Which one of the following genres intends, in good faith, to present only truth

regarding information, events or people?

A. poetry ⃝ B. nonfiction ⃝

C. fiction ⃝ D. one-act plays ⃝

7. He was beaten so badly that his whole body was marked with injuries. The

most appropriate idiom to replace the underlined part of the sentence is:

A. black and blue ⃝ B. black and white ⃝

C. tooth and nail ⃝ D. bag and baggage ⃝

8. ‘Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed’. Which one of the following poetic

device is used in the poetic line?

A. personification ⃝ B. simile ⃝

C. metaphor ⃝ D. alliteration ⃝

9. ‘Your sweater looks terrible on you’. Identify which one of the following points

out the correct meaning of the sentence?

A. Can I have your sweater? ⃝

B. You should buy another sweater. ⃝

C. Wow! That sweater looks really good. ⃝

D. Your sweater does not look good. ⃝

10. Which one of the following sentences contains an opinion?

A. It was a beautiful day. ⃝ B. The sun was shining. ⃝

C. The breeze was blowing.⃝ D. We planned a trip. ⃝

11. The old man remembers the days when there was no television. The underlined

part of the sentence is a/an:

A. noun clause ⃝ B. adjective clause ⃝

C. adverb clause ⃝ D. independent clause ⃝

12. We have vacation _______ summers. Pick the correct preposition to complete the

sentence.

A. in ⃝ B. on ⃝

C. for ⃝ D. by ⃝

13. The old man was tired of walking. The underlined word is:

A. present participle ⃝ B. gerund ⃝

C. past participle ⃝ D. infinitive ⃝

14. HAMLET,a play by Shakespeare, is famous world over. The underlined part of

the sentence is a/an:

A. noun phrase ⃝ B. appositive phrase ⃝

C. adverb phrase ⃝ D. verb phrase ⃝

15. Which one of the following sentences represents correct use of tense?

A. He promised that he can come. ⃝

B. He promised that he will come. ⃝

C. He promised that he will have come. ⃝

D. He promised that he would come. ⃝

16. ‘Although he was wealthy, he was not happy.’ This is a:

A. simple sentence ⃝ B. compound sentence ⃝

C. complex sentence ⃝ D. compound complex sentence ​