Question

M.C.Q


1)What is the meaning of the collocation ‘break the ice’?
a) Melting the ice in order to form water
b) Bring down the temperature of something
c)Say something or make conversation in order to relieve tension
d) All of the above

2) Match the following to create meaningful collocations

Annual - Drinker
Spectacular - Emphasis
Strong - Triumph
Heavy - Turnover

The correct order is:
a) Annual drinker, Spectacular turnover, strong triumph, heavy emphasis
b) Annual turnover, spectacular triumph, strong emphasis, heavy drinker
c) Annual triumph, spectacular emphasis, strong drinker, heavy turnover
d) None of the above

3) Fill in the blanks to create collocations

The company is holding its __________ meeting in the main hall today at 2 p.m
a) Annual
b)Emphasised
c)Discussed
d)All of the above

4) Which of the following statements are false?
a) Prefixes are added to the beginning of a sentence
b ) Suffixes are added at the end of a word
c) Both suffixes and prefixes can stand on their own
d) None of the above

5) Using either a suffix or a prefix, provide an antonym for the word ‘utilise’. Also provide the noun form of the original word.
a) Dis-utilise, disutilisation
b) Un-utilise, unutilisingly
c )Mis-utilise, misutilisation
d) None of the above

6) Here are a few lines from WB Yeats’s ‘The Second Coming’ (1920). Find the root word of the underlined words:

“The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight; a waste of desert sand;
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the Sun”
a)Hardly, Pitiless
b) Hard, Pity
c) Hardening, Pitying
d)None of the above

7) Rearrange the following sentences to form a complete passage:

i) Though one can’t really identify the starting of this history in concrete terms, it is known that the story begins in Paris.
ii) And the rest, as they say, is history!
iii) Going to the theatre to watch a movie seems like one of the most natural things that one could ever do.
iv) It was there that the Lumiere brothers first screened their short clips, permanently etching their names in the annals of history.
v) But it was not always so.

The order in which the sentences have to be arranged is:
a) v, iv, i, ii
b) i, ii, iii, iv
c) iii, v, i, iv, ii
d)None of the above

8) What kind of sentence is the following sentence: Though one can’t really identify the starting of this history in concrete terms, it is known that the story begins in Paris.
a)Simple sentence
b)Difficult sentence
c) Compound sentence
d)Complex sentence

9)Rewrite the following sentence using the word ‘because’ (keep the meaning of the sentence intact).

She is respected highly within these circles. She was instrumental in procuring that deal last month.

a) Because she is respected highly within these circles, she was instrumental in procuring that deal last month.
b)She is respected highly within these circles because she was instrumental in procuring that deal last month
c) She is respected because highly within these circles, she was instrumental in procuring that deal last month
d) Both ‘b’ and ‘c’

10)Pick out the word/phrase that is inappropriate for a formal email.
a) Hiyya there!
b) PFA (please find attachment)
c) Yours sincerely
d)None of the above

Answer 1

Hey!!

Here's your answer.

1. c

2. b

3. a

4. c

5. d (I'm not sure)

6. (there is no underlined word)

7. c

8.d

9.b

10.a

Hope they are right!

Answer 2

Answer:

hi good night sweet dreams take care ❣️