English Questions

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Nothing fantastic there, (A)/nor anything Riya would find(B)/either threatening nor interesting.(C)/No error(D)

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

to chew someone out

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case noimprovement is needed, select "no improvement".

Opening the door to her each morning is like (lets) a breath of fresh air into my world.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

He said, "How can a Zebra talk?''

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

To know language is to be able to speak it; even a child who does not yet attend school can speak his or her language. In order to speak a language it is important to listen to it and to read a few pages in it everyday. A child picks up language and learns to talk just as (s)he learns to walk. Walking and talking comes naturally to a child as it grows. In our country, a child may grow up speaking more than one language, if these languages are spoken in the home and in the neighbourhood. we call this multilingualism. A child speaks a language or languages much before (s)he starts going to school. To know a language then is first of all to be able to speak it as easily and naturally as a tree year old child does. Later on the child will learn to read and write in that language. In order to read and write in a language, one has to speak it. But it is possible to speak a language but not able to read or write in it. A baby does not speak until it is nine months old but it understands a few words at six months of age. It has been listening ever since it was born, and even a little before that. So the first strategy in speaking a language is to listen.

To know a language one must be able to?

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Any morbid dread of water.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

The battle (to rage) for some time.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

CONTEMPLATIVE