TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER | 1901-2000
1. In the sentence 'Why are you making a noise?', what tense is used? Answer: Present continuous tense.
2. What is the correct plural form of the word 'manservant'? Answer: Menservants.
3. How do you correctly change "She has done the work" into simple present tense? Answer: She does the work.
4. What tense is used in the sentence "It had been raining"? Answer: Past perfect continuous tense.
5. Which verb correctly fills the blank: "Copernicus proved that the earth ___ round the sun."? Answer: moves.
6. Which modal correctly fills the blank: "He ran as quickly as he ___."? Answer: could.
7. Which verb correctly fills the blank: "I didn't know it until you ___."? Answer: spoke.
8. In the sentence "Such questions should not be asked", what type of adjective is 'Such'? Answer: Demonstrative adjective.
9. In the sentence "He hurt himself", what type of pronoun is 'himself'? Answer: Reflexive pronoun.
10. In the sentence "Tom as well as Brown qualified for the finals", what part of speech is 'as well as'? Answer: Conjunction.
11. What is the correct verb form of the word 'grass'? Answer: Graze.
12. What is the correct noun form of the word 'condemn'? Answer: Condemnation.
13. What is the correct verb form of the word 'internal'? Answer: Internalize.
14. Which of the following sentences has a transitive verb: "A dog runs very fast" or "No one can speak French like the natives"? Answer: "No one can speak French like the natives".
15. In the sentence "Athletics is his favourite sport", what part of speech is 'Athletics'? Answer: Noun.
16. In the sentence "All the officers should respect one another", what part of speech is 'one another'? Answer: Pronoun.
17. In the sentence "He demanded a thorough inquiry", what part of speech is 'thorough'? Answer: Adjective.
18. In the sentence "I want to hear the story in detail", what part of speech is the word 'detail'? Answer: Noun.
19. In the sentence "I doubt whether she will meet him", what part of speech is the word 'whether'? Answer: Conjunction.
20. What specific tense is the sentence "Many Indians have settled abroad in recent years"? Answer: Present perfect tense.
21. What specific tense is the sentence "However they had already been married outside the village"? Answer: Past perfect tense.
22. What is the exact noun form of the adjective 'rare'? Answer: Rarity.
23. What suffix should be added to the word 'king' to make it an abstract noun? Answer: -dom.
24. What is the proper collective noun word for a 'group' of elephants? Answer: Herd.
25. What is the specific word used for the loud noise made by an elephant? Answer: Trumpet.
26. What is the masculine form of the bird 'duck'? Answer: Drake.
27. What is the correct noun form of the word 'invade'? Answer: Invasion.
28. Which sentence represents the perfect tense of "Sashi reads all of the articles on Molecular Biology"? Answer: Sashi has read all of the articles on Molecular Biology.
29. What form of tense is used in the sentence "Last night, I read an entire novel"? Answer: Simple Past Tense.
30. In the sentence "I have few friends", what grammatical role does the word 'few' play? Answer: Quantifier.
31. Which auxiliary verb fills the blank: "Ron and Sophie ___ visited their grandmother's home since college days."? Answer: haven't.
32. Which auxiliary verb fills the blank: "Anna was tired because she ___ working all day."? Answer: had been.
33. Which verb fills the blank: "___ you obeyed orders this disaster would not have happened."? Answer: Had.
34. Which modal verb fills the blank: "He ___ have sent the message immediately rather than delaying its dispatch."? Answer: ought.
35. Which modal verb fills the blank: "A banyan tree ___ to be here when we were children."? Answer: used.
36. Which modal verb fills the blank: "When fire breaks out one ___ not use the lift but take the emergency stairs down."? Answer: should.
37. Correct the tense form in the sentence "He has come back last night". Answer: He came back last night.
38. Which modal verb fills the blank: "___ he criticize my arrangements?"? Answer: dare.
39. Which of the following is NOT an English verb mood: Indicative, Subjective, Subjunctive, Imperative? Answer: Subjective.
40. Which modal verb fills the blank: "___ the news be true!"? Answer: May.
41. Correct the grammatical error in the sentence "John is ill for five weeks. He is still in hospital." Answer: John has been ill for five weeks.
42. What part of speech is the word 'Still' in the sentence "Still water runs deep"? Answer: Adjective.
43. Is the word 'Majestic' a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb? Answer: Adjective.
44. Is the word 'Goal' a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb? Answer: Noun.
45. Is the word 'Safely' a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb? Answer: Adverb.
46. Is the word 'Dreamed' a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb? Answer: Verb.
47. Do the adjectives 'good' and 'bad' conform to regular superlative forms ending in '-est'? Answer: No.
48. Which article fills the blank: "He is ___ one eyed man."? Answer: a.
49. Supply the correct comparative degree for the blank: "Akbar had a ___ reign than Babar." Answer: longer.
50. In the sentence "Sameer answered our questions nonchalantly", what part of speech is the word 'nonchalantly'? Answer: Adverb.
51. Which sentence contains a gerund: "He found that parking was difficult" or "I found him standing at the door"? Answer: "He found that parking was difficult."
52. What tense is used for general statements of what was true in the past, is true now, and is likely to be true in future? Answer: Simple present tense.
53. What part of speech is the word 'watering' in the sentence "He is watering the flower garden"? Answer: Verb.
54. What kind of pronoun is "Somebody" in the sentence "Somebody will pay for this"? Answer: Singular indefinite pronoun.
55. Add the appropriate question tag: "None of us knew the way, ___?" Answer: did we?
56. Add the appropriate question tag: "Let's watch a movie, ___?" Answer: shall we?
57. In the sentence "The committee meets here every Sunday", what type of noun is the word 'committee'? Answer: A Collective noun.
58. Add the appropriate question tag: "You need to start earlier, ___?" Answer: don't you?
59. What does the phrase 'muttered to himself' mean? Answer: Utter in a low voice.
60. What does the word 'slithered' mean in the context of "slithered down into a flowerbed"? Answer: Slipped.
61. What does the word 'shattered' mean in the context of "shattered the stem"? Answer: Broke.
62. What does the word 'appraising' mean in the context of "appraising each other"? Answer: Assessing.
63. What does the word 'highway' mean? Answer: A main road.
64. What does the word 'rising' mean in the sentence "The river is rising fast"? Answer: Increasing.
65. What are 'pitchers' in the context of filling them with fresh water? Answer: Large jugs.
66. What does the phrase 'make it snappy' mean? Answer: Fast.
67. What does the word 'shudders' mean? Answer: Shivers out of fear.
68. What does the word 'Hark' mean in the sentence "Hark, what's that?" Answer: Listen.
69. What is the meaning of the word 'progress' in the context of "The arithmetic class was in progress"? Answer: Advance.
70. What is the meaning of the word 'endure' in the context of "hardship, he had to endure"? Answer: Suffer.
71. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'take after'? Answer: Resemble.
72. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'look up to'? Answer: Admire.
73. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'depend on'? Answer: Rely.
74. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'go into'? Answer: Enter.
75. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'leave for'? Answer: Go to.
76. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'carry on'? Answer: Continue.
77. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'set free'? Answer: Release.
78. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'make use of'? Answer: Use.
79. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'fret over'? Answer: Worry.
80. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'take away'? Answer: Remove.
81. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'put off'? Answer: Postpone.
82. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'come back'? Answer: Return.
83. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'turn into'? Answer: Change.
84. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'zero in on'? Answer: Focus.
85. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'roll by'? Answer: Pass.
86. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'ask for'? Answer: Request.
87. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'set up'? Answer: Arrange.
88. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'send for'? Answer: Summon.
89. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'look up'? Answer: Improve.
90. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'strive for'? Answer: Struggle for.
91. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'give up'? Answer: Forsake.
92. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'put up with'? Answer: Endure.
93. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'take off'? Answer: Start.
94. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'go on'? Answer: Continue.
95. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'carry out'? Answer: Complete.
96. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'reel off'? Answer: Recite.
97. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'move out of'? Answer: Leave.
98. What is the meaning of the phrasal verb 'look into'? Answer: Examine.
99. What is the proper term for a self-governing country or region? Answer: Autonomy.
100. What is an institution for the care of people who are mentally ill called? Answer: Asylum.
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