English Language Online Assignment Set 1

Objective Set 1

Question 1 to 5: Change the Voice

1. She teaches us grammar.
a. Grammar is taught to us by her.
b. We are being taught grammar by her.
c. Grammar is being taught us by her.
d. We are taught grammar by her.
2. His pocket has been picked
a. They have his pocket picked..
b. Picking has been done to his pocket.
c. Picked has been his pocket.
d. Someone has picked his pocket.
3. A ball struck me on my head.
a. I was struck by a ball on the head.
b. My head was struck by a ball
c. I had been struck by a ball on the head.
d. I was struck on the head by a ball.
4. You must look into this matter
a. This matter can be looked into by you.
b. This matter may be looked into by you.
c. This matter must into looked by you.
d. This matter should be looked into by you.
5. My mother gifted me a car.
a. A car was gifted by my mother to me
b. I was gifted a car by my mother
c. I had been gifted a car by my mother
d. I was gifted by mother a car.
Questions 6 to 10: Change the Speech
6. “Please don’t go ‘away”, she said

1. She said to please her and not to go away.

b. She told me not to go away
c. She begged that I not go away
d. She begged me not to go away.
7. She said to him, “Don’t lick my brain”,

1. She told him that don’t lick a brain
2. She told him not to lick her brain
3. She told him not to lick my’ brain
4. She asked him not to lick her brain.

8. He said, “where shall I be this time next year?”
a. He asked that where should he be that time next year.
b. He wondered where he should that time the next year.
c. He contemplated where shall he be that time the following year.
d. He wondered where he would be that time the following year.
9. Rahul said, “What a beautiful scene’.

• 1. Rahul said that what a beautiful scene it was.
  2. Rahul wondered that it was a beautiful scene.
  3. Rahul exclaimed what a beautiful scene it was.
  4. Rahul exclaimed that it was a very beautiful scene.

10. Ravi said to Manisha. “Will you help me in my work just now?”

1. Ravi asked Manisha if she would help him in his work just then.
2. Ravi questioned to Manisha that will you help me in my work just now.

c. Ravi told Manisha whether she will help him in his work just now.
d. Ravi asked to Manisha that will she help him in his work just now.
Questions: 11 to 15: Synonyms
11. PLACID

1. CLEAR
2. CALM
3. ENJOYABLE
4. DULL

12. CONNOISSEUR

1. IGNORANT
2. LOVER OF ART
3. DELINQUENT
4. INTERPRETER

13	AMPLE
	a.	SUFFICIENT
	b.	SWIFT
	c.	DETAILED
	d.	HUGE
14.	LOQUACIOUS
	a.	SAD
	b.	QUIET
	c.	SECRETIVE
	d.	TALKATIVE
15.	RECTIFY

1. CONNECT
2. MEND
3. RESOLVE
4. SOLVE

Questions: 16-20 One Word Substitution
16. An unexpected stroke of good luck.

1. Fortune
2. Boon
3. Windfall
4. Breakthrough

17. One who lends money at high rate interest?

1. Solvent
2. Unsurer
3. Uxorious
4. Shylock

18. Man whose wife has been unfaithful to him

1. Dandy
2. Concubine
3. Cuckold
4. Bastard

19. A person who is made to bear the blame due to others.
a. Innocent
b. Ignoramous
c. Scapegoat
d. Nincompoop
20. One who is likeable

1. Amicable
2. Amiable
3. Effusive
4. Ebullient

 
Questions: 21 to 30: Fill in the blanks with suitable articles.
21. The French are quite hardworking
22. March is the third month of the year.
 
23. Sugar is sold four rupees a kilo.
24. Brevity is the soul of wit.
25. The voice of man is the voice of God.
26. This car can be driven at a speed of 150km an hour.
27. Once a man had a strange goose. It laid the golden egg everyday. It was very lucky to posses such a precious creature. But he was greedy too. One day he thought, “one golden egg per day is not sufficient I shall kill the goose and get hold of all the gold contained in it”
28. When the Principal saw Rohan beating Sonu mercilessly, he expelled Rohan from the school action taken by the Principal was an unexpected.
29. He is an officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is posted in the states. He is the youngest officer there. He enjoys the work and plays the game of tennis in evening. For his breakfast he takes an apple an egg and a cup of coffee only.
30. The scene at the third class booking office was unforgettable. There was no queue of passengers had got together at the same time around at ticket’s window. Everybody wanted to have his ticket first. The passengers pushed one another. The train was late for an hour and half
Questions: 31-40 Fill in with suitable prepositions.

31.	He was charged____ murder.
	a.	About
	b.	From
	c.	Of
	d.	For
	e.	In
32.	He rested______ the shade of mango tree.
	a.	Below
	b.	Under
	c.	Over
	d.	In
	e.	Beneath
33.	He is blind______ one eye.		–
	a.	Of
	b.	In
	c.	From
	d.	By
	e.	With

34. Cigarette smoking is injurious _____health
a. for
b. to
c. about
d. on
e. from
35. I am fed up____staying at this place.

1. with
2. from
3. at
4. for
5. In

36. My examination starts____Tuesday.

1. from
2. about
3. since
4. over
5. on

 
37. Translate the following passage______a modern Indian Language

1. in
2. from
3. of
4. into
5. on

38. He turned _____my request.

1. of
2. out
3. about
4. of
5. down

39. We should be prepared to make sacrifices ______ our motherland.
a. to
b. for
c. on
d. at
e. upon
40. None ________the brave deserve the fair.

1. of
2. but
3. form
4. at
5. no preposition is required