Direction (1
– 20): Fill in the blanks with the right option:
Q1. Sanjeev _____________karate class
everyday.
(a) attends (b) has
attended (c) attended (d)
is attending (e) None of these
Q2. The market _____________usually noisy in
the morning.
(a) is (b)
has (c)
was (d) were (e) will be
Q3. The
post man _____________ the letter already.
(a) will
be posting(b) has posted (c) delivered (d)
posts (e) has delivered
Q4. The athlete _____________for America
tomorrow.
(a) is leaving (b) has left (c) will leaving (d)
will have left (e) shall leave
Q5. Sanjay _____________ his room for the
past three hours.
(a) will be painting (b) will paint (c)
has been painting
(d) has painted (e) will have painted
Q6. The milkman _____________ to our housing
estate every morning.
(a) come (b)
has come (c) coming (d)
comes (e) came
Q7. Udit _____________Cricket since primary
school when he got selected in Indian Cricket team.
(a) has played (b) had been playing (c) will play
(d) will have played (e) has played
Directions
(8-20): Identify the error in the given sentences. If there is no error, mark
(e) as your answer choice.
Q8. (a) He is /(b)the best singer/(c) of the
time but unfortunately/(d) least recognized /(e) No error.
Q9. (a) Raju said that he felt ecstatic/(b)
because a friend of his/(c) had given him/(d) a very good news./(e) No error.
Q10. (a) I don’t like/ (b) that kind of a
man/(c) who does nothing but/(d) find out faults in others. / (e) No error.
Q11. (a) Little knowledge/(b) of art that she
possessed/(c) proved to be a boon for her/ (d) when she was utterly helpless./(e) No error.
Q12. (a) Don’t talk to her/(b) she always/(c)
remains in temper/(d) these days./(e) No error.
Q13. (a) She boasts of/(b) having good
knowledge/(c) of Physics but everybody/(d) knows how far she is good at it./
(e) No error.
Q14. (a) It was/(b) by a mistake/(c) that she
caught/(d) his hand./ (e) No error.
Q15. (a) The
food inspector arrived and discovered/(b) a large number of /(c) hoarded
rice/(d) in his shop./ (e) No error.
Q16. (a)
According to me/(b) Rajeev is senior /(c) from any other accountant/(d) of his
office/
(e) No
error.
Q17. (a);
Shivam is/(b) the tallest and/(c) smarter student/(d) of his class./(e) No
error.
Q18. (a) The
credit unions are the co-operative/(b) financial institutions similarly to a
bank/(c) but unlike banks the credit unions/(d) are owned by the members. ./
(e) No error
Q19. (a)
Diamond is/(b) harder than/ (c) any other/(d) metal /(e) No error
Q20. (a)
Sameer ran to the/(b) nearing confectionary store to/(c) buy biscuits as his
parents/(d) were expecting guests./(e) No error.
SOLUTIONS:
S1. Ans.
(a)
Sol. The
sentence expresses the daily habit of Sanjeev. Therefore, simple present tense
should be used here. Hence, (a) is the correct option.
S2. Ans.
(a)
Sol. In
this sentence the daily ambience of market has been described. Therefore,
(simple) present tense should be used. Hence, (a) is the correct option.
S3. Ans.
(e)
Sol. The
usage of the word ‘already’ shows that the action has been completed. Hence
perfect tense should be used. Now see the meaning of the following options:
Post:
Send (a letter or parcel) via the postal system.
Deliver:
bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or
address Hence, (e) is the correct option.
S4. Ans.
(a)
Sol. For
future plans which are expected to be executed in near future, we use
present progressive tense. Hence, (a) is the correct option.
S5. Ans. (c)
Sol. In
this sentence, the action had started in past and was in action for a period of
time hence perfect continuous tense should be used here. Therefore, (c) is the
correct option.
S6. Ans. (d)
Sol. In
this sentence, the daily routine of milkman has been described. Hence, simple
present tense should be used. Hence, (d) is the correct option.
S7. Ans. (b)
Sol. Here
an action described, had started in the past and was in action till the point
in the past. Hence, past perfect continuous tense should be used here. Hence,
(b) is the correct option.
S8. Ans. (d)
Sol.
‘The’ should be used before ‘least’ since superlatives degrees are always
preceded by ‘the’.
S9. Ans. (d)
Sol. ‘a’
should not be used, since ‘news’ is an uncountable noun.
S10. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘a’
should not be used because an ‘Article’ is not used with nouns followed by
‘type of’, ‘kind of’, ‘sort of’ etc.
S11. Ans.
(a)
Sol.
‘The’ should be used before ‘little’. ‘The little’ means ‘all that is’ whereas,
‘little means almost none.
S12. Ans.
(c)
Sol. ‘in
a temper’ should be used in place of ‘in temper’. Since it is the correct
phrasal use.
S13. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘a
good knowledge’ is correct phrase.
S14. Ans.
(b)
Sol. ‘By
mistake’ should be used instead of ‘by a mistake’ as it is correct idiomatic
usage.
S15. Ans.
(b)
Sol.
‘Rice’ is an uncountable noun. Hence, ‘quantity’ should be used in place of
‘numbers’.
S16. Ans.
(c)
Sol.
‘Senior’ is always followed by ‘to’ Hence, ‘to’ should be used in place of
‘from’.
S17. Ans.
(c)
Sol.
‘Smartest’ should be used in place of ‘smarter’, since, ‘Adjectives’ of same
degree are used for a single noun of pronoun.
S18. Ans.
(b)
Sol.
‘Similar’ should be used in place of ‘Similarly’. Since, ‘similar’ is an
adjective which should be used to quality a noun.
S19. Ans.
(c)
Sol. ‘Any
metal’ should be used in place of ‘any other metal’. Since, diamond is not a
metal.
Note: If
something is compared with all the others of the same class, then ‘all/any
other’ is used to exclude the former from the whole class. Whereas, if something
is compared with a completely different class, then ‘any’ + ‘name of class’ is
used.
For eg:-
Gold is costlier than ‘any other’ metal. Here, ‘any other’ separates gold from
the whole class of metals.
Diamond
is harder than any metal. Here, ‘any ‘metal’ is used since ‘Diamond’ is not a
metal.
S20. Ans.
(b)
Sol.
‘nearby’ should be used in place of ‘nearing’ since ‘nearing’ is not an
adjective. Hence, an adjective, ‘nearby’ should be used to qualify ‘grocery
store’
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