English Language Teacher Recruitment Model Question paper

6. Mrs. Abhinandan longed ________ from her husband when he was in
captivity.
1. to hear
2. hearing
3. to be heard
4. hear
7. The performance of the students ____________ upto the mark.
1. are
2. is
3. were
4. have
8. A tree is a tree ______________ there may be no flowers on it.
1. although
2. if
3. whether
4. because
9. Let us play now, __________
1. can’t we?
2. can we?
3. could we?
4. shall we?
10. Sudha : ____________ does Professor John go to the Ministry of Education
on
business?
Suhana : At least once a month.
1. How often
2. How much
3. How long
4. How many
11. He said to them, “Don’t make a noise”. He asked them___________
1. not to make a noise.
2. to not make a noise.
3. don’t make a noise.
4. to not to make a noise.

12. ‘Ram is married. Kala is married’.
These sentences can be appropriately combined as
1. Both Ram and Kala are married.
2. Ram married Kala.
3. Ram and Kala married each other.
4. Ram and Kala married themselves.
13. Complete the analogy:
direct: indirect :: employed: __________
1. misemployed
2. unemployed
3. dis employed
4. in employed
14. Alas I broke the jug.
One important punctuation mark is missing in the given sentence.
The suitable punctuation mark is
1. colon (:)
2. Question mark (?)
3. Exclamatory mark (!)
4. Full Stop (.)
15. My brother–in–laws / who live in Bombay / have come / to stay with me.
a b c d
The error in the above sentence is found in
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
16. ‘Where I live does not concern you’.
The above sentence is an example of
1. Imperative sentence
2. Exclamatory sentence
3. Assertive sentence
4. Interrogative sentence
17. Brutus was _________ honourable man but ______ council voted to kill
him.
1. the , the
2. a, the
3. an, the
4. a, a

18. ‘Man has to encounter many hardships in life’.
The nearest meaning to the underlined word is
1. bare
2. solve
3. overcome
4. face
19. The word opposite in meaning to ‘Kindle’ is
1. ignite
2. ignore
3. encourage
4. extinguish
20. ‘Antony turned a deaf ear to my advice.’
The correct alternative which gives the correct meaning of the underlined
idiom in the above sentence is
1. disregarded
2. disputed
3. heeded
4. remembered
21. ‘When you come across a difficult word, __________ in the dictionary.’
The most suitable phrasal verb to be filled in the blank is
1. look it over
2. look it up
3. look it through
4. look it in
22. ‘A story in verse’ is
1. Sonnet
2. Ode
3. Ballad
4. Elegy
23. He passed _________ the tunnel at lighting speed.
The correct word to be used in the blank is
1. throw
2. through
3. though
4. trough
24. The wrongly spelt word is
1. designation
2. amature
3. perceive
4. achieve

25. ‘We haven’t been able to formulate a ___________ plan even after much
discussion.’
The best suitable word to complete the sentence is
1. sure
2. certain
3. deliberate
4. definite
26. ‘He talks as if he _________ a fool.’
The most effective word that completes the sentence is
1. is
2. was
3. will be
4. has been
27. The sentence that is not related to the other three is
1. Payments and receipts
2. Do not use mobiles
3. Baby on board
4. Check cash before leaving the counter.
28. ‘I ate ___________ as I wasn’t hungry.’
The best word that completes the statement is
1. everything
2. nothing
3. something
4. anything
29. ‘The match was ______ exciting.
The correct adverb to be used to complete the sentence is
1. much
2. more
3. very
4. lot
30. Complete the analogy:
depth : deep :: strength : ____________
1. strongly
2. strengthen
3. strung
4. strong