Enhance your English skills with these carefully curated practice questions. This set focuses on improving grammar, vocabulary, and comprehension. Designed to help you succeed in exams like WBCS, CGL/CHSL/MTS & WBP/KP Constable, and more!
1. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Anwesha said to me, “I have a surprise for you.”
(A) Anwesha told me that she had a surprise for me.
(B) Anwesha told me that she has a surprise for me.
(C) Anwesha told me that she would have a surprise for you.
(D) Anwesha told me that she will have a surprise for me.
2. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The employee has helped the intern to learn the tasks.
(A) The intern was helped to learn the tasks by the employee.
(B) The intern is helped to learn the tasks by the employee.
(C) The intern was being helped to learn the tasks by the employee.
(D) The intern has been helped to learn the tasks by the employee.
3. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/ Passive Voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.
The man has ordered the children to keep out.
(A) The children were ordered to come out by the man.
(B) The children are ordered to come out by the man.
(C) The children were being ordered to come out by the man.
(D) The children have been ordered to come out by the man.
4. In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
TACITURN
(A) loquacious (B) reserved
(C) concise (D) succinct
5. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
INDIGENOUS
(A) foreign (B) ancient
(C) native (D) modern
6. In the following question, a sentence is given with a phrase or idiom in brackets. Select the option given below that can replace the bracketed phrase.
The new policy aims at (cutting out) on unnecessary expenses to improve overall efficiency.
(A) cutting off (B) cutting up
(C) cutting back (D) No improvement
7. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given option pick the one that gives their correct order.
P. New areas of the city were assiduously greened by administrators, who planted trees.
Q. When one tree was chopped down, another was planted to ensure continuity.
R. This practice of greening continued during the British colonial period of governance, and later into the 20th century, after Indian independence.
S. Residents, in turn, watered and cared for them, benefiting from the services they provided.
(A) RSQP (B) QPSR
(C) PQSR (D) QSRP
8. In the question below, a sentence is given with an idiom highlighted in bold, followed by four options. Select the option that gives the correct meaning of the idiom.
The new employee hit the ground running and quickly adapted to the fast-paced work challenges.
(A) became physically inactive
(B) adapted to new surroundings slowly
(C) started working diligently and effectively
(D) started running abruptly
9. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
LENIENT
(A) lax (B) idle
(C) marvellous (D) fierce
10. In the following question, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SECLUDED
(A) earnest (B) cherished
(C) triumphant (D) populated
- Answer: (A)
The sentence is in direct speech. Follow the instructions to change the sentence to indirect speech:
i) Remove the comma and inverted commas.
ii) SAID TO will be replaced by TOLD. Add THAT after the reporting speech clause, “ANWESHA TOLD ME.”
iii) The present tense verb HAVE will change to the past tense verb HAD.
iv) The first person pronoun I will change to the third person pronoun SHE, and the second person pronoun YOU will change to the first person ME.
Thus, A is the right answer.
- Answer: (D)
The sentence is in active voice and in present perfect tense (HAS HELPED). Follow the rules below to convert a sentence in indicative mood to passive voice:
i) The subject clause will become the object clause. Here, the subject THE EMPLOYEE will change to the object of the verb, and the object THE INTERN will change into the subject and begin the sentence.
ii) Replace HAS HELPED with HAS BEEN HELPED. The passive voice construction for present perfect tense is “HAS + BEEN + past participle”.
iii) Add the conjunction BY before THE EMPLOYEE to link the verb with its object.
Option D is the right answer.
- Answer: (D)
The sentence is in active voice and in present perfect tense (HAS ORDERED). Follow the rules below to convert a sentence in indicative mood to passive voice:
i) The subject clause will become the object clause. Here, the subject THE MAN will change to the object of the verb, and the object THE CHILDREN will change into the subject and begin the sentence.
ii) Replace HAS ALLOWED with HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. The passive voice construction for present perfect tense is “HAVE + BEEN + past participle”.
iii) Add the conjunction BY before THE MAN to link the verb with its object.
Option D is the right answer.
- Answer: (A)
TACITURN means reserved or uncommunicative in speech. LOQUACIOUS (talkative) will be its antonym. Thus, A is the right answer.
Reserved – slow to reveal emotion or opinions. Concise – giving much information clearly in a few words. Succinct – briefly and clearly expressed.
- Answer: (C)
INDIGENOUS means originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. NATIVE will be its synonym. Thus, C is the right answer.
Foreign – from another country. Ancient – very old; of a long time ago. Modern – relating to the present or recent times.
- Answer: (C)
CUT BACK (reduce) will fit here as the sentence talks about how the new policy aims to reduce unnecessary expenses to improve overall efficiency. Thus, C is the right answer.
Cutting off – disconnecting. Cutting up – chopping into pieces. Cut out – to be suitable for a task or role.
- Answer: (B)
QPSR is the correct order of the sentences. Q begins the passage by introducing the practice discussed – the chopping down of one tree was followed by planting another in its place. PS proceed as a pair: P tells us how administrators planted trees, and S follows by telling us how residents watered and cared for them. R concludes by telling us how this practice continued after Indian independence. Thus, B is the right answer.
- Answer: (C)
The idiom HIT THE GROUND RUNNING means to immediately work hard and successfully at a new activity, without needing time to adjust or become familiar with the situation. Thus, C is the right answer.
None of the other options correctly conveys the meaning of the idiom.
- Answer: (A)
LENIENT means not strict; relaxed. LAX is its synonym. Thus, A is the right answer.
Idle – inactive; not doing anything. Marvellous – wonderful. Fierce – savage.
- Answer: (D)
SECLUDED means isolated. POPULATED (inhabited by people) will be its antonym. Thus, D is the right answer.
Earnest – sincere. Cherished – valued. Triumphant – victorious.
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