18/09/2019 National Primary Common Entrance Exams (English) 0Comments by Gate Academy Please, fill out the information below to continue. NAME EMAIL PHONE NUMBER 1. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:This new process is a/an _________ advance in technology.significantstaleuncouthconsiderableardent2. Identify the following noun as a compound or collective noun. ‘Grandparents’compoundcollective3. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:I agree with the _______ aims of what you are trying to do but not with some of the details.hiddenunderbroadnakedcovert4. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:Forty cents _____ a great bargain for a doll.haveareiswere5. Identify the following noun as a compound or collective noun. ‘Class'CompoundCollective6. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:It is I who _____ to blame.hasisaream7. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:Here _____ the book and the workbook that you will need for this course.areiswaswere8. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:He gave me some _______ advice and I took it.dangerousuglybluntbeautifulunfair9. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:I don`t know him very well. He`s just a/an __________ acquaintance.uncannygrudgingcasualcrowningdamaging10. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:If you want the job, you`re going to have to put in a formal ___________.applauseappearanceapplicationappetiteappeal11. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:The board _______ going to have a meeting next week.areiswill12. A .........noun names a particular person, place, thing or ideapropercompoundabstractcommon13. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:I don`t know what she earns exactly but I do know it is a vast _________.amountalternativeambitionalarmallowance14. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:The case of champagne bottles ____ for the year-end party.waswereareis15. Which of the following is a Personal Pronoun?yousheweall of the above16. Choose the plural form of the noun: valleyvalliesvalleyvalleysvallys17. These are ……….. pens.David'sDavids'DavidsDavid18. Select same meaning of the underlined word : Take care not to get hurt with the steam from the Kettle.ScaldedBurntCutBruised19. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:If we let the unions decide everything, there will be complete __________. It just won`t work.amountalternativeanalysisanarchyambition20. Which word best express the meaning of BARBARIANImpoliteUncivilisedUnkindUnlikeness21. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:In the factory, men are getting paid more than women and we need to do away with this __________.angleannouncementangeranomalyanimosity22. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:I don't like this at all. It's a really _________ affair.insideunfairdangerousuglyoutside23. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:I'm a/an _________ admirer of your work.ardentconsiderableconsistenttriumphantstale24. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:The famous singer and composer ________ arrived.hadhaswerehave25. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:One of my roommates ______ always leaving dirty dishes under the couch.arewasiswere26. The nearest word of CONNOISSEUR bearing similar meaning isIgnorantLover of artViolentStubborn27. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:He was able to predict what was going to happen with ________ accuracy.uncannyluxurycarelessglowingitemised28. Locate the antecedent of the pronoun: Looking through the powerful telescope, Harry saw his favorite planetFavouriteLookingHarryTelescope29. Which of the following word best express the meaning of HAGGLEBargainImpeachIgnoreCrisis30. Sarah and I planned the party ourselves. Ourselves isrelative pronounintensive pronouninterrogative pronounreflexive pronoun31. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:We need to make sure that there is enough _________ accommodation to house all the delegates.luxuryyellowcarelessdreadfulwholehearted32. Choose the word that best completes the sentence:The creator and the distributor of the furniture _____ to sign that petition.hasarewasis33. Choose the option that best completes the sentence:We bought a pair of ________ shoes.black leatherleather blackBothNone34. Find the suitable word close to the word ZENITHMiddleUnderNadirPinnacle35. We let ourselves into the old cabin through the back door. Ourselves is?interrogative pronoundemonstrative pronounreflexive pronounrelative pronoun36 out of 35
