English Grammar Model question and answer - 16

Model Test-16
Degree Pass & Honours Course
English Compulsory


Time: 1 hr                                                                                                              Marks: 30


1. Correct the following sentences (any five):                                                                  
a) Do not pride in your wealth.
b) She wept as though she was a child.
c) No less than fifty men were present there.
d) He abstained to make any more reply.
e) The man was charged for murder.
f) I could not help to do it.
g) He hardly does not come here.


2. Rearrange the words to make sentences:                                                                        
a) many computer call the people an electronic brain.
b) the surprised beauty I at of the was Taj Mahal.
c) psychological is quite happiness a matter.
d) to Dhaka going on he insisted my.
e) a mistake could not I help making.

3. Frame Wh- questions from the following sentences:                                                   
a) Fish contains much protein.
b) Most men long for wealth.
c) I am afraid, he is not well.
d) No one can know his fate beforehand.
e) Prejudice lies in the society.
f) Anger is man’s worst enemy.
g) Mahmud has four brothers.    


4. Use correct form of verbs (any five):                                                                            
a) I asked what his name (be).
b) He came after the work (complete).
c) If I (try), I might have succeeded.
d) You had better (go) home now.
e) They had their rice (cook).
f) Friends of a man who (be) sincere will always stand by him.
g) Had I been a rich man, I (help) the poor.


5. Change the words as directed and make sentences with them (any five):                   
Choose(n); blood(v); religion(adj); safe(v); society(adj); enjoy(n); deep(v).


6. Punctuate the following passage:                                                                               
much of the food of japan which is a country of islands comes from the sea the japanese eat a lot of seafood such as shrimps oysters as well as mineral rich seaweed      
     
 Solution to Model Test-16


1. a) Do not pride yourself on your wealth.
b) She wept as though she had been a child.
c) No fewer than fifty men were present there.
d) He abstained from making any more reply.
e) The man was charged with murder.
f) I could not help doing it.
g) He hardly comes here.


2. a) Many people call the computer an electronic brain.
b) I was surprised at the beauty of the Taj Mahal.
c) Happiness is quite a psychological matter.
d) He insisted on my going to Dhaka.
e) I could not help making a mistake.


3. a) What contains much protein?
b) What do most men long for?
c) Why are you afraid?
d) Who can know his fate beforehand?
e) What lies in the society?
f) What is man’s worst enemy?
g) How many brothers does Mahmud have?


4. a) was   b) had been completed   c) had tried   d) go   e) cooked   f) are   g) would have helped


5. Choose-------Choice= I read books of my own choice.
Blood--------- Bleed= His head was bleeding hugely.
Religion------- Religious= My father is a religious man.
Safe------------ Save= Medicine saves our life.
Society---------- Social= Man is a social being.
Enjoy------------ Enjoyment= TV is a good source of enjoyment.
Deep------------- Deepen= Travelling deepens our knowledge.


6. Much of the food of Japan which is a country of islands comes from the sea. The Japanese eat a lot of seafood such as shrimps, oysters as well as mineral-rich seaweed.   

Author:

Md. Nourozur Rahaman

BCS(General Education)

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