English Usage Test 43
Description: English Usage Test - Free english verbal ability test for entrance examinations like mba entrance, gre, sat, gmat, toefl preparation and practice tests | |
Number of Questions: 25 | |
Created by: Mohini Tyagi | |
Tags: English Usage Test English Skills GRE Preparation GMAT TOEFL SAT English Verbal Ability English Speaking IELTS LAW Bank PO English Verbs Verbal Ability Verbal Verbal Analogies Critical Reasoning Statement Classification (Fact Inference Judgement Type) Fact Inference Judgement Sentence Arrangement (Para Jumbles) Sentence Rearrangement Odd Word Out Vocabulary |
Directions: The following question has a pair of CAPITALISED words followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair of words that best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.
Lace : Gown : :
Directions: The following question has a pair of CAPITALISED words followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair of words that best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.
Captain : Team : :
Directions: The following question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group.
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statements 6. The statements are jumbled up and from a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
- Aggression and violence not known in any other species of the animal kingdom seem to be an unfortunate characteristic of mankind. A. The victor does not pursue the vanquished and destroys it. B. Obeying their natural instincts, most carnivorous animals kill their prey only when they are hungry. C. In all animals, including the primates, there are no instances where an animal kills another from hatred or for pleasure. D. When they fight amongst themselves for supremacy in the group, the vanquished animal runs away.
- Humans alone seem to be capable of unwonted aggression and violence and are the only beings that kill their own kind.
Directions: The following question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group.
Directions: The following question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group.
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statements 6. The statements are jumbled up and from a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
- Reminiscences are the best conversation in the world since they warm the heart and excite the brain like wine.
A. But the third man is all the more conscious of being out in the cold, because these names and events are meaningless to him.
B. He smiles mechanically as the other laugh with dreamy eyes over incidents that convey all the fun of youth.
C. Conversation in a group of three persons where two are childhood friends and the third is a newer acquaintance is a classic case.
D. A conversation of this kind is bad indeed because it condemns the third man to the torture of compulsory silence.
- Thus, the two old friends may end up antagonizing the third person.
Directions: The following question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group.
Directions: The following question consists of a question word and several suggested alternatives. Select the one that is most closely related to the question word.
VAMPY
Directions: The following question consists of a question word and several suggested alternatives. Select the one that is most closely related to the question word.
EPICENE
Directions: The following question consists of a question word and several suggested alternatives. Select the one that is most closely related to the question word.
OTIOSE
Directions: The following question has four items. Select the item that does not belong to this group.
Direction: Select the option that best replaces the underlined portion in the given question.
He has finally come off in the field of life.
Directions: Select the option that best replaces the underlined portion in the given question.
Everyone who thinks he or she is indispensable ultimately catches a tartar.
Directions: The following question has a pair of CAPITALISED words followed by four pairs of words. Choose the pair of words that best expresses the relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair.
Dulcet : Grating : :
Directions: The following question consists of a question word and several suggested alternatives. Select the one that is most closely related to the question word.
DISCOMBOBULATED
Directions: In the following question, four statements are provided between an opening statement 1 and a closing statements 6. The statements are jumbled up and from a coherent paragraph when properly arranged. Select the alternative representing the proper and logical sequencing of these six taken together.
- Several attempts were made during the 16th and the 17th centuries to classify plants into some ordered system.
A. Since it is estimated that there are now about 350000 different types of plants, the need for a universal system is obvious.
B. Today, although Latin is a dead language, it is still used to name plants.
C. In the 18th century, a Swedish botanist began a system of naming plants, which has continued in use to this day.
D. When the Swedish botanist began to name and classify plants, it was natural for him to use Latin, for it was the universal language of the learned of his time.
- Any new plant found or bred on earth, therefore, it spontaneously earns a Latin name.
Directions: For the word given above the table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (1, 2, 3, 4) with their corresponding usage on the right (a, b, c, d). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
EFFECTIVEMeaning| Usage| | 1. in reality, for practical purposes| a. This means that, effectively, we have lost the test series.| | 2. to come into force| b. The cease-fire is effective as from midnight.| | 3. real or actual| c. The number people who attend the Christmas services is far greater than the effective number of Church supporters.| | 4. making a good or striking impression; producing a good result| d. This room shows up the pictures to good effect.|
Directions: For the word given above the table, match the dictionary definitions on the left (1, 2, 3, 4) with their corresponding usage on the right (a, b, c, d). Out of the four possibilities given in the boxes below the table, select the one that has all the definitions and their usage correctly matched.
EARTHMeaning| Usage| | 1. soil, ground| a. He filled the pot with earth.| | 2. coarse or unrefined| b. The criminal seems to have gone to earth and the police don't know where he is.| | 3. to go into hiding| c. Moving is no problem because all my earthly possessions fit into my car.| | 4. worldly or materialistic | d. His earthy jokes sometimes offend people.|