English Grammar Test with Answers
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence.
You have made only perfunctory attempts to understand me!
(A) adamant
(B) careful
(C) basic
(D) casual
Correct Answer : B
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be under a cloud
(A) To be very happy
(B) To be gloomy
(C) To be untrustworthy
(D) To have a hidden talent
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
The correct answer is under suspicion. Key Points. The idiom "Under a cloud" means one is under suspicion of doing something fishy. Hence the correct option for the idiom "under a cloud" is "under suspicion".
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Imprisonment
(A) Incapacitation
(B) Incarceration
(C) Inarch
(D) Imputation
Correct Answer : B
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Hit the sack
(A) Miss the mark
(B) Confirm the target
(C) Complete the assignment
(D) Go to sleep
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
The correct answer is 'went to bed'. To Hit the sack means to go to bed. After the long journey, he hit the sack as soon as he reached home.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(A) Hallucinate
(B) Hiatus
(C) Sacrilage
(D) Launderette
Correct Answer : C
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
In queer street
(A) Among scoundrels
(B) In prison
(C) Lost your way
(D) In debt
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom "In queer street" is "In debt." In queer street: in trouble, usually because of debt. Example: He will be in the queer street if he continues buying expensive things.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
His friends arranged for the ambulance and took him immediately to the hospital.
(A) His friends would have arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.
(B) His friends were arranged for the ambulance and taken him immediately to the hospital.
(C) The ambulance arranged for his friends and took him immediately to the hospital.
(D) The ambulance was arranged for by his friends and he was immediately taken to the hospital.
Correct Answer : D
Explanation :
The sentence is rewritten in passive voice, putting the emphasis on the object (ambulance) and the person receiving the action (he).
Complete the collocation.
When we met first it was very difficult to ______ the ice.
(A) smash
(B) burst
(C) break
(D) shatter
Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
(C) break - The collocation is "break the ice," meaning to initiate a conversation in a social setting.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
(A) Effervescent
(B) Unorganised
(C) Efficient
(D) Scaleable
Correct Answer : D
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Tagore and Gandhi were undoubtedly the two outstanding and _________ figures of India in the first half of twentieth century(A) dominating
(B) activating
(C) resuming
(D) appreciating
Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
(A) dominating - The phrase "outstanding and dominating figures" implies that Tagore and Gandhi were influential and had a significant impact.
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