English Practice Paper

A. Select the word which is the nearest in meaning to the given word:

i. Placate:

(a) Pacify (b) Hostile (c) Agitate (d) Benign.

ii. Antipathy:

(a) Appease (b) Malice (c) Accelerate (d) Sympathy.

B. Select the word which is the most opposite in meaning to the given word:

i. Consensus:

(a) Disapproval (b) Opinion (c) Disagreement (d) Peace.

ii. Anarchy:

(a) Curfew (b) Law (c) Democracy (d) Order.

C. Select the correct meaning of the idiom/ proverb.

i. Achilles heel:

(a) A heel struck by a sword       (b) A person underneath someone

(c) Small but fatal weakness       (d) A casual mistake.

ii. Cock & bull story:

(a) A story comprising of animals      (b) A made up/ false story

(c) An important or influential story    (d) A movie based on a real life incident.

iii. Part & Parcel:

(a) An important letter to someone     (b) To send a thing in a parcel

(c) An unbeastable part of life             (d) Inseparable parts.

D. Select the wrongly spelt words:

i. (a) Explicit (b) Vague (c) Urbane (d) Insolant.

ii. (a) Melodious (b) Barran (c) Flexible (d) All are correct.

iii. (a) Harmonyous (b) Extravagant (c) Prominent (d) All are correct.