ENG101 Final Term Unsolved Paper 7

ENG101English Comprehension

Q1. Choose antonym for the underlined word. (1 marks)

Our investigation will reveal the truth.

1. conceal
2. expose
3. inspect
4. announce

Q2. Please choose one Identify the best answer which is not a synonym for the word 'sleepy'. (1 marks)

1. lethargic
2. soporific
3. hyperbolic
4. somnolent

Q3. Choose the best available substitute word for the following root/prefix: (1 marks)

Annu-

1. day
2. month
3. minute
4. year

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

" The judge released him on his own _________."

1. recognizance
2. reconnaissance
3. connoisseur
4. cognition

Q5. Please choose one Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. /pair of connectives. (1 marks)

“Why is the baby crying?” “_____ she is hungry _____ her nappy needs changing.”

1. Either…or
2. Neither…nor
3. Either…nor
4. Neither…and

Q6. Please choose one Complete the sentence by choosing the best option. (1 marks)

He wanted to join the navy _____ his parents did not allow him to.

1. if
2. or
3. but
4. either

Q7. Fill in the blank with appropriate parallel structure. (1 marks)

In the years following the American Revolution and prior to the establishment of a national government, Washington provided the fledgling country with keen economic insight, _________ and astute international judgment.

1. a sense of domestic stability
2. a recognition of stability that was domestic
3. to stabilize the domestic situation
4. which was domestically stable

Q8. What is true of the following example? (1 marks)

He doesn't like her, but he wants her to like him.

1. It is a compound sentence.
2. It is a compound-complex sentence.
3. It is a complex sentence.
4. It is a simple sentence.

Q9. Select the option that best describes the sentence. (1 marks)

Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.

1. Compound-Complex Sentence
2. Complex Sentence
3. Compound Sentence
4. Simple Sentence

Q10. _____ the men _____ their supervisor is to be blamed for the mishap. (1 marks)

1. Either…nor
2. Either…and
3. Neither…and
4. Neither…nor

Q11. Each class is to present _____ a drama _____ a song for the concert. (1 marks)

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

Q12. I have already reminded her several times to bring the magazine _____ she always keeps forgetting. (1 marks)

1. If
2. when
3. but
4. while

Q13. Read the sentence carefully and decide which of the choices provided comes closest in meaning to the word underlined. America has been called the affluent society because of its abundance of (1 marks)

goods and services.

1. Middle-class
2. Divided
3. Prosperous
4. Generous

Q14. Please choose one Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas. (1 marks)

1. Exercising, immediately after a heavy meal, is I think asking for trouble.
2. Exercising immediately after a heavy meal is, I think, asking for trouble.
3. Exercising immediately, after a heavy meal, is I think asking for trouble.
4. Exercising immediately after a heavy meal is I think asking for trouble.