📍28 FEBRUARY MOCK

1)

Select the most appropriate synonym of the word in bold.

The choice was judicious as further events proved.

2)

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

We should clean the house regularly.

3)

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined word segment in the given sentence.

I picked up my little clock and it began to dance gracefully.

4)

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words.

The soldier struck the enemy with the short sword fixed onto the end of the gun.

5)

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word in the brackets to fill in the blank.

She left the party ______ because of her parents’ strict time restrictions. [late]

6)

Select the correct idiom to substitute the underlined segment in the following sentence.

Due to her impoverished state, most of her relatives treated her with contempt

7)

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

While I was walking to the store, my friend calls me and ask for a favour.

8)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The mother couldn’t _________ such an insult from her son in front of the others.

9)

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

The line, 'Round the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran' uses the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables .

10)

Select the most appropriate homophone to fill in the blank.

Ruby gave her mother a hug and offered to knead the ________.