ENG101 Final Term Unsolved Paper 5

ENG101English Comprehension

Q1. Model rhymes with: (1 marks)

1. cuddle
2. doodle
3. hotel
4. yodel

Q2. Pick the most suitable phrasal verb to complete the sentence given below. (1 marks)

She brought her children .......... on her own after the divorce.

1. over
2. in
3. out
4. up

Q3. Which one of the following cannot be used for the suffix -ward? (1 marks)

1. down-
2. heaven-
3. house-
4. home-

Q4. Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank. (1 marks)

" His possession of the murder weapon _________ him in the crime."

1. fluctuates
2. oscillates
3. implicates
4. explicates

Q5. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentence. I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____. (1 marks)

1. for thinking
2. for consider
3. for thought
4. for fun

Q6. Choose the best answer from the given options. (1 marks)

It was an expensive vase _____ they bought it to please their mother.

1. if
2. but
3. either
4. neither

Q7. Choose the best answer from the given options. (1 marks)

1. either…and
2. neither…or
3. neither….. nor
4. either…nor

Q8. Choose the best answer from the given options. (1 marks)

Each class is to present _____ a drama _____ a song for the concert.

1. neither…and
2. either…or
3. both…nor
4. both…or

Q9. Choose the best answer from the given options. (1 marks)

The people screamed _____ ran in different directions when the lorry crashed into the roadside stall.

1. and
2. neither
3. if
4. but

Q10. Choose the best answer from the given options. (1 marks)

Rocky called _____ told me what happened.

1. or
2. but
3. nor
4. and

Q11. Read the sentence carefully and decide which of the choices provided comes closest in meaning to the word underlined. The fallacy of this approach is that it overlooks the extent to which every (1 marks)

large organization is a network of small primary groups.

1. Incorrectness
2. Value
3. Point
4. Cause

Q12. The children at the deaf-mute centre can _____ hear _____ speak. (1 marks)

1. neither…and
2. neither…nor
3. either…and
4. either…nor

Q13. Airport x-ray devices _______ designed more carefully in order to detect the more sophisticated forms of explosive materials that are now produced. (1 marks)

1. must have been being
2. must
3. must be
4. must have been

Q14. Emerging in the spring or summer as an elongate, brownish to black beetle, the grub with its velvety body __________ in length from 9 to 10 mm. (1 marks)

1. range
2. it will have ranged
3. which has ranged
4. ranges