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Progress Test 1

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Directions: The following sentence may have an error. Choose the correct option to rectify the error, if any.

It rains each day in Cherapunji.

  1. every

  2. all

  3. each

  4. no error


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Each' refers to 'individual day'; 'every' is a general perception, meaning 'almost each day'.

Directions: The following sentence may have an error. Choose the correct option to rectify the error, if any.

It's the most bore book I have ever read.

  1. boring

  2. bored

  3. borious

  4. no error


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Bore' is either a verb or a noun, but the sentence needs an adjective. 'Boring book' is the correct usage.

Directions: The following sentence may have an error. Choose the correct option to rectify the error, if any.

Heena wrote a detailing report for the manager.

  1. detailed

  2. detail

  3. in detail

  4. no error


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of past tense. Here, we need an adjective to qualify the noun 'report'. Hence, 'detailed' is the correct choice.

Directions: The following sentence may have an error. Choose the correct option to rectify the error, if any.

John Donne wrote romanticised poetry.

  1. romantic

  2. romance

  3. romanticism

  4. no error


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

To qualify the noun 'poetry', we need an adjeective. Option 1 is the correct choice.

Directions: The following sentence may have an error. Choose the correct option to rectify the error, if any.

She is the sweeter of all.

  1. sweet

  2. sweetest

  3. more sweeter

  4. no error


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, we need the superlative degree of adjective because the subjects are more than two. Hence, 'the sweetest'.

Directions: Identify the type of the underlined adjective in the following sentence.

It's a rainy day today.

  1. Adjective of quality

  2. Adjective of quantity

  3. Demonstrative adjective

  4. Distributive adjective


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The words that denote the quality of the noun is an adjective of quality. Here, the adjective 'rainy' denotes the quality of the noun 'day'.

Directions: Identify the type of the underlined adjective in the following sentence.

She is my sister.

  1. Possessive adjectives

  2. Distributive adjective

  3. Demonstrative adjective

  4. Adjective of quality


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The adjectives 'my', 'her', 'our', etc., are demonstrative adjectives as they denote possession.

Directions: Identify the type of the underlined adjective in the following sentence.

There was a little water in the jug.

  1. Adjective of quantity

  2. Adjective of number

  3. Adjective of quality

  4. Possessive adjective


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Words 'enough', 'little', 'much', etc., are adjectives of quantity because they denote the quantity or amount of the nouns they qualify.

Directions: Identify the type of the underlined adjective in the following sentence.

I like these flowers.

  1. Demonstrative adjective

  2. Possessive adjective

  3. Adjective of quality

  4. Distributive adjective


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'This', 'these', 'those' are called demonstrative adjectives.

Directions: Identify the type of the underlined adjective in the following sentence.

I found a hundred rupee note.

  1. Adjective of quantity

  2. Adjective of number

  3. Adjective of quality

  4. Possessive adjective


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The adjectives 'first', 'hundred', 'many', etc., denote the number of the nouns that they qualify. 

Directions: Select the type of noun for the underlined word in the following sentence.

The Bible is the holy book of the Christians.

  1. Proper noun

  2. Common noun

  3. Abstract noun

  4. Material noun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Name of any person, place, animal or thing is a proper noun. 'Bible' being a book (thing) is a proper noun.

Directions: Select the type of noun for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Trees give us fruit.

  1. Uncountable common noun

  2. Countable common noun

  3. Collective noun

  4. Material noun


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A term used for more than two things is a countable common noun. Since 'fruit' can be counted, so option 2 is the correct choice. Furthermore, 'fruit' is a common noun.

Directions: Select the type of noun for the underlined word in the following sentence.

I always speak the truth.

  1. Abstract noun

  2. Proper noun

  3. Common noun

  4. Material noun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

An abstract noun is a noun that you cannot sense. It is the name we give to an emotion, ideal or idea.

Directions: Select the type of noun for the underlined word in the following sentence.

Milk is rich in calcium.

  1. Abstract noun

  2. Proper noun

  3. Material noun

  4. Countable common noun


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Material noun is the name of a material or a substance or an ingredient of an alloy.

Directions: Select the type of noun for the underlined word in the following sentence.

The Indian team won the match.

  1. Collective noun

  2. Countable common noun

  3. Abstract noun

  4. Proper noun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A collective noun is a word used to define a group of objects, where objects can be people, animals, emotions, inanimate things, or concepts. Here, 'team' is used for collection of players.

Directions: Choose the correct option to change the gender of the underlined word.

The wizard looked like a sixteen year old.

  1. vixen

  2. witch

  3. lass

  4. bitch


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A wizard is a sage or a magician. Its feminine is a witch a woman supposedly having supernatural power by a compact with the devil or evil spirits.  

Directions: Choose the correct option to change the gender of the underlined word.

Once a lioness, a vixen, a hind and a heifer quarreled among themselves.

  1. lion

  2. stag

  3. fox

  4. bullock


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A hind is the female of the red deer. A stag is a full-grown male deer.

 

Directions: Choose the correct option to change the gender of the underlined word.

The negro was invited by the queen.

  1. negress

  2. negroes

  3. nigger

  4. nigero


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option 1 is the correct feminine of the underlined word.

Directions: Choose the correct option to change the gender of the underlined word.

The nun was truth and peace loving.

  1. monk

  2. priest

  3. saint

  4. pope


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Nun is a religious woman like a 'sister' (christians). A monk is a male religious ordinarily living in a monastery or hermitage.

Directions: Choose the correct option to change the gender of the underlined word.

The sire won the derby match.

  1. dame

  2. dam

  3. damsel

  4. damn


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sire refers to man of high rank. Dame is a title given to a woman in authority or the mistress of a household.

Directions: Choose the appropriate pronoun and fill in the blank.

You and I shall eat __________ lunch.

  1. ours

  2. ourselves

  3. our

  4. us


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of personal pronoun. Plural personal noun 'our' is the correct choice here.

Directions: Choose the appropriate pronoun and fill in the blank.

________ book was lost?

  1. Whom

  2. Who

  3. Whose

  4. Where


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The sentence implies a sense of belongingness. Option 3 best expresses the same.

Directions: Choose the appropriate pronoun and fill in the blank.

This is the same shirt _________ I bought from Khan Market.

  1. which

  2. that

  3. who

  4. whom


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

For things we use either pronoun 'which' or 'that'. But whenever we refer to something specific or particular, we use 'that'.

Directions: Identify the kind of pronoun.

I can do my work myself.

  1. Personal pronoun

  2. Reflexive pronoun

  3. Distributive pronoun

  4. Reciprocal pronoun


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A reflexive pronoun is a pronoun that is preceded by the noun, adjective, adverb or pronoun to which it refers (its antecedent) within the same clause.

Directions: Choose the appropriate pronoun and fill in the blank.

_________ of the three students went to the school today.

  1. Neither

  2. Not

  3. Nor

  4. None


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

'Neither' is used for two persons, 'none' is used for more than two.

Directions: Choose the appropriate pronoun and fill in the blank.

All the women helped ________.

  1. each other

  2. one another

  3. every other

  4. one other


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Reciprocal pronoun 'each other' is used for two persons, while 'one another' is used for more than two persons. 'All' (being an indefinite pronoun) takes 'one another'.

Directions: Identify the kind of pronoun.

He is the one whom I met in the cinema.

  1. Reflexive pronoun

  2. Relative pronoun

  3. Distributive pronoun

  4. Personal pronoun


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A relative pronoun is a pronoun that marks a relative clause within a larger sentence. It is called a relative pronoun because it relates to the person mentioned in the sentence.

Directions: Identify the kind of pronoun.

Each of us will get a new pen.

  1. Distributive pronoun

  2. Personal pronoun

  3. Reflexive pronoun

  4. Indefinite pronoun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Distributive pronouns are words like each, either and neither. Distributive pronouns refer to persons or things one at a time.

Directions: Identify the kinds of pronoun.

They helped one another.

  1. Reciprocal pronoun

  2. Reflexive pronoun

  3. Personal pronoun

  4. Indefinite pronoun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Reciprocal pronoun 'each other' is used for two persons, while 'one another' is used for more than two persons. 'They' (being an indefinite pronoun) takes 'one another'.

Directions: Identify the kind of pronoun.

None knows me here.

  1. Indefinite pronoun

  2. Distributive pronoun

  3. Reciprocal pronoun

  4. Reflexive pronoun


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'None', 'someone', 'everyone' etc are indefinite pronouns as they do not refer to a definite subject.

Directions: Select the appropriate subject for the following predicate.

____________ is red in colour.

  1. My bag

  2. Where is my bag

  3. My bag has

  4. The bag of mine


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of possessive adjective. Here, the 'verb + additional information' is given. We need to supply the 'subject'. Option 1 is the best choice.

Directions: Choose the suitable clause in the following sentence.

I can't go out ______.

  1. while

  2. while it is raining

  3. out while it is raining

  4. it is raining


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option 1 is incomplete, & there is repitition in option 3. Here, we need to mention the time, and option 4 fails to do that. Hence, option 2.

Directions: Select the appropriate subject for the following predicate.

___________ is what you reap.

  1. What one sows

  2. What I sow

  3. What you sow

  4. What we sow


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'You' in the second clause qualifies 'you' in the antecedent. Hence, option 3.

Directions: Select the appropriate subject for the following predicate.

_________ is not a bed of roses.

  1. Life

  2. My bed

  3. Garden

  4. Human race


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is an adage. Option 1 is the correct usage.

Directions: Select the appropriate subject for the following predicate.

___________ go to the school everyday.

  1. My son

  2. My child

  3. My children

  4. My daughter


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Verb 'go' is plural and needs to be preceded by a plural noun. None other option than option 3 is plural.

Directions: Choose the suitable clause in the following sentence.

Shriya and I _______________.

  1. best friends

  2. are best friends

  3. friends

  4. is best friends


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, the 'subject' is given. We need to provide the 'verb + additional information'. Option 2 provides the same.

Directions: Select the appropriate subject for the following predicate.

_____________ will not fare well in your exams.

  1. He

  2. We

  3. You

  4. They


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pronoun 'your' qualifies 'subject 'you'.

Directions: Choose the suitable clause in the following sentence.

I ate an apple ____________.

  1. an apple and an orange

  2. an orange

  3. and an orange

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, we need to supply an object along with a conjunction. Option 3 is the right option.

Directions: Choose the suitable clause in the following sentence.

I like ___________.

  1. to play classical music

  2. play classical music

  3. music playing

  4. classical music playing


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Verb 'like' is followed by preposition 'to'. None other option than option 1 have the same.

Directions: Choose the suitable clause in the following sentence.

We all ____________.

  1. going out

  2. out tonight

  3. are going out tonight

  4. going out tonight


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, 'the subject' is provided. We need to suppply the 'verb + additional information'. Option 3 provides the same.

Directions: Identify the type of sentence.

I topped in my exams.

  1. Declarative

  2. Imperative

  3. Exclamatory

  4. Interrogative


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This sentence provides information. Formation of the sentence is 'subject + verb + additional information'. Hence, it's an assertive or declarative sentence.

Directions: Identify the type of sentence.

Wow! What a pleasant surprise.

  1. Assertive

  2. Exclamatory

  3. Interrogative

  4. Imperative


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sentences which express 'sudden & stong feelings' such as 'surprise, wonder, pity, sympathy, happiness or gratitude' are exclamatory sentences.

Directions: Identify the type of sentence.

Don’t disturb me.

  1. Assertive

  2. Imperative

  3. Exclamatory

  4. Declarative


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Sentences which give 'advice or instruction' or express 'request or command' are imperative sentences. Here, an instruction is given. 

Directions: Identify the type of sentence.

Did you do your homework?

  1. Interrogative

  2. Imperative

  3. Exclamatory

  4. Assertive


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In this sentence, an information is sought. Hence, it is an interrogative sentence.

Directions: Identify the type of sentence.

I did not like that movie.

  1. Assertive

  2. Imperative

  3. Interrogative

  4. Exclamatory


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Whenever we make a statement, it is an assertive sentence.

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