ENGLISH PROFICIENCY TEST for TGT PGT PRINCIPAL 1

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Which of the following is the best synonym for the word "Proficient"?

a) Skilled

b) Novice

c) Incompetent

d) Careless

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Which of the following words is an antonym of "Erudite"?

a) Scholarly

b) Learned

c) Knowledgeable

d) Ignorant

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Which of the following words is an antonym of "Meticulous"?

a) Careful

b) Sloppy

c) Precise

d) Thorough

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Which of the following words is closest in meaning to "Lucid"?

a) Obscure

b) Vague

c) Clear

d) Ambiguous

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Which is the correct comparative form of the adjective 'big'?

A) Big

B) Bigger

C) Biggest

D) Bigly

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What is the superlative form of 'smart'?

A) Smarter

B) Smartest

C) Smart

D) Smartly

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Which of the following sentences represents the phatic function of language?

A) "It's hot today."

B) "How are you?"

C) "The meeting is at 3 p.m."

D) "I need to buy groceries."

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Which of the following is an independent clause?

A) Because it was raining.

B) Although she was tired.

C) He went to the store.

D) When they arrived late.

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Identify the independent clause in the sentence: "After the movie ended, they went out for dinner."

A) After the movie ended,

B) they went out for dinner.

C) After the movie

D) went out for dinner.

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10.

Choose the correct verb form: "One of the students __________ a prize for academic excellence."

A) receive

B) receives

C) received

D) receiving

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11.

Which sentence has a subject-verb agreement error?

A) The team of players are ready to compete.

B) Every student and teacher is required to attend the meeting.

C) The book that you lent me are very interesting.

D) The committee meets once a month to discuss important issues.

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12.

Choose the correct verb form: "Neither the cat nor the dogs __________ in the house last night."

A) was

B) were

C) is

D) are

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13.

Identify the conjunction in the sentence: "He wanted to play outside, but it was raining."

A) He

B) Wanted

C) But

D) Outside

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14.

Choose the correct conjunction to fill in the blank: "I wanted to watch a movie, __________ I was too tired."

A) And

B) Or

C) But

D) So

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15.

Choose the correct adverb to fill in the blank: "He speaks ________."

A) Good

B) Well

C) Goodly

D) Best

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16.

Which word is an adverb in the sentence: "She sings beautifully."

A) She

B) Sings

C) Beautifully

D) Sings beautifully

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17.

Which word is an adjective in the sentence: "The big, red apple fell from the tree."

A) Apple

B) Fell

C) Big

D) Tree

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18.

Choose the correct adjective to fill in the blank: "She is ________ than her sister."

A) Smart

B) Smarter

C) Smartest

D) More smart

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19.

Which form of writing focuses on presenting factual information in a concise and objective manner?

A)Story

B) Essay

C) Editorial

D) Autobiography

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20.

Which of the following words is pronounced with a long "i" sound?

A) Sit

b) Set

C) Site

D) Sat

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21.

Identify the part of speech of the word "happiness" in the sentence "Her happiness was contagious."

A) Adjective

b) Adverb

c) Noun

d) Verb

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22.

Which part of speech is the word "quickly" in the sentence "She ran quickly to catch the bus"?

A) Adjective

B)Adverb

C) Noun

D) Verb

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23.

Which part of speech is the word "beautiful" in the sentence "The beautiful flowers bloomed in the garden"?

A) Adjective

B) Adverb

C) Noun

D) Verb

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24.

Which sentence is in the simple present tense?

A) I have finished my homework.

B) They will go to the beach tomorrow.

C) He plays football every Saturday.

D) She is cooking dinner right now.

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25.

Which sentence is in the simple past tense?

A) I will meet you at the restaurant.

B) She has been reading for two hours.

C) He finished his dinner an hour ago.

D) They are going to the park.

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26.

She said that he has a nice car. Which of the following options correctly changes the direct speech to indirect speech?

A) "He had a nice car," she said.

B) "He has a nice car," she said.

C) "He had a nice car," she says.

D) "He has a nice car," she says.

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27.

"I will visit my grandmother tomorrow," he said. Which of the following is the correct indirect speech?

A) He said that he will visit his grandmother tomorrow.

B) He said that he will visit his grandmother the next day.

C) He said that he would visit his grandmother the next day.

D) He said that he would visit his grandmother tomorrow.

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28.

"She said, 'I am studying English,'" he said. What is the indirect speech?

A) He said that she was studying English.

B) He said that she said she was studying English.

C) He said that she said she is studying English.

D) He said that she had said she was studying English.

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29.

Which of the following is an example of an interrogative sentence?

A) "The sky is blue."

B) "She ran quickly."

C) "I love ice cream."

D) "What is your name?"

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30.

What type of sentence is this? "Please be quiet."

A) Exclamatory

B) Declarative

C) Interrogative

D) Imperative

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31.

What word collocates with "heavy" to describe rain?

A) Dark

B) Light

C) Strong

D) Gentle

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32.

Identify the sentence in the passive voice:

A) The cat chased the mouse.

B) John built a sandcastle on the beach.

C) The students are studying for the exam.

D) The exam will be taken tomorrow.

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33.

Which of the following sentences is in the active voice?

A) The cake will be baked by Sarah.

B) The cake has been baked by Sarah.

C) The cake was baked by Sarah.

D) Sarah baked the cake.

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34.

Identify the sentence in the passive voice:

A) The cat chased the mouse.

B) John built a sandcastle on the beach.

C) The students are studying for the exam.

D) The exam will be taken tomorrow.

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35.

Which of the following sentences is in the active voice?

A) The cake will be baked by Sarah.

B) The cake has been baked by Sarah.

C) The cake was baked by Sarah.

D) Sarah baked the cake.

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36.

What is the full form of the contraction "can't"?

A) Can't

B) Cannot

C) Can not

D) None of the above

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37.

Which word is formed by adding a suffix to the base word "friend"?

A) Friendless

B) Friendship

C) Friendly

D) Friends

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38.

Which of the following words is formed by adding a prefix to the base word?

A) Friendly

B) Comfortable

C) Unhappy

D) Quickly

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39.

What does the idiom "hit the hay" mean?

A) To play in a hay field

B) To go to bed

C) To hit someone with hay

D) To take a nap

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40.

What does the idiom "spill the beans" mean?

A) To drop something on the floor

B) To cook a meal

C) To make a mess

D) To reveal a secret

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41.

Which sentence uses the phrasal verb "put off" correctly?

A) We put in a lot of effort to finish the project.

B) They put up a tent for camping.

C) She puts off the meeting until next week.

D) He puts on his jacket before going out.

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42.

What does the phrasal verb "look forward to" mean?

A) To dislike something.

B) To ignore something.

C) To regret something.

D) To wait for something with pleasure.

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43.

Choose the correct spelling:

A) Necessery

B) Necesssary

C) Necessary

D) Necesary

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44.

Which of the following spellings is correct?

A) Acommodate

B) Accommodate

C) Acommadete

D) Acommadate

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45.

What is the hypernym of "dog"?

A) Canine

B) Animal

C) Mammal

D) Pet

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46.

What is the hypernym of "rose"?

A) Petal

B) Flower

C) Plant

D) Red

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47.

Which word is a hyponym of "fruit"?

A) Food

B) Apple

C) Tree

D) Sweet

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48.

In which pair of sentences is "rose" used as a homonym?

A) The musician played a beautiful rose. / The boat rose with the tide.

B) The boat rose with the tide. / She rose early in the morning.

C) She rose early in the morning. / He gave her a rose for her birthday.

D) He gave her a rose for her birthday. / The musician played a beautiful rose.

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49.

Choose the correct homonym for the sentence: "She _________ a letter to her friend."

A) Wright

B) Right

C) Write

D) Rite

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50.

Which of the following sentences uses a helping verb correctly?

A) I am can go with you.

B) He has finished his homework.

C) She can singing very well.

D) They will to go to the park tomorrow.

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51.

In the sentence "I might go to the movies tonight," what is the helping verb?

A) tonight

B) go

C) I

D) might

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52.

Which of the following sentences does not use a helping verb correctly?

A) We have been waiting for hours.

B) He has went home.

C) They were swimming in the pool.

D) She is going to the store.

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53.

Choose the correct homophone to complete the sentence: She had to __ her expenses carefully.

A) rane

B) reign

C) rein

D) rain

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54.

Which word is a homophone of "flower"?

A) flaur

B) flour

C) floor

D) flouer

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55.

Choose the synonym for "big":

A) Bright

B) Large

C) Small

D) Fast

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56.

What is a synonym for "happy"?

A) Tired

B) Sad

C) Joyful

D) Angry

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57.

Opposite word of 'gathered' is

A) greeted

B) dispersed

C) complained

D) allowed

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58.

Opposite word of 'slave' is

A) worker

B) labour

C) servant

D) master

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59.

What is the preposition in the sentence:We listened ________ the music.

A)of

B) to

C)at

D)at

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60.

What is the preposition in the sentence: "The book is __ the table."

A) by

B) in

C) on

D) at

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61.

What is the preposition in the sentence: "He lives __ Mumbai."

A) by

B) at

C) on

D) in

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62.

"Better late than never" means:

A) It's better to be early than to be late.

B) It's better to never be late.

C) Being late is never acceptable.

D) It's better to be late than to not come at all.

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63.

"Beggars can't be choosers" means:

A) Beggars have no choice.

B) Begging is a bad profession.

C) Beggars should not ask for food.

D) People in need should not be picky about what they receive.

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64.

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do" suggests that:

A) Rome is a great place to visit.

B) Romans are different from other people.

C) Romans are good role models.

D) It's important to follow local customs and traditions.

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65.

Which term refers to a person who is skilled in the art of making fireworks?

A) Chemist

B) Artisan

C) Pyrotechnician

D) Sculptor

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66.

What is the one-word substitute for a place where birds are kept?

A) Aviary

B) Aquarium

C) Terrarium

D) Menagerie

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67.

What is the term for a collection of maps in a book?

A) Catalog

B) Atlas

C) Encyclopedia

D) Almanac

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68.

You like coffee, ___?

A) don't you

B) does you

C) do you

D) doesn't you

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69.

She is coming to the party, ___?

A) is she

B) isn't she

C) does she

D) doesn't she

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70.

They haven't seen the movie yet, ___?

A) have they

B) haven't they

C) do they

D) don't they

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71.

What is the purpose of a dictionary?

a) To list synonyms of words

b) To show how words are pronounced

c) To provide definitions of words

d) All of the above

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72.

What does the abbreviation 'n.' stand for in a dictionary entry?

a) Verb

b) Adverb

c) Adjective

d) Noun

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73.

What is the purpose of the pronunciation guide in a dictionary?

A) To provide the etymology of a word

b) To list synonyms of a word

c) To show the part of speech of a word

d) To indicate how a word is pronounced

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74.

Which punctuation mark is used at the end of a declarative sentence?

a) pull stop (.)

b) Exclamation mark (!)

c) Question mark (?)

d) Comma (,)

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75.

What is the purpose of using a comma (,) in a sentence?

a) To indicate a pause

b) To end a sentence

c) To indicate shouting

d) To separate items in a list

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76.

Which punctuation mark is used to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence?

A) pull stop (.)

b) Semicolon (;)

c) Comma (,)

d) Colon (:)

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77.

I'm going to ___ supermarket to buy some milk.

a) A

b) An

c) The

d) None of the above

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78.

She wants to be ___ astronaut when she grows up.

a) A

b) An

c) The

d) None of the above

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79.

Have you seen ___ movie we watched last night?

a) A

b) An

c) The

d) None of the above

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80.

I need ___ pen to write this letter.

a) The

b) A

c) An

d) None of the above

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81.

Identify the possessive personal pronoun in the sentence: "Is this book yours?"

a) this

b) is

c) yours

d) book

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82.

Choose the correct objective personal pronoun to complete the sentence: "She gave ____ a gift."

a) me

b) mine

c) we

d) his

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83.

Which personal pronoun is used to refer to a group of people?

a) he

b) it

c) they

d) she

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84.

Which of the following is a subjective personal pronoun?

a) mine

b) her

c) they

d) us

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85.

I'm going to ___ supermarket to buy some milk.

a) A

b) An

c) The

d) None of the above

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86.

Which punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or to show omission in a contraction?

a) Apostrophe (')

b) Quotation mark (")

c) Hyphen (-)

d) Dash (--)

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87.

Which feature of a dictionary would you use to find words that have similar meanings to another word?

A) Etymology

Pronunciation guide

Synonyms

Definition

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88.

He won't be late, ___?

a) will he

b) won't he

c) does he

d) doesn't he

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89.

Which term refers to a person who compiles a dictionary?

a) Linguist

b) Compiler

c) Lexicographer

d) Grammarian

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90.

"Where there's smoke, there's fire" implies that:

a) Firefighters are important.

b) Smoke causes fires.

c) Smoke is dangerous.

d) If something seems wrong, there is probably a good reason for it.

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91.

What is the preposition in the sentence: "We went swimming __ the lake."

a) by

b) at

c) on

d) in

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92.

What is the helping verb in the sentence "She will have been studying for two hours"?

a) will, have

b) will, have, been

c) have, been

d) will

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93.

Select the correctly spelled word:

a) Dissapoint

b) Disappointt

c) Disappoint

d) Dissappoint

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94.

What does the phrasal verb "give up" mean?

a) To try to do something.

b) To stop doing something.

c) To start doing something.

d) To continue doing something.

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95.

What does the idiom "break a leg" mean?

a) To do something dangerous

b) To be in trouble

c) To have good luck

d) To be injured

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96.

Which sentence is in the passive voice?

a) We are planning a surprise party for Sarah.

b) Maria will submit the report tomorrow.

c) The dog chased the cat up the tree.

d) The report was submitted by Maria yesterday.

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97.

"I have finished my homework," she said. Which reporting verb correctly introduces the indirect speech?

a) She claimed that she had finished her homework.

b) She said that she had finished her homework.

c) She declared that she had finished her homework.

d) She told that she had finished her homework.

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98.

Which sentence is in the simple present tense?

a) I will be studying abroad next semester.

b) He teaches English at a school.

c) She was playing the piano when I arrived.

d) They have lived in this city for five years.

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99.

Choose the correct form of the adjective to complete the sentence: "This is the ___________ cake I have ever tasted."

a) Good

b) Better

c) Best

d) Goodest

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100.

Which sentence uses the superlative form correctly?

A) She is the taller of the two sisters.

B) This is the most tallest building in the city.

C) He is the best player on the team.

D) My dog runs faster than any other dogs.

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