Unit Test-1

ONE MARK TEST -ENGLISH
UNIT-1
TIME=1HOUR MARKS=50
CHOOSE THE SYNONYMS (5 marks)
1.We watched for a few moments; then as trade slackened we went over.
a) Increased b) heightened c) reduced d) multiplied
2. As we drone through the foothills of the Alps, two small boys stopped
us on the outskirts of verona
a)inner parts of the city b) interior parts c) the outer parts of a town
d) centre of the town
3. She led me through a cool, tiled vestibule into the hospital.
a) outlet b) lobby c) door d) band room
4.They brought her here, persuaded us to take her into the hospital
a) discouraged b) disallowed c) convinced d) deterred
5.I felt I could not bear to intrude upon this happy family party
a) leave b) ignore c) enter without permission d) protrude
CHOOSE THE ANTONYMS(5 marks)
6.One night, we came upon them in the windy and deserted square.
a) inhabited b) unoccupied c) crowded d) shrouded
7.Their devotion had touched me deeply.
a) dedication b) attraction c) loyalty d) disloyalty
8.They were selling wild strawberries.
a) strange b) strong c) domestic d) feral
9.Nicola’s smile was steady and engaging
a) charming b) alluring c) attracting d) unappealing
10.He smiled uncomfortably
a) comfortably b) gloomily c) restlessly d) painfully
Choose the correct prefix in the following sentences (5 marks)
11.Choose the correct prefix to the root word prison
a) un b) im c) dis d) in
12. Choose the correct prefix to the root word fertile
a) dis b) in c) im d) un
13.Choose the correct prefix to the root word friend
a) be b) in c) im d) un
14. Choose the correct prefix to the root word respect
a) in b) im c) ir d) dis
15. Choose the correct prefix to the root word look
a) en b) co c) over d) re
Choose the correct suffixes in the following sentences. (5marks)
16. Choose the correct suffix to the root word cease
a) ness b) ment c) less d) hood
17. Choose the correct suffix to the root word honour
a) able b) ity c) ful d) ness
18. Choose the correct suffix to the root word manage
a) ly b) ful c) ment d) mis
19. Choose the correct suffix to the root word danger
a) ful b) ness c) ish d) ous
20. Choose the correct suffix to the root word dream
a) al b) ish c) y d) ness
21. Complete the sentences by choosing the correct homophones(3
marks)
The most -----scientist has been warning about the -----danger of
nuclear war (imminent / eminent)
22. She had to ---out her papers before she ---help from the clerk
sort/sought)
23. We need -----in the world (peace /piece/peas)
Choose the correct meaning of the phrasal verb in the following
sentences(5 marks)
24. Arjun and his family members set off a journey to Bangalore
a) trembled b) planned c) started d) arrived
25. On hearing the shocking news the woman passed out
a) wailed b) perspired c) fainted d) trembled
Choose the correct phrasal verb in the following sentences
26. The meeting was postponed
a) put off b) put forward c) putout d) put up with
27.The plane departed at 6.a .m
a) took down b) took off c) took out d) took away
28. The enemies stopped the water supply to the city
a) put out b) put off c) cut off d) let in
29. Choose the correct singular form of Bacteria ( 2 marks)
a) bacteria b) bacteri c) bacteriae d) bacterium
30. Choose the right plural form of apparatus
a) apparati b) apparatuses c) apparatusis d) appratusies
Coose the right form of the verbs in the following sentences.(5
marks)
31. Everyone -----when the earthquake hit the small town
a) was sleeping b) were sleeping c) slept d) has been sleeping.
32.The plane ---- (take) off in a few minutes
a) will take b) is taking off c) would take off
33.Rajini prem’s family ----(be) in Chengalpet now.
a) is b) was c) are d) were
34. The movie ---(already begin)
a) has begun b) had begun c) was begun d) is beginning
35.She ---- (spend) her last holidays in Shimla
a) spent b) spend c) is spending d) was spending
Choose the right modals in the following sentences. (5 marks)
36. -----you please shut the door
a) would b) will c) should d) need.
37. I ---- to buy a packet of milk.
a) ought to b) need to c) used to d) should
38. How ---- you enter my room?
a) can b) should c) dare d) will
39. I ----like to have a cup of coffee.
a) must b) can c) would d) will
40. I ----play hockey when I was a student.
a) can b) will c) used to d) would.
.Read the poetic lines and answer the questions (10marks)
41. All through the summer at ease we lay
And daily from the turret wall
We watched the mowers in the lay.
a) Who does “we” refer to?
b) How did the soldiers spend the summer days?
c)What could they watch from the turret wall?
42. A foothold there, no clever trick
Could take us dead or quick
Only a bird could have got in.
a) What was challenging?
b) Which aspect of the castle’s strength is conveyed by the above
line?
43. There was a little private gate
A little wicked wicket gate
The wizened warder let them through’.
a) Explain” wicked wicket gate.”
b) Mention the figure of speech used in the second line.
44. Our gates were strong, our walls were thick
So smooth and high, no man could win
a) What gates are talked of here?
b) Explain ‘no man could win’
c)What do the mowers do?

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