TGT and PGT (English previous year questions) (Part-II)

1. I promise I ______ go out.

(a) Won't
(b) Wouldn't
(c) May not
(d) Can't

Correct Answer: (a) Won't

Solution:The clause that comes after promise, hope, accept etc. will be in Future Tense. The first clause has "promise", so in the second clause "won't" be used, according to rule. The complete sentence would be - I promise I won't go out.
Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

2. ______ you prosper in all that you do !

(a) Can
(b) May
(c) Will
(d) Must

Correct Answer: (b) May

Solution:The given sentence is optative sentence. The correct modal auxiliary for the given blank is "May".
• The optative mood is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope, prayer, curse regarding a given action. It is a type of grammatical category which deals with the mood and how to express it.
• Given sentence shows a wish. The complete sentence would be- May you prosper in all that you do!
Thus, the correct answer is option (b).

3. He ______ apologize for his mistake.

(a) Will
(b) Might
(c) Must
(d) Need

Correct Answer: (c) Must

Solution:The modal verb 'must' is used to indicate that it is necessary for something to happen usually because of a rule or law. According to given sentence 'must' is appropriate option/ answer. The complete sentence would be – He must apologize for his mistake.
Hence, the correct answer is option (c).

4. Neither of the combatants ______ able to win a decisive victory.

(a) are
(b) were
(c) have
(d) was

Correct Answer: (d) was

Solution:Neither (conjunction, determiner, pronoun) applies negative statement to someone or something else.
Here "Neither" has been used as determiner, which is used to make a negative sense. Singular verb is used with 'neither'. So, the complete sentence would be - Neither of the combatants was able to win a decisive victory.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

5. He and I ______ at Oxford together.

(a) was
(b) were
(c) is
(d) am

Correct Answer: (b) were

Solution:We should use the personal pronoun in the order of 23rd (Second person, Third person, First person).
Plural helping verb (were) will be used.
The complete sentence would be - He and I were at Oxford together.
Hence, right option/answer is (b).

6. The ship was wrecked and every man, woman and child ______ drowned.

(a) was
(b) is
(c) were
(d) are

Correct Answer: (a) was

Solution:Every is generally used before a singular countable noun. A noun that follows 'every' is used with a singular verb. Here, the given sentence is in Past Tense therefore in the second sentence, the verb 'was' is suitable. The complete sentence would be - The ship was wrecked and every man, woman and child was drowned.
Hence, option (a) is the right answer.

7. Such questions should not be asked.

(a) Demonstrative adjective
(b) Adjective of number
(c) Adjective of quantity
(d) Interrogative adjective

Correct Answer: (a) Demonstrative adjective

Solution:Demonstrative adjective are special adjectives or determiners used to identify or express the relative position of a noun in time or space. Adjective qualifies noun or pronoun. Here, such is qualifying noun 'Questions'.
Hence, the right answer is option (a).

8. He hurts himself

(a) Reciprocal pronoun
(b) Distributive pronoun
(c) Reflexive pronoun
(d) Emphatic pronoun

Correct Answer: (c) Reflexive pronoun

Solution:The underlined word is a 'Reflexive pronoun'. Reflexive pronouns are words like myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. Himself is reflexive pronoun of 'He'.
So, the correct answer is option (c).

9. Tom as well as Brown qualified for the finals.

(a) adverb
(b) adjective
(c) pronoun
(d) conjunction

Correct Answer: (d) conjunction

Solution:A word that is used for joining other words, phrases or sentences is called conjunctions. There are three basic types of conjunctions- coordinating, subordinating and correlative. Here 'as well as' is coordinating conjunction.
Hence, the correct answer is option (d).

10. Observe the punctuation marks and select the correct sentence.

(a) "perhaps" cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe"
(b) "Perhaps", cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe!"
(c) Perhaps, cried he "there may be such monsters as you describe"
(d) Perhaps cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe"

Correct Answer: (b) "Perhaps", cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe!"

Solution:The correctly punctuated sentence is option (b)- "Perhaps", cried he, "there may be such monsters as you describe!". There are the 14 types of punctuation marks in English grammar. They are: the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, colon, semicolon, dash, hyphen, brackets, braces, parentheses, apostrophe, question mark and ellipsis.
Hence, the correct answer is option (b).