TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER - PART 16

TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER | 1501-1600

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I. Grammar, Tense, Modals, and Parts of Speech (Questions 1-30, 96-100)

1. Verb Tense:
   • Copernicus proved that the earth moves round the sun. (1)
   • I didn't know it until you spoke. (3)
   • He found that parking was difficult. (97)
   • He says he was waiting for a train. (98)
   • I saw flames rising and heard people shouting. (99)
   • I found him standing at the door. (100)
2. Modals:
   • He ran as quickly as he could. (2)
   • A banyan tree used to be here when we were children. (14)
   • When fire breaks out one should not use the lift but take the emergency stairs down. (15)
   • Dare he criticize my arrangements? (16)
   • May the news be true! (18)
3. Parts of Speech/Word Forms:
   • 'as well as' in "Tom as well as Brown qualified for the finals" is a Conjunction. (4)
   • The verb form of 'grass' is Graze. (5)
   • The noun form of 'condemn' is Condemnation. (6)
   • The verb form of 'internal' is Internalize. (7)
   • 'thorough' in "He demanded a thorough inquiry" is an Adjective. (9)
   • 'few' in "I have few friends" is a Quantifier. (13)
   • 'Still' in "Still water runs deep" is an Adjective. (19)
   • 'Majestic' is an Adjective. (20)
   • 'Goal' is a Noun. (21)
   • 'Safely' is an Adverb. (22)
   • 'Dreamed' is a Verb. (23)
4. Sentence Structure and Nouns:
   • The sentence with a transitive verb is: 'No one can speak French like the natives'. (8)
   • The sentence "However they had already been married outside the village" is in the Past perfect tense. (10)
   • The proper collective noun for a 'group' of elephants is herd. (11)
   • The perfect form of tense for "Sashi reads all of the articles on Molecular Biology" is: Sashi has read all of the articles on Molecular Biology. (12)
   • 'committee' in "The committee meets here every Sunday" is a Collective noun. (26)
   • English verbs have three moods: Indicative, Subjunctive, and Imperative. Subjective is NOT one of these moods. (17)
   • In a dictionary abbreviation, V (pp) stands for Verb past participle. (96)
5. Question Tags and Adjectives:
   • The appropriate question tag for "Let's watch a movie," is shall we?. (25)
   • The appropriate question tag for "You need to start earlier," is don't you. (27)
   • Adjectives 'good' and 'bad' do not conform to the regular superlative forms by simply adding '-est'. (24)
6. Correction of Grammatical Errors:
   • Correct: "He is one of the cleverest students in the class." (73)
   • Correct: "A university student has been injured." (74)
   • Correct: "Neither his parents nor Suresh knows the truth." (75)

II. Voice and Speech Transformation (Questions 76-86)

1. Passive to Active Voice:
   • "The novel was written and published by Rajesh Kumar." -> Rajesh Kumar wrote the novel and published it. (76)
   • "The saplings were planted by the C.M." -> The C.M. planted the saplings. (77)
   • "The medicines will be taken by her." -> She will take the medicines. (78)
   • "The sweets are being eaten and enjoyed by the child." -> The child is eating and enjoying the sweets. (80)
2. Active to Passive Voice:
   • "I am meeting her at present." -> She is being met by me at present. (79)
3. Direct to Indirect Speech:
   • Balu says, "Asia is the largest continent." -> Balu said that Asia is the largest continent. (81)
   • Alisha says, "People in Africa are starving." -> Alisha said that people in Africa are starving. (82)
   • Shalini says, "I might come." -> Shalini said that she might come. (83)
   • Chitti says, "I would rather fly." -> Chitti said that he would rather fly. (84)
   • Jaheer said, "When I was staying in Madurai I met my best friend." -> Jaheer said that when he was staying in Madurai he met his best friend. (85)
   • All the visitors said, "What an excellent sculpture it is!" -> All the visitors exclaimed that it was an excellent sculpture. (86)

III. Phonetics and Articulation (Questions 28-49, 50-66, 95)

1. Consonant Sounds/Features:
   • Voiceless bilabial plosive: /p/. (28)
   • Voiced alveolar plosive: /d/. (29)
   • Voiceless velar plosive: /k/. (30)
   • Sounds with vocal cord vibration: Voiced sounds. (31)
   • Sounds without vocal cord vibration: Voiceless sounds. (32)
   • The doubled 'll' in words like 'village' or 'bell' produces Only one sound. (33)
   • The semi-vowel phonetic symbols that do not occur in the end position of English words are: /j/ and /w/. (34)
   • In "My teacher speaks softly", the 'r' is silent. (35)
   • Voiced front semi-vowel (glide): /j/. (64)
   • Voiced back semi-vowel (glide): /w/. (65)
   • Voiceless glottal fricative: /h/. (66)
2. Pure Vowel Sounds (Monophthongs):
   • 'fun': /^/. (36)
   • 'calm': /a:/. (37)
   • 'ink': /i/. (38)
   • 'tree': /i:/. (39)
   • 'push': /u/. (40)
   • 'fool': /u:/. (41)
   • 'spell': /e/. (42)
   • 'apple': /æ/. (43)
   • 'bird': /ə:/. (44)
   • English vowels are considered Yes, continuous voiced sounds. (95)
3. Vowel Glides (Diphthongs):
   • 'coal': /əʊ/. (45)
   • 'high': /ai/. (46)
   • 'found': /aʊ/. (47)
   • 'poor': /uə/. (48)
   • 'coin': /ɔi/. (49)
4. Speech Anatomy and Physiology:
   • The region of voice production extends from the diaphragm To the roof of the oral cavity. (50)
   • Throat cavity: Pharyngeal cavity. (51)
   • Mouth cavity: Oral cavity. (52)
   • Nose cavity: Nasal cavity. (53)
   • Windpipe: Trachea. (54)
   • System for moving air: Respiratory System. (55)
   • System for modifying air flow and containing vocal cords: Phonatory System. (56)
   • Valve-like opening of two membranous elastic tissues: Vocal cords. (57)
   • State of the glottis when vocal cords are tightly together: It is completely closed. (58)
   • Action to stabilize air pressure when lifting a heavy load: By completely closing the glottis. (59)
   • Source of primary air flow for most English sounds: From the lungs. (60)
   • Six chief modifying organs in the oral cavity: Lips, teeth, tongue, gums or alveoli, hard palate, and soft palate. (61)
   • Traditionally cited vowel letters: a, e, i, o, u. (62)
   • The traditional definition of vowels is based on Spelling rather than the fundamental nature of sounds. (63)

IV. Vocabulary and Prepositional Phrases (Questions 67-72)

1. Meaning of Prepositional Phrases:
   • "in relation to": Related to. (67)
   • "with regard to": Regarding. (68)
   • "on behalf of": For someone. (69)
   • "in support of": Supporting. (70)
   • "worthy of": Deserving. (71)
   • "favourable for": Favouring. (72)

V. Literary Figures of Speech (Questions 87-93)

1. Allusion:
   • "Let the dead past bury its dead": Allusion to The Bible. (87)
   • "In the beginning was the Word and the Word was God": Allusion to The Bible. (88)
   • "And I thought of the albatross": The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by S.T. Coleridge. (89)
   • "Dust thou art to dust returnest": Genesis 3:19 in The Bible. (90)
2. Other Figures of Speech:
   • "Not enjoyment and not sorrow": Litotes. (91)
   • "Funeral marches to the grave": Personification. (92)
   • "muffled drums are beating": Onomatopoeia. (93)

VI. Writing and Communication (Question 94)

1. Writing Quality:
   • "Accuracy and appropriacy" help a writer avoid Ambiguity. (94)

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