1. Could you ___ me some money until the next monday.

• Lent
• Lend
• Borrow
• Loan ✔

2. There was a beautiful painting ___ the wall.

• In
• At
• On ✔
• To

3. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

As the boat drifted closer and closer to the rocks, the people on the beach became increasingly ___ about its safety.

• Cowarady
• Apprehensive ✔
• Eager
• Receptive

4. A good paragraph makes a point at the beginning and then moves on to ___.

• None of above
• Generalization
• Specific evidence
• Both of above ✔

5. Choose the correct preposition to fill the gap.

___ bad weather the trip will be postponed to next week.

• In case
• In case of ✔
• In case to
• In case from

6. Choose the correct option.

A writer’s goal in writing a paragraph should be:

• To make a point
• All of above ✔
• Orderly arrangement of material
• To support the point

7. My brother speaks English very ___

• Fluent
• Fluently ✔

8. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct VERB.

The statement was an obvious lie. We were sure that person had ___ to us.

• Lied ✔
• Lain

9. Choose the best option.

In some parts ___ the world, the number thirteen is considered bad luck.

• To 
• At
• In
• Of ✔

10. Choose the verb that agrees with the subject.

Most parents mistakenly think that mumps ___ eliminated as a childhood disease.

• Has been ✔
• Have been
• Had
• Were 

11. Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option

The bank manager smiled and announced that his application for a loan had been ___.

• Discovered
• Approved ✔
• Improved
• Reproved

12. Transition words give ___ to your paragraph.

• Full meaning
• Length
• None of above
• Coherence ✔

13. A pronoun that refers to the person who is speaking is called a ___ person pronoun.

• First ✔
• Second
• Third
• Forth

14. Choose the best option.

Either the company’s manager or his assistant ___ the information.

• Has 
• Have ✔

15. ‘I am returning the jacket to the store that is too small’.The expression that is too small is a‘___.

• Misplaced modifier ✔
• Comma splice error
• Prepositional phrase
• Dangling modifier

16. Choose the correct preposition to fill the gap.

The bank does not open___ 10 am.

• Just 
• Still
• Until ✔
• For

17. ___ boss or my sisters in the union going to win his grievance?

• Are
• Were
• Is ✔
• Was

18. Complete the following statement by choosing the correct option.

The children at the deaf-mute centre can ____ hear ___speak.

• either_nor
• neither_and
• either_and
• Neither_nor ✔

19. Choose the best verb for the given subject.

My sister and my brother ___ meeting you at the airport.

• Am
• Were
• Is ✔
• are

20. ___ is a technique to avoid fuse sentences.

• Fragemention
• Comma splice
• Reading aloud ✔
• Splitting sentence

21. ___ is a technique to avoid fused sentences.

• Fragmentation 
• Comma splice
• Reading aloud ✔
• Splitting the sentence

22. a/an ___ sentence contains a subject, a verb and a complement.

• Complete
• Coherent
• Topic ✔
• Opening

23. We had ___ much snow last winter.

• To 
• Too ✔
• Two
• so

24. a/an ___ is a series of sentences about one main thought, idea or point.

• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Essay
• Paragraph ✔

25. Choose the most appropriate synonym.

America has been called the “affluent” society because of its abundance of goods and services.

• Generous
• Middle class
• Prosperous ✔
• Divided

26. To be a good writer you must learn to use ___ and ___ that are suitable to the subject, to the occasion and also for the audience you are writing for.

• Colloquial, slang
• Slang, cliches
• Words, expression ✔
• Jargon, variety

27. The adjective of the noun ‘homonyms’ is ___.

• Homoses
• Homicide
• Hermaphrodite
• Homonymic ✔

28. Choose the correct option.

• Some of the dessert was left by the end of the birthday party. ✔
• Some of the desserts was left by the end of the birthday party.
• All of the desserts was left by the end of the birthday party.
• None  of the dessert was left by the end of the birthday party.

29. The uncertain meaning of a pronoun will lead to a ___.

• Confusing sentence ✔
• Point of view
• None of the above
• Conflict of the option

30. A group of related words containing a subject and a verb is called ___.

• Phrase
• Adverbial phrase
• Gerund ✔
• clause

31. Which of the following is an example of a transition marker?

• Above
• Under
• Similarly ✔
• Fast

32. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option.

She did not hear her ____ cries.

• Childrens
• Child
• Children
• Children’s ✔

33. In my back garden ___ many herbs.

• Grow
• Grows
• Grew ✔
• Grown

34. ___ of modifiers may lead to misunderstanding on the part of the readers.

• Adjoining
• Clustering
• Misplacing ✔
• Combining

35. Avoid using cliches in writing because these expressions lack freshness and originality.

• True
• False ✔

36. ___ in writing refers to the movement from one sentence to the next which must be smooth and logical.

• Cohesive
• Coherence ✔
• Cause and effect
• Unity

37. Choose the correct SUBJECT for the given sentence.

John went to the store.

• Went
• To
• Store
• John ✔

38. His son is very naughty, he is unable to __ him.

• Deal
• Deal in
• Deal with ✔
• Deal out

39. This will only take five minutes.

Only is an example of ___.

• Misplaced adverb ✔
• Misplaced noun
• Misplaced adjective
• None of the above.

40. Choose the correct option.

Do you know ___ going to deliver the lecture?

• Who
• Whose ✔
• Who’s
• Whom

41. Put a comma at the ___ of a dependent word-group that begins a sentence.

• End ✔
• Middle
• Start
• Beyond

42. Would you like to take ___ arrange?

• An ✔
• A
• The
• No article

43. ___ the news on at five or six?

• Were
• Is ✔
• Can
• Are

44. We take lots of bottled water to drink ___ we get thirsty. 

• Although 
• Because ✔
• Otherwise
• Consequently

45. Choose the correct option for the given expression.

Since he was late for the meeting.

• Fused sentence
• Fragment ✔
• Comma-splice
• Run-on sentence

46. Identify the correct fragment from the given options.

Maryam skipped her afternoon classes and worked on a paper due the next morning.

• Adding detail fragment
• Ing- fragment
• To fragment
• Missing subject fragment ✔

47. Choose the correct option for the given expression.    

Because many informal meetings occur.

• Fragment
• Comma splice ✔
• Fused sentence
• Run-on sentence

48. Complete the following statement by choosing the correct option.

Sarah wished to attend the dance party ___ she did not have a dance partner.

• And
• Or
• But ✔
• If

49. The wall is covered by ivy, a stone path leads to the wall.

The above construction is ___.

• Fused
• Comma splice
• A fragment ✔
• Complete

50. Which of the following is the correct option for the given  construction.

Raheel likes to cook his wife taught his now

• Fused
• Comma splice ✔
• A fragment
• Complete

51. Which of the following is not a synonym of beautiful?

• Stunning
• Attractive
• Pretty
• Ordinary ✔

52. Identify the correct fragment from the given options.

The ladies jogged through a park. To lose weight.

• Adding detail fragment
• Ing- fragment
• To fragment ✔
• Missing subject fragment

53. Sentence fragments can be tagged a ___ also.

• Sentence error
• Sentence manipulation
• Sentence structure ✔
• Sentence strength

54. In spatial description the main point is to be ___.

• Constant ✔
• Variable
• Decisive
• Abhorrent

55. The way to describe a piece as if it is was being seen from the air is called ___

• Arrival view
• Birds eye view ✔
• Predication view
• Predication eye view

56. Choose the odd one out from the most common description of spatial locations according to conventional ways of looking of series.

• General to particular ✔
• Whole to part
• Large to small
• Diagonal to horizontal

57. Choose the correct option

We ___ said better garden tools.

• Never has
• Never have
• Has never
• Have never ✔

58. Select the response from the given options that best complete the sentence.

The family members of the girls walked them to school ___ they didn’t want other males in the village to taunt the girl.

• For this reason
• Thus
• As ✔
• For example

59. Reading the amount of sugar, while flour and smoking in your food habits will ___ your energy level and overall health.

• Boost ✔
• Risk
• Protect 
• Inhabit

60. In recent years there have been many ___ in science.

• Develop
• Developing
• Development
• Developments ✔

61. A paraphrase can best be defined as ‘writing the giving information in different words.’

• True ✔
• False

62. Writing is such a/an ___ that it cannot easily be broken down into a series of skills or sub-skills for teaching.

• Art 
• None of above
• Stream of thoughts
• Complex activity ✔

63. Complete the given sentence by using the correct forms of word.

I didn’t know where I was going on my vacation. I haven’t ___ .

• Final
• Finally
• Finalization
• Finalized ✔

64. I did not have much to eat for lunch because ___ a lot of breakfast.

• I will not
• I was eating
• I’d eaten ✔
• I would have eaten

65. Complete the sentence by choosing the best option

___ that enables you to express in your own words somebody else’s ideas even if you do not agree with the ideas.

• Essay
• Summary ✔
• Story
• Letter

66. The abbreviation ‘i.e’ means ___.

• That is ✔
• This is
• Which is 
• There is

67. The way to describe the place as if it was being seen from the air is called __.

• Serial view
• Birds eye view ✔
• Pedestrian view
• Pedestrian eye view

68. Choose the correct pronoun.

If the board of directors controls the company ___ may vote for a rise.

• It
• They ✔
• Its
• Them

69. Which one of the following is not an antonym or ‘correct’?

• False
• Wrong
• Right ✔
• Erroneous

70. Every supporting sentence in the paragraph must be directly related to the ___.

• None of the above
• Other supporting sentence
• Grammatical structural
• Main idea ✔

71. Choose the best option.

Walking ___ a ladder is considered to be bad luck.

• With 
• At
• Away
• Under ✔

72. No one on this bus seems to know ___ way around this part of new york city.

• Them
• Your
• Their ✔
• his/her

73. I have known her ___ about 5 years.

• In
• For ✔
• At
• Of

74. Paris is ___ Capital of France.

• An
• No article
• The ✔
• A

75. An apostrophe is generally used in contractions to show where letters or sounds have been left out.

• True
• False ✔

76. Choose the best option.

Oh dear i have left ___ my wallet ___ cell phone in the other bag ‘said Salma.

• Either-nor
• Neither-or
• Either-and
• Both-and ✔

77. On the ‘Mall road’ is a(n)__

• Adjective phrase
• Noun phrase
• Adverbial phrase
• Prepositional phrase ✔

78. Are you ___ or ___ the President?

• For-with ✔
• For-against
• Proto-cantro
• Pro-con

79. Choose the best option.

Everyone has ___ own way of helping out.

• His ✔
• Him
• Her
• Their

80. Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?

• Today, is Thursday, April 14, 2014.
• Today, is Thursday April 14, 2014.
• Today is Thursday, April 14 2014. ✔
• Today is Thursday, April 14 2014.

81. Identify the subject and the verb that agrees.

Why ___ you always have to be right?

• Was
• Do
• Does ✔
• Did

82. Choose the option that corrects the comma splice of the following sentence.

• It’s easy to begin smoking,it’s harder to quit.
• It’s easy to begin smoking. It’s harder to quit.
• It’s easy to begin smoking, but it’s harder to quit. ✔
• It’s easy to begin smoking, it’s harder to quit.
• None of above

83. ___ is used by limited social groups, and by its nature is informal.

• Variety
• Slang ✔
• Cliches
• Wordness

84. Choose the correct meaning for the wordy expression in the  brackets ().

I availed leave (an account of) my sickness.

• Despite
• None of the above
• Due to ✔
• While

85. I looked this word ___ in the dictionary but I still don’t understand it.

• On
• From
• Up ✔
• Over

86. Choose the ‘compound subject pronoun’ group.

• Both, many, Hina and Alia
• She, They
• Each, One, Anyone
• My, your, everyone ✔

87. He usually travels to Lahore___ train.

• With
• By ✔
• On
• That

88. Choose the correct meaning for the cliche in brackets ().

The new teacher was unpopular because she was (as cold as ice).

• Decent
• Passionate
• Incomplentent
• Unfriendly ✔

89. He’d is a contraction for:

• He would ✔
• He had
• Both a and b
• He did

90. Choose the best option.

Either my shoes or your coat ___ always on the floor.

• Are ✔
• Can 
• Have
• Is

91. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

• I am asking ‘if you would like to rollerblade together tomorrow’.
• I am asking if you would like to rollerblade together tomorrow.
• I am asking if you would like to rollerblade together tomorrow?
• I am asking “if you would like to rollerblade together tomorrow”? ✔

92. Which of the following is the correct contraction for ‘will not’?

• Won’t ✔
• Willn’t
• None of the above
• Will n’t

93. Choose the best option.

She ___  me a pencil yesterday.

• Rented
• Borrows
• Lent ✔
• Borrowed

94. Agreement is the ___ between various categories of pronoun.

• Pairing
• Opposition
• Relationship ✔
• None of above

95. You can bring lunch on board ___ you get seasick.

• Since ✔
• Providing that
• As long as
• Unless

96. Mike was deeply ___ by the news of his mother’s death.

• Affecting
• Affected ✔
• Effected 
• Infected

97. A pronoun that refers to the person who is speaking is called a ___ person pronoun.

• First ✔
• Second
• Third
• Forth

98. Do you know how to use ___ computer?

• On
• The
• A ✔
• No article

99. Some writers show off their command of the ___ by using big, difficult words.

• Tale
• Story
• Language ✔
• Sentence

100. We had ___ much snow last winter.

• Too ✔ 
• So
• To
• Two

101. What is the antonym of the ‘Elongate’?

• Shorten ✔
• Lengthen
• Strengthen
• Strength

102. My grandmother really loved jaun. She felt her money was Federico and ___.

• His ✔
• Her
• Him
• He

103. When my mother saw one zonked out of the sofa. The slang expression she lost it means ___.

• She became angry ✔
• She became ill
• She is happy
• She is away

104. The girl ___ the bicycle is jane.

• Arriving ✔
• Riding
• Riding in
• Driving in