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Directions: Name the Part of Speech of the underlined words in the following sentences:
1. Honesty is the best policy.
(a) preposition
(b) adverb
(c) noun
(d) adjective

2. He is old yet he can run fast.
(a) adverb
(b) conjunction
(c) verb
(d) pronoun

3. We wandered about in the forest.
(a) adjective
(b) interjection
(c) adverb
(d) noun

4. Can any of you help me?
(a) preposition
(b) pronoun
(c) conjunction
(d) adjective

5. He is a close relative of mine.
(a) verb
(b) noun
(c) adverb
(d) adjective

6. The earth rotates round its axis.
(a) preposition
(b) noun
(c) verb
(d) adverb

7. Parents love their children.
(a) noun
(b) adjective
(c) verb
(d) preposition

8. Alas! He is dead.
(a) conjunction
(b) adverb
(c) interjection
(d) verb

9. The heavens are above.
(a) adverb
(b) noun
(c) preposition
(d) adjective

10. Sangi is a pretty girl.
(a) verb
(b) adverb
(c) adjective
(d) pronoun

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs from those given in brackets:
11. Siami __________ a good athlete. (be)
(a) am
(b) is
(c) are
(d) were

12. He __________ when we reached his house. (work)
(a) worked
(b) is working
(c) had worked
(d) was working

13. By the time we finished our work, they __________ home. (go)
(a) went
(b) gone
(c) have gone
(d) had gone

14. Islam was __________ by Mohammed the Prophet. (find)
(a) found
(b) founded
(c) founding
(d) finding

15. Thangi __________ here since 2010. (work)
(a) has worked
(b) has worked
(c) have worked
(d) has been working

16. Ruata waited for his friends until they __________. (arrive)
(a) have arrived
(b) will arrive
(c) arrived
(d) had arrived

17. The man ran away because he __________ afraid. (be)
(a) had been
(b) was
(c) will be
(d) is

18. The boy jumped off the bus while it __________. (move)
(a) moved
(b) was moving
(c) has moved
(d) has been moving

19. One of the girls __________ this. (do)
(a) have done
(b) done
(c) has done
(d) has did

20. I __________ you tomorrow. (see)
(a) will be seeing
(b) shall see
(c) will see
(d) would see

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Directions: Choose the correct preposition / articles to complete the sentence.
21. The village is __________ Serchhip. It’s only six miles away.
(a) along
(b) by
(c) near
(d) next

22. You can see the details __________ the computer screen.
(a) at
(b) by
(c) in
(d) on

23. I’ve got a meeting __________ Thursday afternoon.
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) to

24. We’ve lived in this flat __________ five years.
(a) ago
(b) already
(c) for
(d) since

25. Rema wants to cycle round the world. He’s really keen __________ the idea.
(a) about
(b) for
(c) on
(d) with

26. My father is not only the town mayor, he runs __________ too.
(a) a business
(b) a piece of business
(c) business
(d) some business

27. The __________ produced at our factory in Mumbai.
(a) good are
(b) good is
(c) goods are
(d) goods is

28. I’m looking for __________ to cut this string.
(a) a pair of scissors
(b) a scissor
(c) a scissors
(d) some scissors

29. I was watching TV at home when suddenly __________ rang.
(a) a doorbell
(b) an doorbell
(c) doorbell
(d) the doorbell

30. We haven’t had a holiday for __________ time.
(a) a so long
(b) so a long
(c) such a long
(d) such long

Directions: Name the Tense of the Verb of the following.
31. He cut the apples into half.
(a) Present Perfect Tense
(b) Present Indefinite Tense
(c) Past Indefinite Tense
(d) Past Perfect Tense

32. He had met her while visiting his parents in Lunglei.
(a) Past Perfect Tense
(b) Past Perfect Continuous Tense
(c) Present Perfect Tense
(d) Past Indefinite Tense

33. Father will have left for Serchhip if I reach home at 11AM.
(a) Future Indefinite Tense
(b) Past Perfect Tense
(c) Future Perfect Tense
(d) Future Perfect Continuous Tense

34. Did you see the mad dog?
(a) Present Indefinite Tense
(b) Past Perfect Tense
(c) Present Perfect Tense
(d) Past Indefinite Tense

35. The baby has been crying for a long time
(a) Past Perfect Continuous Tense
(b) Present Perfect Continuous Tense
(c) Present Continuous Tenses
(d) Past Continuous Tense

Directions: Fill in the blanks choosing the correct adjectives and adverbs given
36. The young man seems very __________.
(a) sensible
(b) sensiblely
(c) sensibley
(d) sensibly

37. The house was __________ building
(a) a nice old stone
(b) a nice stone old
(c) a stone old nice
(d) an old nice home

38. I __________ missed the bus. I was only just in time to catch it.
(a) mostly
(b) near
(c) nearest
(d) nearly

39. We’re really sorry. We regret what happened __________.
(a) a bit
(b) much
(c) very
(d) very much

40. Can you tell me __________ road will take me to the college?
(a) which
(b) whose
(c) what
(d) who

Directions: Transform the following sentences by changing the degrees of comparison of the adjectives.
41. It is better to starve than beg.
(a) To beg is good as to starve
(b) To beg is not as good as to starve
(c) To beg is better than to starve
(d) To beg is best than to starve

42. Rajdhani Express is the fastest train in India.
(a) No other train is as fast as Rajdhani Express in India
(b) No other train is fast than Rajdhani Express in India
(c) No train is more fast than Rajdhani Express in India
(d) No train is fast than Rajdhani Express in India

43. My computer has more functions than yours.
(a) Your computer does not have as many functions as mine
(b) Your computer does have as many functions as mine
(c) My computer does not have as many functions as yours
(d) My computer has as many functions as yours

44. Tokyo is the costliest city in the world.
(a) No other city in the world is costlier than Tokyo
(b) No other city in the world is costly than Tokyo
(c) No other city in the world is most costly than Tokyo
(d) No other city in the world cost most than Tokyo

45. Gold is the costliest metal.
(a) Gold is most costlier than any metal
(b) No metal is most costly than gold
(c) No metal is costly to gold
(d) No metal is as costly as gold

Directions: Transform the following sentences as directed:
46. I have a lot of work to do. (to interrogative)
(a) Do you have much work to do?
(b) Do you have many work to do?
(c) Do you have very much work to do?
(d) Do you have to do many work?

47. A lot of money has been spent on the project. (to negative)
(a) Not many money has been spent on the project
(b) Not much money has been spent on the project
(c) No money has been spent on the project
(d) Nobody has spent money on the project

48. There was no member of the audience who did not applaud him. (to assertive)
(a) Every member of the audience applauded him
(b) He applauded every member of the audience
(c) Every member of the audience was applauded by him
(d) Every audience applauded him

49. What a beautiful flower the rose is! (to assertive)
(a) Is the rose a beautiful flower
(b) How beautiful is the rose
(c) The rose is a beautiful flower
(d) The rose is most beautiful

50. Nobody will deny he did his best. (to affirmative)
(a) Everybody will admit he did his best
(b) He will not be denied the best
(c) Nobody will be denied his best
(d) He will be admitted the best