Contextual Noun Usage Test
Practice selecting the correct noun in context - tests understanding of singular/plural forms, near-synonyms, and idiomatic expressions
Questions
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
We learn many things from our __________.
- surrounding
- surroundings
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
The terrorists have made the students captive in the school __________.
- premises
- premise
Directions: Select the correct noun in the given context.
Surat is popular for the production of __________.
- cloth
- clothes
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
How much is the __________ of this shirt?
- price
- cost
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
The cap seller slept under the __________ of a tree.
- shadow
- shade
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
Lawyers make good profits from their __________.
- customers
- clients
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
He was passing through __________ in a snowy evening.
- wood
- woods
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
Jack always falls ill when the __________ changes.
- weather
- climate
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
His son became the __________ of his sorrows.
- cause
- reason
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
He faced many hardships in the early __________ of his life.
- parts
- part
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
We boarded the train without reservation and could find no ________ in the compartment.
- place
- room
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
The serial killer was brought to court in __________.
- irons
- iron
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
I consider teaching __________ to be the noblest.
- profession
- job
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
The judge passed __________ for his release.
- order
- orders
Directions: Select the correct noun in given context.
After winning the award, she started putting on __________.
- air
- airs