Improvised
b. Impromptu
c. Immediate
d. Planned

4. They crossed the English Channel a small boat

a. On
b. by
c. with
d. in

5. At one go means-

a. At once
b. At the time of leaving
c. At one attempt
d. Simultaneously

6. Synonym of 'Repeal' is

a. Perpetuate
b. Promulgate
c. Sanction
d. Abolish

7. Had I known in advance, I enough money,

a. would take
b. took
c. will take
d. would have taken

8. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Would you please don't worry?
b. Would you please not worry?
c. Please don't to worry.
d. Would you please not to worry?

9. They will do it in hour and half

a. the, a
b. a, An
c. a, a
d. an, A

10. "Can they give any evidence of their claim? Which one is the correct passive form?

a. Could any evidence of their claim be given by them?
b. Can any evidence of their claim been given by them?
c. Should any evidence of their claim be given by them?
d. Can any evidence of their claim being given by them?

11. A cliche is

a. A witty statement
b. A worn-out statement
c. false statement
d. Irish humour

12. "Gift of the gab" means-

a. Maiden speech
b. Dumb
c. Fluency of speech
d. Poor Speech

13. The right to livelihood is an facet the night to life.

a. trivial
b. integral
c. complicated
d. ultimate

14. We opted a reconciliation the dispute.

a. With, for
b. for, in
c. on, to
d. for, to

15. Complete the sentence: 'If the sun didn't shine, fruits___ "

a. wouldn't ripen
b. did not ripen
c. will not ripen
d. has not ripen

16. Select the correctly spelt word.

a. Elemantary
b. Elimentary
c. Elimantary
d. Elementary

17.

This golden ring is too costly to purchase. The underlined word is a/an .

a. Adverb
b. Adjective
c. Preposition
d. Conjunction

18. Which word is correctly spelt?

a. Convence
b. Conveyance
c. Convance
d. Conveince

19. What is the synonym of "Sacrosanct?

a. Prayer
b. Sanctuary
c. Pious
d. Sacred

20. Idiosyncratic means-

a. Usual
b. Aesthetic
c. Typical
d. Eccentric

21. The expression "true to their salt' means-

a. Very religious
b. Very honest
c. Faithful to their employers
d. None of the above

22. Choose the antonym of 'Ostentatious.

a. Nescient
b. Awkward
c. Bankrupt
d. Reserved

23. The train ___ arrive at 11 am but it was an hour late.

a. supposed to
b. is supposed to
c. was supposed to
d. None of the above

24.

You cannot guess what type of person he is. Which clause does the underlined portion indicate?

a. Noun clause
b. Adjective clause
c. Prepositional clause
d. Adverbial clause

25. Identify the plural word

a. phenomenon
b. diagnosis
c. foci
d. goose
e. scissor

26. RIPTILE is to LIZARD as FLOWER is to -

a. PETAL
b. STEM
c. ALLIGATOR
d. WATER
e. DAISY

27. What is the antonym of Ponder?

a. Disregard
b. Contemplate
c. Consider
d. Agree
e. Think

28. What is the antonym of Benevolent?

a. Stingy
b. Compassionate
c. Droopy
d. Altruistic
e. Benign

29. Fill in the blanks: He does not like rock music and

a. I don't too
b. me also
c. neither do I
d. nor I
e. nor do I

30. What is the meaning of Ephemeral?

a. Lasting for a very short time
b. Existing throughout all of time and space
c. Having a profound and lasting impact
d. Easily forgotten or disregarded

31. Find out the use of prepositional object

a. Go through the hook.
b. Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain.
c. Take care of your heath
d. Come by now

32. British Bangladeshis _____ the official designations of "Bangla Town" for Brick Lane and its surroundings ______ Tower Hamlets Council in 2001.

a. obtained, from
b. gained, via
c. gathered, by
d. gained, from

33. Men of this particular area like Bangladesh, employed by the British ship companies first started the process of migration to Britain in 1930s. It's an example of a _____

a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence
d. complex-compound sentence

34. "He regaled us once again". What is the meaning of 'Regale'?

a. Amuse
b. Sad
c. Frighten
d. Abhor

35. Elizabeth spent 30 pounds _____ summer frocks.

a. for
b. in
c. on
d. over

36. "Activities at Komodo National Park vary from whale watching to hiking". Here, 'hiking' is a-

a. gerund
b. present participle
c. past participle
d. none of the above

37. Which one is a compound sentence?

a. John and Jack or Jim will play in the game.
b. I will buy a pen or a pencil for writing
c. Jenny cries for she has lost her toy
d. He let it ring for every village and every

38. In the poem by W.B. Yeats' Innisfree stands for ___

a. mechanical and peaceful life
b. peaceful and tranquility
c. peace and pain
d. pleasure and peace
e. Test Yourself

39. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a. I declared that the assembly would continue
b. I declare that the assembly would continue
c. I declared that the assembly will continue
d. I had declared that the assembly would continue
e. Test Yourself

40. Who respectively "the poet" and "the translator" of "The Parrot's Tale"?

a. Michael Madhusudhan Datt & Kaiser Haq
b. Kazi Nazrul Islam & Fakrul Alam
c. Jashim Uddin & David Celly
d. Rabindranth Tagore & Kaiser Haq

41. The prisoner remained ____ the jail ____ a cell.

a. in, at
b. at, in
c. in, into
d. in, inside

42. Nowadays a large number adolescent girls are pulled out of school in Bangladesh. What does the phrase pull out refer to?

a. expel
b. keep up
c. quit
d. continue

43. Education teaches us ____

a. knowledge
b. values
c. abilities
d. skills

44. Find out the incorrect sentence.

a. My book is of red color
b. It's my book that is red in color
c. It's my book of which color is red
d. It's your pen which color is blue

45. He was a free-will agent and he chose to do careful work. The simple form of the sentence is  ____

a. A freewill agent he chose to do careful work
b. Having been a free-will agent, he chose to do careful work
c. As he had a free-will agent, he chose to do careful work
d. He chose to do careful work for having a free-will agent.
e. Test Yourself

46. A Mother in Manville' story has

a. Carollina Mountains
b. subtropic
c. autumn
d. above all

47.

The time of adolescent is a period of preparation for adulthood. Here the underlined word indicates _____

a. child
b. adult
c. old
d. puberty

48. The indirect of: He said, "I had a pen"

a. He said that he had a pen
b. He said that he did have a pen
c. He said that he had had a pen
d. none of the above

49. Just because the butter is just close enough that you can grab it doesn't mean  ____

a. You have to
b. you ought to
c. you should
d. you must
e. Test Yourself

50. My facebook account is mine. Who are you to tell me what I should post, use and express? The statement shows ____

a. manner
b. bad manners
c. bad etiquette
d. bad netiquette

51. Many theories were proposed on dream, but consensus did not ____

a. rise
b. emerge
c. arrive
d. prevail

52. John and Jack and Jill could not but go to the hill to make chill. The sentence is an example of a ____

a. simple sentence
b. compound sentence
c. complex sentence
d. compound complex sentence

53. The patient was taken ____ the ambulance from a stretcher

a. unto
b. onto
c. into
d. up to

54. Which of the following is not a table manner?

a. keeping your mouth while chewing
b. Stretching across the table
c. Taking one or two bites from food you dislike
d. Sitting upright and staying attentive

55. Which of the following statements is not correct about bullying?

a. teasing
b. making face gestures
c. Creating fake profiles
d. Fight with peers

56. According to the Brojen Das, once a swimmer gets into the cold water, he/she cannot keep a track of the ---i) time ii) distance iii) direction

a. i and ii
b. i & iii
c. ii & iii
d. i, ii & iii

57. Choose the correct sentence:

a. He used the phrase You know so often that I finally said, No, I don't know
b. He used the phrase "You know" so often that I finally said, no, I don't know.
c. He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know."
d. He used the phrase "You know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know.

58. The crew in Columbia died _____ landing.

a. a minute before
b. few minutes prior to
c. during
d. just after

59. We have at last achieved our political emancipation"- by stating this sentence what did Nelson Mandela imply?

a. South Africa was freed
b. Racial discrimination was abolished
c. Mandela became the president of South Africa
d. Mandela drove away the white minorities

60. Why white flowers are not suitable as gift in China?

a. They can cause troubles
b. They refer to misunderstanding
c. They symbolize death
d. They symbolize unhappiness

61. Choose the correct example of the use of conjunctions of contrast in the following-

a. I'm going to apply for the job, even although it pays very little
b. I'm going to apply for the job, even if it pays very little
c. I'm going to apply for the job, it pays very little though
d. I'm going to apply for the job, even though it pays very little

62.

Roni is running on the ground who has been running a business for a year and his is a running business. What are the differences among the underlined words respectively?

a. Finite Verb, Infinite Verb, continous
b. Transitive, Intransitive, Gerund
c. Transitive, Intransitive, Adjective
d. Present Continuous, Perfect Continuous, Gerund
e. Test Yourself

63. Find the true statement from the followings.

a. All the environment oriental things are not ecotourism
b. Ecotourism does not minimize the impact of visiting the location.
c. Ecotourism does not provide direct financial aid conversion
d. Ecotourism is a typical traditional tourism

64.

At night the waters were phosphorescent. What does the underlined word refer to?

a. shining slightly and producing excessive heat
b. shining and producing heat heavily
c. producing heat heavily
d. shining slightly in the dusk producing little or no heat.
e. Test Yourself

65.

"A person who has no family feels the pain of loneliness,"

a. Adjective clause
b. Adverb clause
c. Noun clause
d. Prepositional
e. Test Yourself

66. Which is correct?

a. The child is the father of man
b. Child is the father of man
c. The child is father of man
d. The child is father of the man

67. Freud said that dreams are representation of ____

a. conscious desires
b. happy memories
c. sad memories
d. subconscious desires

68. In "I have a dream", What does mean by a beautiful symphony of brotherhood

a. feeling
b. unity
c. communication
d. sympathy

69. . And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet ____ will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! In this statement what does the word hamlet refer to  __

a. a dream
b. a state
c. a small village
d. a poem

70. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come" Why do the word bridge the chasms have been used ---

a. to eliminate difference
b. to keep up the brotherhood
c. to maintain religious bond
d. to foster humanity

71. What is the antonym of the word 'intricate'?

a. Involute
b. Complex
c. Elaborate
d. Straightforward

72. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in bracket. If we'd brought a map with us. We _______ (not be) lost now

a. couldn't be
b. can be
c. wouldn't be
d. would be

73. "A warrior of light knows his own faults"- what does this sentence imply?

a. Self-awareness
b. Self-confidence
c. Self-sufficiency
d. Self-sabotage

74. She plants vegetable seeds ______ April

a. at
b. in
c. on
d. to

75. Select the correct tog question

a. Take a seat, will you?
b. Take a seat, won't you?
c. Take a seat, are you?
d. Take a seat, ain't you?

76. The first sentence of an essay is normally referred to as-

a. Introductory Phrase
b. Topic Sentence
c. Thesis Statement
d. Beginning

77. What is Innisfree?

a. A poem
b. A lake
c. A mountain
d. A river

78. W. B. Yeats is an _____

a. Irish Poet
b. English Poet
c. American Poet
d. African Poet

79. What is the story ‘The Old Man at the Bridge’ about?

a. Love for war
b. Love for nature
c. Love for animal
d. Love for village

80. What is the antonym of the word 'mobility'?

a. Fiddling
b. Squirm
c. Inertia
d. Locomotion

81. The setting of the story 'A Mother in Manville' is -

a. Mountain
b. Riverside
c. Marshy land
d. Sea beach

82. What is an 'epic'?

a. A kind of long poem
b. A kind of long narration
c. A kind of long play
d. A kind of long dialogue

83. Which one is an antonym of the word ‘perseverance’

a. Determination
b. Grit
c. Irresolute
d. Tenacity

84. 'Those Winter Sundays' is a poem written by _______

a. John Keats
b. William Wordsworth
c. Robert Hayden
d. T. S. Eliot

85. What does 'RSPB' stand for?

a. Royal Society for the Preservation of Birds
b. Regional Society for the Protection of Birds
c. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
d. Royal School for the Preservation of Birds

86. What does 'counterpart' mean?

a. Enemy
b. Competitor
c. Peer
d. Opponent

87. Which is the deepest lake in the world?

a. Lake Tanganyika
b. Lake Baikal
c. Lake Superior
d. Lake Dongting

88. Which sentence uses a countable noun?

a. She has great advice.
b. He drinks a lot of water.
c. There are five apples in the basket
d. We need some information.

89. What does the word ‘cognitive’ mean?

a. Awareness
b. Perception
c. Stimull
d. Repressed

90. Who made Hercules undergo the Twelve Labours?

a. Alcmena
b. Zeus
c. Eurystheus
d. Oristheus

91. If they left now, they ____ (be) in Chittagong by lunch time:

a. shall
b. would be
c. should
d. can

92. I have a dream is a _____

a. Poem
b. Novel
c. Speech
d. Pamphlet

93.

"A goldsmith set to work on a gilded cage"- what does the underlined word mean?

a. Embroidered
b. Rusty
c. Golden
d. Discolored

94. Mentally, Raj is having a bad time with himself, after his father's sudden death what type of conflict do you notice in the sentence?

a. Value
b. Interpersonal
c. Intrapersonal
d. Intragroup

95.

Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly." what literary term does the underlined phrase indicate?

a. simile
b. hyperbole
c. alliteration
d. metaphor

96. The progress of Bhutan as a nation is measured by...

a. Gross National Income
b. Gross National Happiness
c. Gross National Product
d. Per Capita Income

97. Who flew the spacecraft 'Vostok-05"?

a. Valentina Tereshkova
b. Kalpana Chawla
c. Solovyova
d. Valary Bykovsy

98. "All people dream, but not equally."- Who is the author of this quote?

a. D. H. Lawrence
b. William Wordsworth
c. Langston Hughes
d. Homer

99. The man was accustomed ____ smoking.

a. with
b. to
c. towards
d. within

100. Miming is a -

a. Solo dance
b. Drama without sound
c. Music
d. Recitation

101.

Before you buy a laptop, you should compare prices. What type of clause is the underlined part?

a. Adjective clause
b. Noun clause
c. Verb clause
d. Adverb clause

102. What would be the correct line?

a. Lovers hold all things for books.
b. Books grip all things for their lovers.
c. Lovers grip all things for books.
d. Books hold all things for their lovers.

103. Which word from the following can be used as a Main and Modal verb?

a. Do
b. Work
c. Can
d. Need

104. What type of verse did Madhushudan introduce in Bengali?

a. Free Verse
b. Ballads
c. Blank Verse
d. Ottava Rima

105. If you want mangoes, go to the market. They ______ really good fruit there.

a. are selling
b. sold
c. sell
d. were selling

106. Ripon ____ computer game when, unfortunately, his boss came into the office.

a. played
b. plays
c. was playing
d. is playing

107. The girl is fairly tall. Here fairly is an -

a. Adverb of manner
b. Adverb of time
c. Adverb of frequency
d. Adverb of degree

108. When I _______ her tomorrow, I'll tell her everything.

a. will see
b. will be seeing
c. saw
d. see

109. This is my luggage. Here "my" is a/an -

a. Subject pronoun
b. Object pronoun
c. Possessive adjective
d. Possessive pronoun

110. What is the feminine gender of stag?

a. Hind
b. Vixen
c. Mare
d. Duchess

111. In which sentence 'but' is used as conjunction?

a. The boy is smart but failed miserably.
b. All is lost but honor.
c. She returned all the gifts but one.
d. None but the brave deserves the fair.

112.

"The boy is honest and I know it". The underlined portion is-

a. Principle clause
b. Co-ordinate clause.
c. Subordinate clause,
d. Nominal claus

113. Which quasi-passive voice is incorrect?

a. Honey is sweet when it is tasted.
b. The stone is rough when it is felt.
c. Rice is cheap when it is sold,
d. The house is being built.

114. Select adverb of manner.

a. Quickly
b. Carefully
c. Extremely
d. Always

115. Which sentence uses incorrect punctuation with the non-essential appositive?

a. The city, Paris, is known for its landmarks.
b. The famous author, J.K. Rowling, wrote the Harry Potter series.
c. The athlete Michael Jordan, is a basketball legend.
d. My brother, the engineer, is visiting tomorrow.

116. Which of the following is the most accurate translation of "আমি চিনিনা, তবুও আমি তাকে সাহায্য করব"?

a. Although I don't know, I will help him anyway.
b. Even though I don't know, I will help him.
c. Though I don't know. I will still help him.
d. Although I have not known, I will help him.

117. Choose the sentence with the correct idiomatic expression.

a. They were burning oil at midnight to complete the project.
b. They were burning the midnight oil to complete the project.
c. They were using midnight oil to complete the project.
d. They were lighting midnight oil to complete the project.

118. Which is an example of a compound-complex sentence?

a. She went to the store, and she bought some milk.
b. Although it was raining, we went for a walk.
c. The dog barked, but the cat remained silent because it was scared.
d. The reading of history is very interesting.

119. Which sentence has the retained object?

a. I dreamt a sweet dream.
b. He was elected Chairman by us.
c. He hurt himself
d. Please send me a book.

120. What is the exclamatory form of the declarative sentence, "This is an extraordinary performance"?

a. What an extraordinary performance it is!
b. What an extraordinary performance this is!
c. How extraordinary is this performance!
d. How extraordinary this performance is!

121. Change the form of speech: “Sadat said, 'I hope I will get admission in BUP' ”

a. Sadat hoped he would get admission in BUP.
b. Sadat hoped that he would admit in BUP.
c. Sadat hoped that he would get admission in BUP.
d. Sadat hoped that he will get admission in BUP.

122. What type of conjunction is 'Although' in the sentence. "Although he was tired, he kept working"?

a. Coordinating conjunction
b. Subordinating conjunction
c. Conjunctive adverb
d. Correlative conjunction

123. Which sentence uses the idiomatic expression 'cut to the chase' most appropriately?

a. We should cut to the chase and discuss the main issue without wasting any time.
b. The farmer cut to the chase as it was harvesting season.
c. All of the above
d. None of the above.

124. Identify the sentence with a correctly placed modifier.

a. Driving through the countryside, the flowers were beautiful.
b. Driving through the countryside, we saw beautiful flowers.
c. Driving through the countryside, beautiful flowers were seen.
d. Driving through the countryside, the flowers looked beautiful.

125. The synonyms for 'abundant':

a. Copious
b. Plentiful
c. Ample
d. Profuse

126. Identify the incorrect participle.

a. Being a very hot day, I remained in my tent.
b. Sitting on the gate, he was rebuked by the teacher.
c. Entering the room, I found the light quite dazzling.
d. I saw a dead cow while I was walking in the field.

127. Choose the correct sentence.

a. He took a heavy decision.
b. He made a heavy decision.
c. He made a difficult decision.
d. He took a difficult decision.

128. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I've grown ___________ to the noise of the trains.

a. accustomed
b. familiar
c. unconscious
d. aware

129. Culture is _______ root of ______ civilization. There are so many cultures as there are ________ individuals. Cross xign (X) is for no article.

a. the, the, the
b. a, the, X
c. the, a, X
d. the, the, X

130. Find the correctly spelt pair of words.

a. Adepted, Diarhoeae
b. Advantegeous, Conclution
c. Britle, Buletin
d. Reconnaissance, Renaissance

131. Select the pair having the same relationship- 'Before: After'

a. Contemporary: Historic
b. First: Second
c. Successor; Predecessor
d. Present: Past

132. Nazmul was entrusted ______ the responsibility.

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

133. Transform into complex sentence: "I went there but could not see him.

a. Although I went there, I could not see him
b. Though I went there, I could not see him.
c. As I went there, I wanted to him.
d. I went there and I could not see him.

134. Meaning of 'Snowed under'-

a. To be busy
b. To be sick
c. Feeling weak
d. Being cautious

135. Select the pair having the same relationship- 'Leftover: Fresh'

a. Fast: Slow
b. Empty: Void
c. Restrictions: Embargo
d. Mend: Vex

136. Which of the following sentences uses an incorrect form of an adverbial clause of condition?

a. Had I known about the meeting. I would have attended.
b. If I were you, I would talk to the manager.
c. If he would have studied harder, he would have passed the exam.
d. If you work hard, you will succeed.

137. Which sentence correctly uses the past perfect tense?

a. I had never seen such a beautiful painting before I visited the museum.
b. I never saw such a beautiful painting before I had visited the museum.
c. I had never seen such a beautiful painting before I visit the muscum.
d. I had never saw such a beautiful painting before I visited the museum.

138. Which one is a reciprocal pronoun?

a. Either
b. Whosc
c. Each other
d. Himself

139. Transform into negative sentence: "He is better than most other men in the village".

a. Very few men in the village is as good as he
b. Very few men in the village are as good as he.
c. Very few men in the village are good as he
d. Very few men in the village are so good as her.

140. Identify necessary corrections in the sentence, "The teacher and the students to write an essay, and to submit it by Friday".

a. Remove the second 'to' before "submit".
b. Change 'submit' to 'submitting.
c. Remove 'by Friday' for clarity.
d. None of the above.

141. The small dot on the letters 'i' and 'j' is called:

a. Tittle
b. Pantry
c. Aglet
d. Moldy

142. Identify the correct simple form of the following compound sentence-"He is ill but he can run fast".

a. In spite of his illness, he can run fast.
b. In spite of his being ill, he can run fast.
c. Despite he is ill, he can run fast.
d. Despite of his illness, he can run fast.

143. Identify the correct use of semi-colon.

a. I have a meeting tomorrow; and I need to prepare.
b. I have a meeting tomorrow; therefore, I need to prepare.
c. I have a meeting tomorrow; I need to prepare; for it.
d. I have a meeting tomorrow therefore; I need to prepare.

144. Identify the gender-neutral words.

a. Waiter
b. Actor
c. Flight attendant
d. Sibling

145. Choose the correct active/passive voice: "He insisted on taking the medicine regularly".

a. He insisted that I should take the medicine regularly.
b. He insisted that the medicine will be taken regularly.
c. He insisted that the medicine should be taken regularly.
d. He insisted that the medicine has to be taken regularly.

146. He is very particular ______ his choice of words.

a. about
b. in
c. with
d. for

147. Hardly _______ the presentation when the fire alarm went off.

a. did he finish
b. had he finished
c. he finished
d. he had finished