Question 1

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

1. Errors were pointed out in every sentence by him

Accepted Answer

He pointed out errors in every sentence

Answer

He points out errors in every sentence

Answer

He has pointed out errors in every sentence

Question 2

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

1. English newspapers and novels are being read by me

Accepted Answer

I am reading English newspapers and novels

Answer

I have been reading English newspapers and novels

Answer

I was reading English newspapers and novels

Question 3

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

Humility was taught to me by it

Accepted Answer

It taught me humility

Answer

It has taught me humility

Answer

It had taught me humility

Question 4

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

Teriyaki Mcburgers will be found in Kyoto by you

Accepted Answer

You will find Teriyaki Mcburgers in Kyoto

Answer

You will have find Teriyaki Mcburgers in Kyoto

Answer

You will be being find Teriyaki Mcburgers in Kyoto

Question 5

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

Values and beliefs are carried by us to the places we go

Accepted Answer

We carry values and beliefs to the places we go

Answer

We are carrying values and beliefs to the places we go

Answer

We will carry values and beliefs to the places we go

Question 6

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

Little bits of her yellow dress had been seen by her

Accepted Answer

She had seen little bits of her yellow dress

Answer

She will have seen little bits of her yellow dress

Answer

She has seen little bits of her yellow dress

Question 7

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

The current computing technology is challenged by Big Data

Accepted Answer

Big Data challenges the current computing technology

Answer

Big Data has challenged the current computing technology

Answer

Big Data challenged the current computing technology

Question 8

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

He had been promised a place as driver by a fur importer

Accepted Answer

A fur importer had promised him a place as driver

Answer

A fur importer promised him a place as driver

Answer

A fur importer has promised him a place as driver

Question 9

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

Soapy was seen by the policeman half-way down the block

Accepted Answer

The policeman saw Soapy halfway down the block

Answer

The policeman was seen Soapy halfway down the block

Answer

The policeman see Soapy halfway down the block

Question 10

Choose the correct option: (Active voice)

The fare will be sent by me

Accepted Answer

I shall send the fare

Answer

I will be sending the fare

Answer

I will have send the fare

Question 11

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Guru Nayak said, “Shall I succeed in my present search?”

Accepted Answer

Guru Nayak asked if he would succeed in his present search.

Answer

Guru Nayak asked if he will succeed in his present search.

Answer

Guru Nayak asked if he should succeed in his present search.

Question 12

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Astrologer said, “ I will speak to you tomorrow”

Accepted Answer

Astrologer said that he would speak to him the next day

Answer

Astrologer said that he will speak to him the next day

Answer

Astrologer said that he would speak to him tomorrow

Question 13

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Astrologer said to Guru Nayak, “You were pushed into a well nearby in the field and were left for dead

Accepted Answer

Astrologer told Guru Nayak that he had been pushed into a well nearby in the field and had been left for dead

Answer

Astrologer told Guru Nayak that he was pushed into a well nearby in the field and was left for dead

Answer

Astrologer told Guru Nayak that he is pushed into a well nearby in the field and has left for dead

Question 14

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

She said, “The child has been asking for sweets, I will prepare some nice stuff for her.

Accepted Answer

She said that the child had been asking for sweets and she would prepare some nice stuff for her

Answer

She said that the child has been asking for sweets and she would be preparing some nice stuff for her

Answer

She said that the child will be asking for sweets and she would prepare some nice stuff for her

Question 15

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Astrologer said to his wife, “Do you know a great load is gone from me today?”

Accepted Answer

Astrologer asked his wife if she knew that a great load was gone from him that day

Answer

Astrologer asked his wife if she knew that a great load is gone from him today

Answer

Astrologer asked his wife if she knows that a great load was gone from him that day

Question 16

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

The umbrella man said ,“I picked it up this morning in a restaurant.”

Accepted Answer

The umbrella man said that he had picked it up that morning in a restaurant

Answer

The umbrella man said that he picked it up that morning in a restaurant

Answer

The umbrella man said that he has picked it up this morning in a restaurant

Question 17

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

“What are you doing here?” asked the officer

Accepted Answer

The officer asked what he was doing there

Answer

The officer asked what was he doing there

Answer

The officer asked what he was doing here

Question 18

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

“Mable, you are looking charming tonight "Charles said.

Accepted Answer

Charles said to Mabel that she was looking charming that night

Answer

Charles said to Mabel that she is looking charming that night

Answer

Charles said to Mabel that she had been looking charming tonight

Question 19

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Madegowda said, “I know where the animals are, I can guide visitors and get paid for it.”

Accepted Answer

Madegowda said that he knew that where the animals were, he could guide visitors and got paid for it.

Answer

Madegowda said that he knows that where the animals are, he could guide visitors and get paid for it.

Answer

Madegowda said that he knew that where the animals will be, he can guide visitors and got paid for it.

Question 20

Choose the correct option (indirect speech)

Achyut Godbole said, “I learnt a lot of things when I was running these large companies.”

Accepted Answer

Achyut Godbole said that he had learnt a lot of things when he had been running those large companies

Answer

Achyut Godbole said that he is learnt a lot of things when he was running those large companies

Answer

Achyut Godbole said that he has learnt a lot of things when he has been running those large companies

Question 21

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Simile

Answer

Transferred Epithet

Question 22

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

His eyes dimmed by age fade homeward through the humid monsoon night

Accepted Answer

Transferred Epithet

Answer

Simile

Answer

Personification

Question 23

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

Now I can see him getting off the train like a word dropped from a long distance

Accepted Answer

Simile

Answer

Repetition

Answer

Alliteration

Question 24

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

Home again, I see him drinking weak tea, eating a stale chapatti, reading a book.

Accepted Answer

Synecdoche

Answer

Simile

Answer

Personification

Question 25

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

The cold water running over his brown hands

Accepted Answer

Transferred Epithet

Answer

Simile

Answer

Hyperbole

Question 26

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

Listening to the static on the radio, dreaming

Accepted Answer

Onomatopoeia

Answer

Oxymoron

Answer

Paradox

Question 27

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

For many a false man as a friend

Accepted Answer

Simile

Answer

Personification

Answer

Climax

Question 28

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

A mind at peace with all below

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Paradox

Answer

simile

Question 29

Choose the correct option (Figures of speech)

In the summer it cuts through the land like a torrent grief

Accepted Answer

Simile

Answer

Onomatopoeia

Answer

Repetition

Question 30

Choose the right option (Unless….)

We will miss the train if we do not start now.

Accepted Answer

We will miss the train unless we start now

Answer

Unless we will start now we miss the train.

Answer

Unless we will miss the train we start now.

Question 31

Choose the right option (Unless….)

If you do not water the plants, they will not grow.

Accepted Answer

Unless you water the plants they will not grow

Answer

Unless plants will not grow you water the plants

Answer

Unless you watered the plants they will grow

Question 32

Choose the right option (Unless….)

If you work hard, you will not fail.

Accepted Answer

Unless you work hard you will fail.

Answer

Unless you will work hard you fail.

Answer

Unless you will fail you work hard

Question 33

Choose the right option (Unless….)

If you work properly, you will succeed.

Accepted Answer

Unless you work properly you will not succeed.

Answer

Unless you will work properly you succeed

Answer

Unless you will succeed you work properly.

Question 34

Choose the right option (Unless….)

If he comes here, I will go there.

Accepted Answer

Unless he comes here I will not go there.

Answer

Unless he will come here I go there

Answer

Unless I will go there he comes here.

Question 35

Choose the right option (Unless….)

If he does his homework, teacher will not be angry.

Accepted Answer

Unless he does his work teacher will be angry.

Answer

Unless teacher will not be angry he does his homework

Answer

Unless he will do his homework teacher is not angry.

Question 36

Choose the correct option (preposition)

My head office was _____ Cambridge

Accepted Answer

in

Answer

at

Answer

on

Question 37

Choose the correct option (preposition)

I would come back to my apartment and lie ____ my bed

Accepted Answer

in

Answer

over

Answer

on

Question 38

Choose the correct option (preposition)

He hurled the umbrella angrily _______ an excavation

Accepted Answer

into

Answer

on

Answer

in

Question 39

Choose the correct option (preposition)

the ground ______ the tree was cleaned very well

Accepted Answer

under

Answer

on

Answer

in

Question 40

Choose the correct option: (question tags)

You know my name

Accepted Answer

don’t you?

Answer

didn’t you?

Answer

do you?

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