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1. Identify underlined part of speech. (5 marks)
a) It will take all of your good amount of energy and will power to be able to walk again..VERB
b) The works of many great American poets have been preserved in JNU library very carefully.
ADJECTIVE
c) The marvelous Brooklyn Bridge was opened in 1883. PREPOSITION
d) To seize a foreign embassy and its inhabitants is flagrant disregard for diplomatic
neutrality.NOUN
e) Answer this question carefully.ADVERB
f) I prefer to let people make up their own minds.PRONOUN
g) Well, I don't think I'll be home before 6. INTERJECTION
h) He wanted to improve his piano playing because he wanted to win the competition..
CONJUNCTION
i) Hey, Ritish! Come here! I want to talk to you.INTERJECTION

2. Fill in the blank with most suitable answer.(10 marks)

i). On THE first day they stopped at a river and decided to make a camp.
A) the/a/a
B) the/-/an
C) the/an/a
D) -/the/-

ii). Are you afraid of ___ him?

- Not a bit.

A) the/a
B) -/a
C) -/-
D) the/-

iii). Most of the teachers thought the academic term wouldn't be enough to cover all the subjects so a
number of units of the book were skipped.
a) Most
b) No
c) None
d) Much

iv). We have interviewed twenty candidates for the vacant position, but None of them was actually a
good fit.
a) most
b) neither
c) much
d) none

v). Put these words into the correct order to make sentences with quantifier expressions.
five / to / hour / complete / the / bonus / test / will / manages / . / in / anyone / under / an / get / a / who /
points

A. Anyone who manages to complete the test in under an hour will get a bonus five points.
B. Anyone who manages to complete the test in under an hour will get a five bonus points.
C. Anyone who manages to complete the test in an hour under will get a bonus five points.

vi). Each of the soldiers was given two complete uniforms, Both of which they were expected to keep
spotlessly clean.

A All / some
B Every / either

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C Each / both
D Some / all

vii). I was in Italy for a few years.

A. few
B. a few
C. a lot of
D. None of the above

viii).Some of your mates like Chinese cousin, don't they?

A. Some
B. Some of
C. Several
D. None of the above

ix). The room was extremely tiny. There was a little space to move.
A. little
B. a little
C. some
D. None of the above

x). The night being sharp and frosty, we trembled from ___ foot to ___ head.
A) the/the/the
B) the/-/-
C) a/-/-
D) -/a/a
3.Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb from the options given below. (5 marks)
i).Maharashtra now has the highest number of active Covid-19 cases in India, thanks to the steep rise in the
last one week.
A.has
B.had
C.is having
D.was having
ii) Last week Prime Minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development
projects in Puducherry.
A.inaugurates
B.will inaugurate
C.is inaugarating
D.inaugarated
iii) I will make an appointment with the dentist soon.
A have made
B will make
C made
D make
iv) Sunil has taken medical leave and is expected to join duty next Monday.
a.take
b.took

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c.taken
d. taking
v) Imagine! If it rained last weekend, we wouldn’t be able to play cricket.
A) rained - wouldn’t be able
B) rains - won’t be able
C) rain - would be able
D) had. rained - could
4. Choose the most appropriate answer for the questions given below. (10 Marks)
i) What is a phrase ?
a) A group of words contain Subject and Verb
b) A group of words contain all parts of speech
c) A group of words that stands together as a single grammatical unit and doesn’t contain subject and
verb.
d) All of Above

ii) Choose the most appropriate option:

although I find the book
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. phrase
d. none of the above
iii) Which of the following is an adjective phrase?
a) A girl better than me
b) As the cat jumped
c) Under the sky
d) She wants to be a teacher
iv) Which of the following is a verb phrase?
a) The food is very yummy
b) For making sweets
c) songs were sung
d) The bells of the church
v) Choose the most appropriate option:
I love eating [in Italian restaurants]
a. Adverb Phrase
b. Noun Phrase
c. Prepositional Phrase
d. Verb Phrase
vi) Choose the most appropriate option:
We [met Alisha] last week.
a. Adjective Phrase

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b. Adverb Phrase
c. Noun Phrase
d. Verb Phrase
vii) Choose the most appropriate option:
My friends are going on a picnic.
a. dependent clause
b. independent clause
c. phrase
d. none of the above
viii) Choose the most appropriate option:
Having always been keen on caring for people, Jasmine decided to become a doctor.
a. Phrase
b. Clause
c. none of the above
d. both of the above
ix) Choose the most appropriate option:
Although injured, Sumita managed to crawl to safety.
a. Phrase
b. Clause
c. none of the above
d. both of the above
x) Choose the correct option :
I will see you at the court.
a) Phrase
b) Clause
c) Sentence
d) None of above