English Language Proficiency: Idioms, Grammar & Vocabulary
Test your English language skills with questions on idioms, error identification, voice change, sentence improvement, and vocabulary for competitive exams.
Questions
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To give chapter and verse for a thing
- To give exact information about something
- To eulogise the qualities of a thing
- To make publicity of a thing
- To attach artificial value to a thing
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To let the grass grow under the feet
- Grass takes some time to grow
- Grass changes the colour of things
- To neglect one's opportunity
- Timely action is undesirable
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
To frame a person
- To befool someone
- To make one appear guilty
- To praise someone
- A narrow escape
Directions: Choose the alternative that explains the given idiomatic expression.
By the rule of thumb
- By the use of force
- By the use of trickery
- By cheating and deception
- By practical experience which is rather rough
Directions: Choose the word similar in meaning to the given word.
Conjecture
- Increase
- Reject
- Guess
- Print
Directions: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Morality
- Danger
- Keen
- Meek
- Profanity
Directions: Identify the part having an error. If no part has an error, mark (5).
- When the classroom
- environment is conducive with
- the teaching goals then
- the learning is optimum
- No error
Directions: Identify the part having an error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- Unless you do not
- take care of your health
- you will continue
- to suffer
- No error
Directions: Choose the correct passive or active voice of the given sentence.
His pocket has been picked.
- They have his pocket picked.
- Picking has been done to his pocket.
- Picked has been his pocket.
- Someone has picked his pocket.
Directions: Change the voice of the given sentence.
Can he bring the book?
- Can the book be brought by him?
- Can the book brought by him?
- Can book be brought by him?
- Can the book bring by him?
Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.
He is the only one among our politicians who is popular throughout the country.
- was
- were
- are
- No improvement
Directions: Look at the underlined part of the sentence. Below the sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of the possible substitutions is better than the underlined part, indicate it as your answer. If none of the substitutions improves the sentence, indicate (4) as your answer.
This is one of the best pictures that have released this year.
- have been released
- were released
- was released
- No improvement
Directions: Identify the part having an error. If there is no error, mark (5).
- It was 7 o'clock
- in the evening when
- the train steam
- into the station
- No error
Directions: Identify the part of the sentence having an error. If there is no error, mark (D).
The earth (A) is taking (B) about 24 hours (C) to complete one rotation. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)
Directions: Identify the part of the sentence having an error. If there is no error, mark (D).
After working for one month on the project, the students (A) are still left with some of the work which (B) have to be completed (C) before tomorrow afternoon. (D) No error
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)