SANSKAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUNA

Teacher’s English Eligibility Test

English
Time: - 1 Hr. Max. Marks: -100

Points to be noted:-

1) Paper should be neat and clean.

2) Attempt all questions.
3) Choice is given within the questions.

Q1) Fill in the correct form verb. (2.5 Marks)

A) They were laughing at his jokes. (Laugh)

B) She is foolishly trying to eat. (Eat)
C) He is sleeping now. (Sleep)
D) Rohan is feeding the pigeon. (Feed)
E) The train stops at the station for 10 minutes. (Stop)

Q2) Supply a predict to each subject given below and complete the sentence. (5 Marks)

A) The blue dress- is very beautiful.

B) The policeman- is a public servant.
C) Spoons- are better than forks.
D) The little mouse- in Tom and Jerry is very naughty.
E) My friends- are my life.

Q3) Fill in the blanks with correct form of adjectives. (2.5 Marks)

A) My cup of tea is hotter than yours. (hot/hotter/hottest)

B) I was the last to leave the class. (late/later/last)
C) My mother is younger than my aunt. (young/younger/youngest)
D) Priya has long hair. (long/longer/longest)
E) I am better than my sister at cooking. (good/better/best)

Q4) Fill in the blank with appropriate prepositions. (5 Marks)

A) I have known them since 2008.

B) I work for five hours every day.
C) I like pasta with red sauce.
D) Sonia jumped in the pool.
E) The police man ran after the thief.
Q5) Fill in with correct Pronoun (10 Marks)

A) Are you coming to Delhi by train?

B) This seat is mine.
C) These bags are mine.
D) They are not attending the function.
E) Wish you a happy journey

Q6) Write the Opposite word of: - (7.5 Marks)

A) UP:-Down
B) DAY:-Night
C) GO:-Come
D) PULL:-Push
E) SOUTH:-North
F) BLACK:-White
G) YES:-No
H) RIGHT:-Wrong
I) SAD:-Happy
J) NEAR:-Far
K) TRUE:-False
L) LAUGH:-Cry
M) SLENDER:- Fat
N) BEAUTIFUL:-Ugly
O) OLD:-New

Q7) Choose the correct answer: - (5 Marks)

1 When the Principal entered the class, a student………. on the blackboard.

(a) Wrote

(b) was writing

(c) writes

(d) is writing

2 She………TV when her husband came.

 (a) watch

(b) was watching

(c) is watching

(d) watched

3: Select Correct Word

(a) Aceleration

(b) Aceeleration

(c) Accelaration

(d) Acceleration

4 The boy was cured _____ typhoid.

(a) from

(b) of

(c) for

(d) through

5 Jawaharlal spent his childhood ______ Anand Bhawan.

(a) at

(b) in

(c) on

(d) across
Q8) Rearrange the jumbled words/phrases into meaningful sentences. (5 Marks)

(a) very difficult/it was/to travel/earlier/long distances
(b) backs/their belongings/travelers/on their/carried
(c) few places/take rest/on the/there were/to/way
(d) has/faces/many/teacher/a
(e) friend/he/a/is/well-wisher/and/a
Earlier, it was very difficult to travel long distances.
Travelers carried their belongings on their backs.
There were few places to take rest on the way.
A teacher has many faces.
He is a friend and a well-wisher.

Q9) In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for
the given words/ sentence. (5 Marks)

1. To examine one's own thoughts and feelings.

(a) Meditation (b) Retrospection (c) Reflection (d) Introspection

2. A short, usually amusing, story about some real person or event.

(a) Anecdote (b) Antidote (c) Tale (d) Allegory

3. A person who does not believe in any religion.

(a) Philatelist (b) Rationalist (c) Atheist (d) Pagan

4. Life history of a person written by another.

(a) Autobiography (b) Biography (c) Bibliography (d) Memoir

5. A small enclosure for cattle, sheep, poultry etc.

(a) Cellar (b) Sty (c) Pen (d) Lair

Q10) Identify the errors: (5 marks)

1) The/woods/floats/in waters.

a) The
b) Woods
c) Floats
d) In waters

2) He/has married /her/last month

a) He
b) Has married
c) Her
d) Last month

3) The/plants are dry/for/the lack of water

a) The
b) Plants are dry
c) For
d) The lack of water

4) The electrician/is/do/writing work

a) The electrician
b) Is
c) Do
d) Writing work

5) The longer/ river in/ our country is/Ganges

a) Ganges
b) River in
c) Our country
d) The longer
Q11) Select the odd one out: - (2.5 marks)

1) a) Canteen b) Dancer c)Stage d)Make up

2) a) Judge b) Chamber c)Tennis d)Lawyer
3) a) Radium b) Radio c)Granite d)Dynamite
4) a) Road b) Orbit c)Gravitation d) Space
5) a) Radio b) Idol c) Priest d) Flowers

Q12) Choose the correct Question tag (5 marks)

1. Let us play.

a) Can we?
b) Shall we?
c) Do we?
d) Would we?

2. Let us attend the party?

a) Shall not we?

b) Shall we?
c) Shan’t we?
d) None of these

3. Radhika sang well.

a) Can she?
b) Didn’t she?
c) Does she?
d) Is she?
 4. It is raining

a) Is it?
b) Isn’t it?
c) Does it?
d) Did it?

5. None of the food was wasted.

a) Was it?
b) Wasn’t it?
c) Isn’t it?
d) Is it?

Q13) Put the correct suffix:- (5 marks)

1. Scholar

a) er
b) ty
c) hood
d) ship

2. Long

a) er
b) in
c) en
d) or
 3. Weak

a) ly
b) an
c) ty
d) lst

4. Child
a) like
b) tile
c) Ie
d) tion

5. Violin
a) ist
b) ty
c) en
d) an

Q14) Identify the correct homophone: - (5 marks)

1. I ____________ him very well.

a) Know
b) No
c) None
d) now
2. His legal __________ is Sheila.

a) Heir
b) Hare
c) Here
d) Hair

3. Ram was________ by the English king.

a) nighted
b) Nighed
c) Knighted
d) Knigretted

4. The ________ of the cats are sharp.

a) Paws
b) Pause
c) Pauses
d) None of these

5. ____________ Land have no market.

a) Baxen
b) Baron
c) Barron
d) Barren
Q15) The given sentence is in active/ passive voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option
from the sentence below: - (10 marks)

1. He has a gut feeling that his brother may be keeping a secret.

a) He has a gut feeling that a secret may be being kept by his brother.
b) A gut feeling is had that a secret is kept by his brother.
c) He had a gut feeling that a secret was kept by his brother.
d) He has a gut feeling that maybe his brother kept a secret.

2. She has preserved all the old letters of her dead lover.

a) All the old letters of her dead lover have been preserved by her.
b) All the old letters of her dead lover has been preserved by her.
c) All the old letters have been preserved.
d) The letters of her old lover have been preserved.

3. He had kept up his diet program for a month.

a) His diet program had been kept up for a month.

b) His diet program was kept up for a month.
c) His diet program had been kept for a month
d) The doctor had kept up his diet program for a month.

4. She bought a pearl necklace.

a) A pearl necklace was bought by her.

b) A pearl necklace had been bought by her.
c) A pearl necklace had been bought for her by him.
d) A pearl necklace was bought for her.
 5. May you be blessed with happiness.

a) I bless you with happiness.

b) May God bless you with happiness.
c) God blesses you with happiness.
d) God will bless you with happiness.

Q16) Use correct tenses: - (5 marks)

1. This time tomorrow, I ............................... on the beach.

a) Am lying
b) Will lie
c) Will be lying
d) Had been lying

2. She said that, she ________help me.

a) will
b) shall
c) would
d) has been

3. Call me when you ___________ time

a) Have
b) Would have
c) Will have
d) could

4. I will follow you, wherever you _____________

a) Go
b) Goes
c) Will go
d) Would go

5. You will have an accident if you go on driving like this.

a) will have
b) are having
c) would have
d) Should have
Q17) Use appropriate punctuation in the following sentences:- (10 marks)
1. We had a great time in France - the kids really enjoyed it.
2. Some people work best in the mornings; others do better in the evenings.
3. What are you doing next weekend?
4. Mother had to go into hospital: she had heart problems.
5. Did you understand why I was upset?
6. It is a fine idea; let us hope that it is going to work.
7. We will be arriving on Monday morning - at least, I think so.
8. A textbook can be a ‘wall’ between teacher and class.
9. The girl’s father sat in a corner.
10. In the words of Murphy’s Law: ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong’.
Q18) Use appropriate conjunction in the following sentences:- (5 marks)
1. Will you wait here, _____________I return?
a) Until
b) Up to
c) Unless
d) Whenever

2. I visit my grandparents_______I can.

a) When
b) Whenever
c) Could ever
d) While ever

3. I will be home __________ 8 o clock.

a) By
b) Within
c) On
d) while
4. I was relieved_________ it finished.
a) When
b) Whenever
c) While
d) Within

5. You must finish the job _________ you leave.

a) Before
b) As
c) When
d) while

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