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TNTET Paper II - 2013 English

14108.Choose the correct sentence.
Two of my sisters-in-law are staying with me
Two of my sister- in-laws are staying with me
Two of my sister-in-laws is staying with me
Two of my sisters-in-laws are staying with me
14109.Identify the grammatical function of the underlined part of the sentence.
He ran

through the wooden door.

.
Adverb
Prepositional phrase
Adjective phrase
Verb
14110.Fill in the blank choosing the correct word.
He is an -------------- of the school.
alumni
alumna
alumnae
alumnus
14111.Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb.
I _____ on Thursday. But on Thursday I had terrible cold. So I decided to wait till Satuday.
was to have left
am to leave
would leave
will leave
14112.Find out the pair of words with the combination of ‘adverb + noun’.
Dark room, mad man
Chewing gum, dancing girl
Upshot, finger
Search light, play thing
14113.Factual descriptions of an event or incident are called
Reports
Articles
Records
Registers
14114.The return address refers to
The editor’s address
Sender’s address
Receiver’s address
Principal’s address
14115.“O, ye wheels”
“Stop! be silent for today.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Oxymoron
14116.In which of the combination the letter ‘h’ is pronounced?
exhibit-exhilarate
rhetoric-khaki
heir-hour
hostel-hostile
14117.Choose the generic term of “Forks, knives and spoons”.
Stationery
Grocery
Cutlery
Crockery
14118.Parenthesis are
Mark of interrogation
Mark of exclamation
Mark of brackets
Mark of quotation marks
14119.A paraphrase of a passage should be
Of specific length compared to the original passage
Much shorter than the original passage
Much longer than the original passage
No hard and fast rule for the length
14120.Body language is considered as vehicle of communication along with voice and pitch. If one
leans forward it is interpreted as
Wishing to get involved
Feeling uneasy
Lack of confidence
Showing restlessness
14121.Which is the “longer pause”?
Apostrophe
Dash
Hyphen
Full-stop
14122.The phrase “Visually Challenged” is used as
Euphonymous word
Clipping word
Euphemistic Word
Blending word
14123.Choose the correct word order.
You and Rachel and I can expect promotion
Rachel and I and you can expect promotion
Rachel and you and I can expect promotion
I and Rachel and you can expect promotion
14124.Add the correct question tag to the given sentence.
Let us thank our teachers ......
Shan’t we?
Won’t we?
Shall we?
Can we?
14125.Fill in the blank with the correct auxiliary verb.
Seldom _______ our teacher come late to school.
do
did
have
had
14126.Add the right prefix to the word ‘feeble’ choosing from the options given.
– im
– in
– dis
– en
14127.Polar-questions are
Yes/No questions
‘Wh’ questions
Multiple choice questions
Short questions
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