1.

Which of the following alternatives best C) Many deserts have varied geographical formations
completes the given sentence according to ranging from soft, rolling hills.
the passsage ? D) Deserts are dry, flat areas with few plants which
In the 1600's, when tobacco was founded by need no water
John Rolfe, tobacco suddenly became the major E) Many kinds of vegetation can survive with little
source of income for most of the colonists. The water.
economic prosperity of the colonies was primarily
dependent on the amount of tobacco produced. 4. Which of the following alternatives best completes
The growing of tobacco required a large amount the given situational expression?
of land, with a large stable work force. The You are a teacher of English and you have observed
increased demand for a large, stable work force that one of your students has fallen asleep in your
combined with the availability of African slaves, lessons lately. You know that he is a hardworking and
led to the use of slavery in the colonies. attentive student. You don’t know what has been going
wrong about him but you have an idea that there can
1. The growing of tobacco in the colonies ... . be a problem about his sleep at nights. You want to be
A) would be easier for slaves owing to the colour sure before doing something and ask him in the break
of their skin time:
B) was the ideal form of labour that would be A) If you continue sleeping in your s lessons on not
most beneficial to productivity of any crop studying enough. I’m sure that you will fail most of
C) required both a large amount of land and a your lessons. Do you agree with me?
large stable work B) Let’s go to the cafeteria and talk to each other a
D) had a tradition of farming, and main little bit, shall we?
agricultural skills. C) I’m very annoyed about your non stop sleeps while
E) needed to be educated on certain agricultural I am teaching in the classroom what is the problem?
techniques D) Don’t you know that you can be punished if one of
teachers has noticed that you are sleeping in the class?
2. Which of the following alternatives best completes E) I think you are having difficulty sleeping at nights.
the given sentence completion?
I saw you sleep in my lessons. Why don’t you let me
Anton Chekhov, who represents a break with the main
tendencies of the nineteenth century and acts as a know what is going wrong about you?
bridge to the twentieth in the overall context of the
development of Russian literature, wrote no novels,... .
A) what made him one of the distinguished playwright 5. Which of the following alternatives best restates
of his era the given sentence?
B) for he shows himself as perhaps the greatest The firemen were unprepared to cope with the fire
humanist who has ever written in Russian successfully when it broke out despite having had
C) one of which is The Night before Easter published a lot of training.
in his pivatal years of his career A) When the fire spread, there was no remedy left
D) where we have an excellent example of the for the fire-brigade to avoid it.
immense simplicity and naturalness in his modernist B) As soon as the fire started, the fire brigade
novels rushed to the region but they weren't able to
E) but instead put a new life and strength into the control it.
neglected genres of the short story and the drama
C) As a result of their extensive training, the
3. Which of the following alternatives best completes firemen were much luckier in dealing with the
fire.
the given paragraph completion?
D) Although the firemen had practised much
... . Some plants, such as cactus, are able to store large
beforehand, the fire couldn't be efficiently
amounts of water in their leaves or stems. After a
controlled by them when it started.
rainfall these plants absorb a large supply of water to
E) The firemen couldn’t stop the fire since they
last until the mesquite, have extraordinarily deep root had received inadequate training and their number
systems that allow them to obtain water from far below wasn't sufficient.
the desert’s arid surface.
A) Most people think of deserts as dry, flat areas with
little vegetation and little or no rainfall
B) Desert plants have a variety of mechanisms for
obtaining the water needed for survival
6. Complete the dialogue. 11. In which of the following options is the meaning
Michel: George, you know who Hessel is, don’t you? of the modal wrongly given?
George: Of course I know who he is. He’s the president A) Things can get crazy around here sometimes.
of the senior class. ( Possibility )
Michel: .... . B) To be healthy, a plant has to receive a good supply
George: Really? I didn’t even know they were of sunshine.
engaged! You mean you haven’t noticed his ring? (Necessity)
A) Actually, I don’t see him very much. C) Would you help me to carry this heavy suitcase?
B) I guess he’s been busy.| ( Request)
C) I haven’t seen him for a long time. D) Susan must be ill because she looks very tired.
D) I heard that he has engaged in an assassination.| ( Obligation)
E) Well, he and Alice White are getting married right E) May I ask whether you are using the telephone?
after graduation. ( Permission)

7. Find out the appropriate option. 12. Which of the following sentences does not
A) “When, where, how, why” – interrogative, relative, contain a collective noun?
conjunctive adverbs A) In front of the hospital, there was some standing
B) “Who, whom, whose, which, that” – conjunctive band of men to visit the famous pop star.
pronouns B) A team of athletes is preparing for the outcoming
C) “Who, whom, whose, which, that, what ” – competitions.
conjunctions C) The people are trying to help those having survived
D) “Who, whom, whose, which, what ” – relative from the catastrophe.
pronouns D) The cemetery was too much crowded especially
E) “When, where, how, why” – only interrogative and with the cortege of mourners.
conjunctive adverbs E) An orchestra of musicians is on charged during the
whole feast.
8. In which of the following sentences does the
“ – ing participle ” serve as a noun?
13. In which of the following sentences is “who” used
A) The man reading on the sofa dropped his book.
as a different in function?
B) I haven’t had time to do much reading lately.
A) Who was embarrassed the most?
C) The girl met was reading a best-seller novel.
B) Who is dancing?
D) Reading the letter, the man’s face went white.
C) Who is there?
E) While reading today’s paper, I fell asleep.
D) Who did you speak with?
E) Who opened the gates?
9. In which of the following options are the adjectives
correctly ordered?
14. Which of the conjunctions is appropriate for the
A) a small lovely restaurant
following blank?
B) a black big fat cat
The importance of education for the development of a
C) a large woollen trendy pullover
country must not be underestimated ... education is the
D) a fascinating old Italian painting
tool which alone can inculcate national and cultural
E) a long nice summer holiday
values.
10. While most native speakers of English would have A) although B) therefore
little trouble in comprehending the sounds, words and C) so D) because
clauses in the message, it is unlikely that they woukd be E) thereby
able to demonstrate comprehension in a written text.
Which of the following word categories is not seen 15. Find out the appropraite prepositions for the
in the given sentence? following gaps.
A) Adjective Most companies would prefer to concentrate ...
B) Adverb domestic rather than foreign markets because of
C) Conjunction their greater familiarity ... their own environments.
D) Quantifier A) in , of B) on , with C) over , by
E) Preposition D) at , from E) for , to
16. Which of the following completes the given 21. Which of the following completes the given
sentence? sentence?
Until the sixteenth century, when the first The frst actual calculating mechanism ... as abacus,
international postal agreement was .... , there was which is thought ... by the Babylonians sometime
no postal system as we know it today. between 1,000 BC and 500 BC .
A) assigned B) maintained C) enacted A) was known , to be invented
D) seized E) conducted B) is known , to have been invented
C) has been known , being invented
17. In which sentence does the dependent clause D) may be known , inventing
contradict with the independent clause? E) would be known , to have invented
A) Keep your hands on the wounded area until the
nurse asks you to take them off. 22. Which of the following words can be used instead
B) We can’t be the same because everything has of “infamous”?
changed a lot like us. “He is infamous for his dishonesty in business
C) Fluency is inextricably tied to decoding and reading matters.”
comprehension, so the usage of it depends on how you A) notorious B) dreaded
manage to understand a passage. C) loathed D) investigated
D) Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do E) praised
not always like being taught.
E) If you come late again, I will have to report you to 23. Find out the appropriate pronouns for the
the managerial department. following blanks.
Tom is diligence ... . But he forgets one thing: the
difference between a good worker and a bad worker is
18. Select the appropriate articles for the following that one works his heart and ... with his hands.
gaps. A) himself, another
There used to be ... cinema next to the post offce and it B) itself, the other
was ... most appreciated one in ... town. C) –, the other
A) the , the , a D) himself, the other
B) a , the , the E) itself, other
C) a , a , the
D) the , the, the 24. Find out the relevant modal verbs for the
E) a , a , a following blanks.
Where is Tom? He ... . He has told me to come at 5.
19. Select the appropriate tense forms. +
– He ... on the balcony, therefore he ... your call.
Following World War II, European countries largely
A) should not go away, could have sunbathed, must
... their colonial possessions and by the 1950s and
not have heard
1960s ... to receive many immigrants from their former
B) must not go away, need to sunbathe, should not hear
colonies.
C) can’t go away, may sunbathe, can’t have heard
A) have given up , had begun
D) can’t have gone away, must be sunbathing, can’t
B) gave up , had begun
hear
C) would give up , had better begin
E) can’t have gone away, need be sunbathing, may not
D) were given up , begun
hear
E) used to give up , would have begun

20. Which of the following completes the given 25. Opt for the right verbs in the Subjunctive Mood.
sentence? Mr. Rochester was inattentive. If he ... so nervous,
An archaeological investigation usually involves he ... a bit better and ... such a lot of mistakes.
several distinct phases, ... employs its own variety of A) were not, would speak, wouldn’t make
methods. B) wasn’t, would speak, wouldn’t make
A) any of which C) hadn’t been, would have spoken, weren’t going to
B) all of them have done
C) each of which D) hadn’t been, would have spoken, wouldn’t have
D) each of them made
E) whose E) were not, would speak, wouldn’t do
26. Choose the alternative that best completes the 30. Complete the sentence with the idiom.
given statement. Kevin: “I just heard that there’s a problem with the
Before ... a visa to the USA , you ... which countries company’s computers and we won’t be paid until next
you have been to before and why. week!”
A) having been given, are asked Steve: “Oh no! I won’t be able to pay my rent on time!
B) giving, will be asked What am I going to do?”
C) having asked, will being asked Kevin: “Haha I ... ! The computers are working fine.
D) being given, are asked You’ve been paid already.”
E) giving, ask A) am just pulling your leg
B) am a bit under the weather
C) am playing it by ear
D) am going to have to bite the bullet
27. Which of the following completes the given
E) I am sleeping on it
sentence?
.... the Exucation Congress in July 1921 , a similar 31. Find out the right phrasal verb for the following
meeting was first held in July 1923 with the title of " gap.
1st Scholars Committee" and the second in April 1924. Don't ... Frank to lend you any money; he doesn't have
1.Apart from 2 Except 3. Except for any.
4. Besides 5. Except that 6. Including A) depend on B) hang up C) wait on
A) 1, 4, 6 B) 2, 3, 6 C) 1, 3, 5 D) take out E) call on
D) 2, 3, 5 E) 1, 2, 4
32.
I. Reflexive Pronoun
II. Relative Pronoun
28. Find out the appropriate sentences in the Passive III. Indefinite Pronoun
Voice. IV. Object Pronoun
1. As the director was ill, the documents were signed V. Possessive Pronoun
by his assistant. Speakers who routinely speak more than one
language may use theirs in ways slightly different
2. When I came, the papers were signed and lay on the
from a single language speaker, or a monolingual.
Secretary’s table. Which kinds of pronouns are used in the given
3. When I came up to the gate , it was already locked. sentence?
4. When I came up to the gate, it had already been A) I - V B) III-IV C) II - V
locked. D) III - I E) IV - II
5. In most industrial cities atmosphere, soil and
water are being constantly polluted with substances 33. Select the correct word for the following blank.
harmful to all living things. White tigers have been close to ....... for many years,
A) 1, 3, 5 B) 2, 3, 4 C) 1, 4, 5 but illegal hunting is still carried out in Siberia, which
D) 2, 3, 5 E) 1, 2, 4 threatens the existence of the species.
A) evolution B) execution C) termination
D) collapse E) extinction

29. Choose the best alternative that could be inferred 34. Opt for the appropriate option to complete the
from the statement you have read. sentence.
By 2050, thousands, perhaps millions of people will ... that Marie was able to retire at the age of 50.
have a life expectancy of 150 years. 1. So successful her business was
A) The life expectancy of all men will increase 2. So successful was her business
incredibly. 3. Her business was so successful
B) The life-span of any person on Earth must double in 4. So was her successful business
the near future. A) 1, 3 B) 1, 4 C) 2, 3 D) 2, 4 E) 1, 2
C) In the future we may be living longer than we do.
D) Millions of people should be allowed to live longer 35. Which sentence contains an adverbial clause of
in the future. place?
E) The life expectancy of all men will decrease fast. A) My goal is to travel everywhere my sister has visited.
B) The matter is where the meeting will be held.
C) I don’t remember the place where we met.
D) He turned immediately towards the hearth where
Silas Marner sat lulling the child.
E) Artois wondered where they were going.
36. Identify the dependent clause or clauses in 40. Transform the following simple sentence into the
the following sentence: Complex sentence using the Subjunctive Mood
“I’m going to see Shawna at the mall later; you Not going to the dentist to have his tooth filled, he is
can come with me, though I know you two groaning with pain now.
don’t get along.” A) If he went to the dentist to have his tooth filled, he
A) I’m going to see Shawna at the mall later wouldn’t be groaning with the pain now.
B) you can come with me B) If he had gone to the dentist to have his tooth filled,
C) though I know you two don’t get along he wouldn’t have groaned with the pain now.
D) A & B C) If he hadn’t gone to the dentist to have his tooth
E) B & C
filled, he wouldn’t be groaning with the pain now.
37. Which of the following sentence structures D) If he had gone to the dentist to have his tooth filled,
can be declarative? he wouldn’t be groaning with the pain now.
A) Simple sentences E) If he had gone to the dentist to have his tooth filled,
B) Compound sentences he would be groaning with the pain now.
C) Complex sentences
D) Complex-compound sentences
E) All of the above

38. Tranform the simple sentences into the Composite

sentence.
It is raining hard. We can’t go to the country.
A) If it weren’t for the rain, we could go to the
country.
B) If there weren’t rain, we would be able to go to
the country.
C) If it doesn’t rain, we can go to the country.
D) If hadn’t been for the rain, we would have gone to
the country.
E) It it hadn’t rained, we should have gone to the
country.

39. Report the following statement.

‘If you want to buy this dress, I can lend you some
money,’ Maya told her friend Aswathi.
A) Maya told her friend Aswath if she wanted to buy
that dress, she could lend her some money.
B) Maya told her friend Aswathi that if she wanted to
buy this dress, she could lend her some money.
C) Maya told her friend Aswathi that she wanted to
buy that dress, she could lend her some money.
D) Maya told her friend Aswathi that if she wanted to
buy that dress, she could lend her some money.
E) Maya told her friend Aswathi that she wanted to buy
that dress, he could lend his some money.