ENG101 Midterm Solved Papers Combined

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

That car is too expensive for our budget.

1. inexpensive
2. costly
3. priced
4. small

Q2. Which is the correct spelling? (1 marks)

1. coriddor
2. Corridor
3. Corridor
4. coridor

Correct answer: Corridor

Q3. Which suffix can correctly be added to the root word 'electric' to make a new word? (1 marks)

1. ed
2. ian
3. sion
4. y

Q4. Choose the best available substitute word for the following root/prefix: (1 marks)

Annu-

►day ►month ►minute ►year

Q5. “Could I come over at _____ three _____ four o'clock?” asked Joan. (1 marks)

1. 
2.  either...or
3. 
4. neither...nor
5. 
6.  neither...or
7. 
8.  either...then

Q6. Select the option that best describes the sentence. (1 marks)

Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest.

►Compound-Complex Sentence ►Complex Sentence ►Simple Sentence ►Compound Sentence

Q7. The children are tired _____ happy after their trip to the zoo. (1 marks)

1. 
2.  but
3. 
4.  if
5. 
6. when
7. 
8. as

Q8. 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.

► and ►neither ► if ►but

Q9. (1 marks)

1. 
2.  Unlike other years, we will have an early spring, I expect, this year. 
3.  Unlike other years, we will have, an early spring, I expect this year. 
4.  Unlike other years, we will have, an early spring, I expect, this year.
5. 
6. Unlike other years, we will have an early spring I expect this year.

Q10. (1 marks)

1. 
2.  One toothpaste, according to experts, is generally the same as another.
3. 
4.  One toothpaste, according to experts is generally the same, as another. (ali)
5. 
6.  One toothpaste according to experts is, generally, the same as another. 
7. One toothpaste according to experts is generally the same as another.

Q11. Fill in the blank with appropriate verb given below. (1 marks)

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

►must have been being ►must ►must be

►must have been

Q12. What is true of the following sentence? (1 marks)

" Whereas, no one could believe that she had married him."

►It is a comma splice. ►It is a compound sentence. ►It is a compound-complex sentence. ►It is a sentence fragment.