English Language (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

Choose the options which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions.

We visited the home of one boy. That's the boy i mean.

A That's the boy whom we visited his home
B That's the boy whose home we visited
C That's the boy to whose home we visited
D That's the boy the home of whom we visited

Question 2:

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

In the match against the uplanders team, the sub mariners turned out to be the dark horse

A Played most brilliantly
B Played below their usual form
C Won unexpectedly
D Lost as expected
E Won as expected

Question 3:

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

Only the small fry get punished for such social misdemeanors

A Small boys
B Unimportant people
C Frightened people
D Frivolous people
E Inexperienced people

Question 4:

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

The leader in today's issue of our popular newspaper focuses on inflation

A President
B Headline
C Editorial
D Columnist
E Proprietor

Question 5:

Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

From the ways my friend talks, you can see he is such a bore

A Rude
B Brilliant
C Uninteresting
D Overbearing
E Humorous