Correction of sentences

1. Why should the candidates be afraid of English Language is not clear.

a. A.the candidates should be d. D.are the candidates

b. B.do the candidates be e. E.No correction required
c. C.should be the candidates

2. He found the gold coin as he cleans the floor.

a. A.as he had cleaned d. D.while cleaning

b. B.while he cleans e. E.No correction required
c. C.which he is cleaning

3. He admired the speed with which he completed the work and appreciating the method
adopted by him

a. A.appreciate the method c. C.appreciate the method of

being adopted adoption
b. B.appreciated the method d. D.appreciated the method
adopted adopting method
e. E.No correction required

4. Maria unnecessarily picked up a quarrel with Rani and left the party hurriedly.

a. A.has picked up d. D.picking up

b. B.picked on e. E.No correction required
c. C.picked

5. She cooks, washes dishes, does her homework and then relaxing.

a. A.relaxing then d. D.then relaxes

b. B.then is relaxing e. E.No correction required
c. C.relaxing is then

6. Acquisition of certain specific skills can be facilitated from general awareness,

education to novel situations

a. A.can be facilitated by d. D.may be felicitated with

b. B.may facilitate through e. E.No correction required
c. C.can be felicitated with
7. He never has and ever will take such strong measures.

a. A.had taken nor will ever c. C.has and never will take
take d. D.had and ever will take
b. B.had taken and will ever e. E.No correction required
take

8. Technology must use to feed the forces of change.

a. A.must be used to feed d. D.must be using to feed

b. B.must have been using to e. E.No correction required
feed
c. C.must use having fed

9. Anyone interested in the use of computers can learn much if you have access to a
personal computer.

a. A.they have access d. D.one of them have access

b. B.access can be available e. E.No correction required
c. C.he or she has access

10. They are not beware of all the facts

a. A.are not aware for d. D.must not to be aware for

b. B.are not aware of e. E.No correction required
c. C.are not to be aware

11. We can not always convey ourselves in simple sentences.

a. A.cannot always convey d. D.can not always

b. B.can not always express communicate
c. C.cannot always express e. E.No correction required

12. What does agonise me most is not this criticism, but the trivial reason behind it.

a. A.most agonising me d. D.I most agonised

b. B.agonises me most e. E.No correction required
c. C.agonising me most

13. As there was no time, the remaining items were deferred into the next meeting.

a. A.are deferred till d. D.had deferred with

b. B.were deferred till e. E.No correction required
c. C.were deferred to
14. The man who has committed such a serious crime must get the mostly severe
punishment.

a. A.be getting the mostly d. D.have been getting the

severely severe most
b. B.get the most severe e. E.No correction required
c. C.have got the most
severely

15. For many centuries in Indian History there was no city so famous like the city of Ujjain.

a. A.as d. D.so like

b. B.such as e. E.No correction required
c. C.likewise

16. We don't know how did the thief made an escape.

a. A.how the thief did make d. D.how was the thief made
b. B.how the thief does make e. E.No correction required
c. C.how the thief made

17. He is a singer of repute, but his yesterday's performance was quite disappointing.

a. A.performances of d. D.performances about

yesterday were yesterday were
b. B.yesterday performance e. E.No correction required
was
c. C.yesterday performance
were
18. Their earnings are such that they find it difficult to make both ends to meet.

a. A.to makings both ends d. D.for making both ends to

meet meet
b. B.to make both ends for e. E.No correction required
meeting
c. C.to make both ends meet

19. One of the most significant phenomenons of our time has been the development of
cinema.

a. A.phenomenon d. D.phenomenonns
b. B.phenomena e. E.No correction required
c. C.phenomenonna

20. Had you been told me about your problem, I would have helped you.
 a. A.If you would have told d. D.If you have told
b. B.Had you have told e. E.No correction required
c. C.had you told

21. It was until many years later that Gandhi became a rebel against authority.

a. A.It was not until many c. C.It was not many years
years d. D.Until It was many years
b. B.It was till many years e. E.No correction required

22. Anand has the guts to rise from the occasion and come out successfully.

a. A.in rising from

b. B.to raise with d. D.to rise against
c. C.to rise to e. E.Nocorrectionrequired

23. If you are thinking about investigation overseas, isn't it makes sense to find an

experience guide?
a. A

b. .it is not making e. D.is it making

c. B.doesn't it make f. E.No correction required
d. C.does it make

24. This is one of the most important inventions of this century.

a. A.invention of this century d. D.invention of the centuries

b. B.invention of these century e. E.No correction required
c. C.invention of centuries

25. The orator had been left the auditorium before the audience stood up.

a. A.had been leaving

b. B.was left
c. C.had left
d. D.would leave
e. E.No correction required
CLOZE PASSAGE-1: Fill in the blanks with the best answer.
A mosque is a place where Muslims worship and pray to God. Some mosques are also places where
Muslims....(1)..... and discuss things or where religious education takes place. In some countries mosques
also serve political ....(2)..... and imams discuss political issues. Mosques ....(3)..... back to the seventh
century when they first ....(4)..... on the Arabian Peninsula. ....(5)..... famous mosques are in Turkey and
the Middle East. The best examples are the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, The Grand Mosque of Mecca or the
Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.
1. A) drop in B) get together C) drift apart D) pass away
2. A) purposes B) gatherings C) conflicts D) results
3. A) build B) travel C) lean D) date
4. A) emerged B) emerge C) have emerged D) were emerging
5. A) More B) The most C) The more D) Much

CLOZE PASSAGE-2: Fill in the blanks with the best answer.

Impressionism is an art style that developed in France in the late 19 th century. Young painters used new
techniques to paint outdoor scenes. They ....(1)... a lot with different forms of light and color.
Impressionists wanted to show the viewer how a landscape ....(2)... at different times of the day. They did
not put so much emphasis ....(3)... the detail of objects. They did not work in their studios any more, so
they went ....(4)... and observed nature. They liked to work with natural light. However impressionists not
only painted pictures of landscapes, they also drew paintings of factory buildings, railway trains and other
things they saw ....(5)...them.
1. A) lived B) remembered C) examined D) experimented
2. A) showed B) looked C) blocked D) shone
3. A) on B) under C) for D) within
4. A) inside B) museums C) outside D) villages
5. A) after B) above C) around D) among

CLOZE PASSAGE-3: Fill in the blanks with the best answer.

One important discovery in the middle of the 1850s made it possible to build modern skyscrapers. ...
(1)... the Industrial Revolution, brick and stone walls carried the weight of buildings. ...(2)... each floor
was very heavy, it was impossible to build very high houses. In the middle of the 19th century steel ...
(3)... an important building material. This metal was ...(4)... and light. Architects could now construct a
steel skeleton to support very tall buildings. Chicago’s Home Insurance Company Building was ten
stories tall and the first skyscraper ...(5)... such a steel construction.
1. A) After B) Before C) During D) While
2. A) As B) Yet C) Although D) So
3. A) has become B) becomes C) is becoming D) became
4. A) weak B) cheap C) strong D) tiny
5. A) using B) to use C) used D) use

CLOZE PASSAGE-4: Fill in the blanks with the best answer.

Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881. His father was a drawing teacher, and Pablo became
his father’s pupil and at the age of 13, he ...(1)... his first ...(2).... His family moved to Barcelona in 1895
where Pablo joined an art academy. As a young man, he took interest in masterpieces of famous artists ...
(3)... El Greco and de Goya. In 1901, a close friend of Picasso shot himself, which had a great ...(4)... on
Pablo. He was very sad and began painting his pictures in grey and blue tones instead of bright, ...
(5)... colours. This part of his career is called his Blue Period.
1. A) talked B) held C) distributed D) gave away
2. A) gallery B) show C) concert D) exhibition
3. A) like B) if C) then D) both
4. A) focus B) impact C) dependence D) invitation
5. A) acceptableB) special C) vivid D) vague

PRACTICE TESTS IN ANTONYMS 1

1. INTERDICT 2. SANGUINE 3. LIMPID

A. permit A. prone A. pellucid

B. materialize B. pessimistic B. momentous
C. promulgate C. hindmost C. tonal
D. forbid D. idyllic D. probate
E. relocate E. sordid E. turbid

4. CATHOLIC 5. LIMITED 6. CONSERVE

A. hegemonic A. prostrate A. digress

B. narrow B. quiescent B. recuperate
C. mercantile C. commodious C. dissipate
D. blasphemous D. quadrupled D. regurgitate
E. cursory E. rash E. renege

7. EXECRATE 8. TROUGH 9. VEX

A. hoist A. helm A. hem

B. engender B. quarry B. mollify
C. salute C. crest C. quake
D. deter D. template D. irritate
E. reek E. quotient E. rail

10. ACCOUTER 11. AMENABLE 12. DIATRIBE

A. quench A. contumacious A. quandary

B. rasp B. scrupulous B. rationale
C. exceed C. reminiscent C. repertoire
D. divest D. ineffective D. monotheism
E. effect E. relative E. eulogy

13. CONFOUND 14. NOISOME 15. STASIS

A. quail A. olfactory A. panacea

B. recant B. proud B. quietude
C. rebut C. quiet C. fluctuation
D. enlighten D. sufficient D. redress
E. stagger E. innocuous E. rejoinder
PRACTICE TESTS IN SYNONYMS 1

Directions: Each of the following questions containing main word in capital letters followed by four
words. Select the word that is most similar in meaning to the main word in capital letters.

1. PROPITIOUS 2. RECTITUDE 3. INCONGRUOUS

(a) favourable (a) Duplication (a) Inconceivable

(b) clean (b) Intergrity (b) Inevitable
(c) nearby (c) Rectification (c) Inconsistent
(d) patriotic (d) Recovery (d) Incontrovertible

4. SLIPSHOD
5. MASQUERADE 6. PARSIMONIOUS
(a) Vulgar
(b) Careless (a) to provide support (a) Thrifty
(c) Common place (b) to be in disguise (b) Cunning
(d) Retaliatory (c) to mesmerise (c) Extravagant
(d) marathon race (d) Upright

7. CONUNDRUM 8. GRUFF 9. FLUTTER

(a) Riddle (a) Rough (a) Soar

(b) Dampness (b) Hard (b) Agitate
(c) Impudence (c) Tough (c) Change
(d) Servility (d) Cheerless (d) Float

10. DECREPITUDE 11. SUPERANNUATED 12. DECIMATED

(a) Disease (a) Experienced (a) Denounced

(b) Coolness (b) Accepted (b) Destroyed
(c Crowd (c) Retired (c) Successful
(d) Feebleness (d) Senile (d) Depressed

13. VICARIOUS 14. BROWBEAT 15. EXTOL

(a) Ambitious (a) To bully (a) Steal

(b) Not experienced (b) To chase (b) Praise
personally (c) To give a hint (c) Exterior
(c) Nostalgic (d) To revive d) Excess
(d) Vindictive

16. CONTRAPTION (a) Device

 (b) Valley (a) Move
(c) Forest (b) Emcamp (a) Comical
(d) Window (c) Flee (b) Ornament
(d) Hide (c) Stinking
17. DECAMP (d) Regular
18. FETID

19. IMPOST 20. INDICTMENT 21. ABSTEMIOUS

(a) Fertilizer (a) Arraignment (a) Resistant

(b) Coarse (b) Entrapment (b) Temperate
(c) Dispatch (c) Indoctrination (c) Superstitious
(d) Tax (d) Inducement (d) Careful

Questions 31-40 are sentence completion

questions. Choose the answer which contains the
words that best fit the blanks and complete the
meaning of the given sentence.

31. Bancroft, who had inadvertently ____ his

friend, wrote an ____ letter with the intention of
pouring oil over troubled waters.

A. alienated - amicable
B. humored - argumentative
C. harmed - asinine
D. offended - affected
E. mollified - extensive waving his fists to warn us off his land.

32. It was with considerable ____ that my A. incognito - pugnacious

mother revealed the results of her ____ studies B. xenophobic - equivocal
to my grandfather as she had learned that my C. philosophic - bellicose
great- grandfather had been notorious criminal, a D. philanthropic - benign
fact that grandfather had been at pains to hide. E. misanthropic - belligerent

A. pride - hereditary 34. As a child my grandfather used to refer to

B. anxiety - anthropological me as his little ____ because I suffered from
C. trepidation - genealogical ____ , and if my parents shut my bedroom door
D. excitement - philosophical at night I would have nightmares and wander
E. annoyance - investigative round the house.

33. The old shepherd had a reputation for being A. anachronism - terrors
____ , and it came as no surprise to B. progenitor - trepidation
us that he had a ____ attitude to us strangers, C. wanderer - arachnophobia
shouting and D. somnambulist - claustrophobia
E. angel - acrophobia

35. The new teacher refused to take charge of

the almost defunct Poetry Club, saying that it
would be too much trouble to ____ this ____ B. optimistic - therapy
society. C. morbid - outlook
D. ambidextrous - result
A. circumscribe - vast E. ambulant - prognosis
B. control - wayward
C. direct - defeated 40. For all their talk of ____ the land despoiled
D. resurrect - moribund by mining, the local government has failed to
E. resuscitate - immortal offer a ____ plan.
A. amortizing - feasible
36. The speaker at the Marketing Convention B. clearing - credulous
resorted to frequent ____, yet these touches of C. regenerating - credible
local color added a charm to his speech, and the D. reclaiming - quotidian
audience went away with the impression that E. optimizing – monolithic
they had heard one of the most ____
businessmen of the age.

A. evocations - fanciful
B. colloquialisms - eloquent
C. aberrations - vociferous
D. epigrams - omniscient
E. soliloquies - monotonous

37. The philosopher argues that far from being

dead, ____ is a feature of human behavior in
modern times: his ____ lists articles containing
many instances of people sacrificing themselves
for the good of others.

A. cognition - cosmology
B. altruism - bibliography
C. pugilism - appendix
D. parricide - epigram
E. philanthropy - epigraph

38. The device of the ____ narrator allows the

author to write as though he is god: he sees all
and understands all.

A. omniscient
B. first person
C. imaginative
D. implacable
E. immortal

39. Even though he is now ____, my uncle

continues to give the doctors cause for concern:
they say the ____ is not good and, in all
probability, uncle will be confined to bed once
again before the week is out.

A. improving - chronology