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Directions: Analyze the given sentences and choose the correct option:
1. Tanya forgot her book on the bus; therefore, she couldn’t finish her homework.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

2. Lina left for his home town this morning.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

3. Weeds are easy to grow and hard to kill
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

4. My dad owns a beautifully restored car and a bike too.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

5. Sangliani was late; however, the class had not started.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

6. Intelligent persons are respected.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

7. Nathan fell out of the bed, and mom ran to check on him.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

8. If you want to speak to Sita, then learn Hindi.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

9. The kangaroo jumped and landed in the playfield.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

10. The pancake smells delicious.
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence

Directions: Pick the correct clause of the words underlines in the given sentences:
11. Can somebody tell me who left his socks on the floor.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

12. The man who lives across the street is my uncle.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

13. Grace, put the tablet away so that you can eat your dinner.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

14. There is a big prize for whoever wins the competition.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

15. Can you see the caterpillar that is on the gate?
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

16. Douglas had to leave while John was playing football.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

17. We should remember God wherever we go.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

18. He is poor but he is honest.
(a) noun clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

19. Though Tom is poor, he is happy.
(a) Sub-ordinate clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

20. As she was sick, she could not go to work.
(a) Sub-ordinate clause
(b) adverb clause
(c) adjective clause
(d) co-ordinate clause

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Directions: Analyze the following sentences and pick out the correct option:
21. Do you mind waiting here?
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

22. Please leave your swords outside.
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

23. My family will not tolerate this.
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

24. Where have you been all this while?
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

25. I am your friend not your enemy.
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

26. What did you do after leaving college?
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

27. Do be a bit more careful.
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

28. I just cannot figure this out!
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

29. My sister Amy lives in Delhi with her husband.
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

30. Alex won the match, it’s unbelievable!
(a) Declarative
(b) Imperative
(c) Interrogative
(d) Exclamatory

Directions: Choose the most suitable alternative to make the sentence meaningful:
31. It is now ____________ that the Prime Minister will be coming to Aizawl.
(a) apparent
(b) translucent
(c) repugnant
(d) coherent

32. President Trump is suspected of ____________ with the Russia.
(a) connecting
(b) corrupting
(c) colluding
(d) commuting

33. The judge _____________ a fine of Rs.1500/- on the convict.
(a) implode
(b) imposed
(c) embossed
(d) impair

34. Today’s meeting was ______________ by a group of protestors.
(a) disjointed
(b) dislocated
(c) dismembered
(d) disrupted

35. The Board of Directors decided to ______ the budget.
(a) rise
(b) raise
(c) rice
(d) raised

36. Eric Bischoff gave Don Johnson a left-handed ___________________.
(a) complement
(b) confidence
(c) compliment
(d) consequence

37. Shawn Mendes is a very talented and _______________ singer.
(a) veritable
(b) various
(c) versatile
(d) voracious

38. Jennifer suffered an _________________ pain in her chest during her accident.
(a) excruciating
(b) exfoliating
(c) exterminating
(d) exhilarating

39. The contractor said that we need to ____________________ our apartment.
(a) refurbish
(b) retarnish
(c) revarnish
(d) regarnish

40. “Flu” is sometimes used as a ________ term for any illness caused by a virus.
(a) mimetic
(b) generic
(c) genetic
(d) heretic

Directions: Choose the correct alternative which is closest in meaning to the given sentence:
41. Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
(a) eccentric
(b) enigmatic
(c) fanatic

42. A person hired to fight for another country than their own.
(a) Executioner
(b) Mercenary
(c) Assassin
(d) hired gun

43. Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
(a) Reluctant
(b) Innocent
(c) Reticent
(d) competent

44. All the people living at the same time or of the same age
(a) Concessionaries
(b) Momentary
(c) Reactionaries
(d) contemporaries

45. A stable situation in which forces cancel one another
(a) Status quo
(b) Equalization
(c) Stationary
(d) equilibrium

46. Temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others.
(a) gregarious
(b) precautious
(c) tenacious
(d) precarious

47. Someone who is emotionally hardened or insensitive.
(a) Jealous
(b) Callous
(c) anxious
(d) devious

48. Having or showing a lack of experience.
(a) Timid
(b) Novice
(c) Naïve
(d) prodigy

49. A person with a highly developed sense of beauty.
(a) Aesthete
(b) Atheist
(c) theist
(d) ascetic

50. A word which agrees with another in pronunciation and perhaps also in spelling but is different in meaning.
(a) Synonym
(b) Homonym
(c) antonym
(d) homophone