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2 MARK ---QUESTION
4/5 MARK ----QUESTION
COURSE :DPMT
SEMESTER: II
SUBJECT =COMMUNICATION ENGLISH 2
1 MARK—QUESTION (MCQ)
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Choose the correct homophones:
1. Please try not to _________ paper. (waste,waist)
ANSWER :WASTE
2. Can I go to the party _________? (to,too, two)
ANSWER: TOO
3. I _________ a letter to my aunt in Vietnam.(sent, scent,cent)
ANSWER: SENT
4. The children got __________(bored,board) during the lecture.
ANSWER: BORED
5. Mr. And Mrs. Rodriguez like to work in _____(there, they’re, their) garden.
ANSWER:THEIR
6. Alec is going to ___________ (wear, ware) his work boots today.
ANSWER:WEAR
7. Do you think it is going to __________ (rein, rain, reign) this afternoon?
ANSWER:RAIN
8. I saw a restaurant just off the ___________ (rode, road) about a mile back.
ANSWER: ROAD
9. David’s brother is in a __________(band, banned) which plays Russian music.
ANSWER:BAND
10. Priya wants her socks because her __________are cold.(tows, toes)
ANSWER:TOES
11. The teacher walked down the ___________(aisle, isle)
ANSWER:AISLE
12. Harini has a ___________(pane,pain) in her shoulder.
ANSWER:PAIN
13. The school __________(principal,principle) spoke to a group of parents.
ANSWER:PRINCIPAL
14. The clerk wants to ___________(sell,cell) as many Televisions as possible.
ANSWER: SELL
15. I don’t want to talk about the __________(passed, past) anymore.
ANSWER: PAST
16. Nobody ______ (knows,nose) what you are thinking.
ANSWER: KNOWS
17. I have ______ (for,four) dollars in my pocket.
ANSWER:FOUR
18. I need to take a __________(break,brake) from this exercise!
ANSWER:BREAK
19. Humans have hands. Animals have ______________(paws,pause).
ANSWER: PAWS
20. ________(He’ll, heel, heal) be here in few minutes.
ANSWER: HE’LL
Choose the correct article for the following sentences:
a/an/the. If article is not needed, then mention ‘no article needed’.
21. I want ______ apple from the basket.
22. _____ church on the corner is progressive.
23. Miss. Malathi speaks _____ Chinese.
24. I borrowed _________ pencil from your pile of pencils and pens.
25. One of the students said, “_______ Professor is late today”.
26. Rama likes to play _____ volleyball.
27. I bought ____ umbrella to go out in the rain.
28. My daughter is learning to play ______ violin at her school.
29. Please give me ______ cake that is on the counter.
30. I lived on _______ Main Street when I first came to town.
31. Albany is the capital of _________ New York State.
32. My husband’s family speaks __________ Telugu.
33. ________ apple a day keeps the doctor away.
34. ____________ ink in my pen is red.
35. Our neighbours have ______ cat and _______ dog.
[Answers: 21-35
21.an 22.the 23. No article 24. A 25. The 26. No article 27.
An 28.the 29. The 30. No article 31. No article 32. No article
33. An 34. The 35. A cat and a dog.]
Complete the paragraph by inserting articles wherever necessary:
__36___horse knows when he is going to race. How does he know? His breakfast was
scanty. (He is angry about that). He does not have 37.......saddle on his back. He is led under
38......grandstand into 39....... unusual, special stall. 40 .......horse is nervous.
Sometimes he does not know what to do when 41...........starting gate flies open and 42
.......track is before him. If he does not begin to run instantly, other horses are already ahead of
him. During 43......race, when he sees another horse just ahead of him, he will try to pass him.
Sometimes 44.........jockey holds him back to save his energy for 45..........last stretch. Eventually
46..........horse gets to run as fast as he can. 47.........exercise boy, watching 48........owner’s
favourite jockey riding 49 horse he has exercised day after day, says nothing. Secretly, he
is planning for 50..........day when he will be 51.........jockey himself, and his horse will be 52......first
to cross 53 ........... finish line.
[ANSWERS 36 TO 53:
36.A 37. A 38. THE 39. AN 40. THE 41.THE 42. THE 43. THE 44. THE 45. THE 46. THE
47. THE 48. THE 49. THE 50. THE 51.A 52. THE ]
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