iOEL - International Olympiad of English Language (Class 8)

“It is at or near sea level and is characterised by sedimentary soil.”

“Everglades National Park is very famous in Florida where conspicuous species like American alligator, American crocodile, Florida panther and manatee are found”.

This is a case of simple past tense (last month), so V2 will be used.

It is a case of present perfect continuous tense as an action is happening from a particular point of time.

Here, present continuous tense will be used to refer to a future event which is already decided upon.

'Has been' should replace ‘have been’ as the subject is singular.

This is the correct logical order.

‘Was organised’ is the correct usage as it is passive voice of simple past tense.

Suman proposed for a movie and Reena expressed her inability.

A request has been made and it has been accepted.

Present indefinite tense 'subject + V1 + s/es'. Hence, it should be 'depends' in place of ‘depend’.

Antonym of 'stubborn' is 'submissive'. Other words are synonymous to 'stubborn'.

In this sentence, 'reading' is accepted as a gerund. 

'Can.... she dare not’ is the right usage. A modal auxiliary verb is not conjugated with respect to the person.
 

It contains a gerund ‘flowing’.

Antonym of 'lively' is 'gloomy'.

Antonym of leisurely is hectic.

‘Listening’ is used as a gerund in the sentence. So, option 2 is the correct answer.

A simple sentence contains a subject and one or more verbs.

‘Either’ is a distributive adjective that qualifies the noun 'road'.

'Cheerfully' is modifying the verb 'smiled' and also telling the manner of action.

Superlative degree of adjective takes ‘the’ before it.

'Or' is acting as a conjunction and joining the two sentences.

‘One’ begins with a consonant sound. Hence, “a one-eyed man” is suitable.

'Intelligent' starts with a vowel sound. So, ‘an’ will be used here.

It is passive voice of simple past tense.

‘Tony always thinks about the welfare of others.’

‘The sky is not clear because it is covered with clouds.’

It is present perfect continuous tense. 'Subject + has/have + been + present tense verb + ing + since/for'.

It refers to an action that happened before another action in the past.

'Practiced a lot’ makes sense here as it provides confidence to win.

Reporting verb is in past tense, so the reported speech will change into simple past tense.

In this an interrogative sentence, 'said' is converted into 'asked', inverted commas into ‘if/whether’ and ‘I shall' into 'she should'.

'Flexible' is the correct word.

Case of imperative sentence: 'said to’ converts into 'requested' and inverted commas into 'to'.

Simple present tense changes to ‘object + is/am/are + past participle + subject’.

'First' is suitable here as it is an ordinal number.

Present continuous tense changes to- 'object + is/am/are + being + past participle + phrase + by+ subject'.

‘Little’ is suitable in reference to ‘did not buy’. It means that she had almost no money left, so she did not buy the dress.

Future perfect tense changes to 'object + will/shall + have been + past participle + phrase + by + subject'.

'Appropriate' is the correct word.

'Principal' means 'head teacher’ while ‘principles’ means 'rules'. As we need a singular subject (a man), ‘principal’ is the correct word for the first blank.

'Adorable' is the correct word.

'Sailor' is the correct word.

'Agile' is the correct word. It means lively or alert.

'Whether' is used to express choice while 'weather' refers to the state of atmosphere at a particular place.

'Eradicate' means 'to remove completely' while the rest of the words mean 'decrease or lessen'.

'Flour' is eatable while the rest of the articles are materials used in building construction.

A 'judge' decides matters in court and a 'principal' decides matters in a school.

We store 'food' in refrigerator and 'data' in computer.