UI English Language 2011/2012 Past Questions

Question 1

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.One should mind his business.
B.One should mind one's business
C.One should mind her business
D.One should mind its business

Objective

Question 2

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.This case is between you and I.
B.This case is between you and me.
C.This case is between the two both of us
D.The case is between I and you.

Objective

Question 3

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.With them around, we have a great problem on our hands.
B.With them around, we have a great problem on our hand.
C.With them around, we have a great problem on hand
D.With them around, we have a great problem at hand

Objective

Question 4

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.The dog wagged it's tail.
B.The dog wagged its tail.
C.The dog wagged its' tail
D.The dog wagged his tail

Objective

Question 5

Which of the following sentences is correct?

A.A ten year old boy is missing.
B.A ten-year-old boy is missing.
C.A ten year-old boy is missing
D.A ten-year old boy is missing

Objective

Question 6

Choose the option that sounds the same with: two

A.tool
B.too
C.tow
D.to

Objective

Question 7

Choose the option that sounds the same with bear:

A.bare
B.beer
C.bared
D.beard

Objective

Question 8

Choose the option that sounds the same with the given word. Key.

A.kiss
B.quay
C.keyed
D.kissed

Objective

Question 9

Choose the word that is correctly spelled

A.acomodation
B.accommodation
C.accomodation
D.acommodation

Objective

Question 10

Choose the word that is correctly spelled

A.embarrassment
B.embarassment
C.embarrasment
D.embarasment

Objective

Question 11

Choose the word that is correctly spelled

A.horrific
B.horific
C.horiffic
D.horriffic

Objective

Question 12

As soon as Joy arrived, she started looking for food. The underlined expression is an.

A.adverbial phrase of reason
B.adverbial clause of reason
C.adverbial phrase of time
D.adverbial clause of time

Objective

Question 13

My friend, a brilliant lecturer<.u>, won many prizes. The underlined expression is a(n)

A.adjectival clause
B.relative clause
C.appositive phrase
D.subject of 'won'

Objective

Question 14

I passed very well because I studied hard. The underlined expression is a

A.relative clause introducer
B.linking verb
C.adverb of reason
D.subordinating conjunction

Objective

Question 15

Bello and I love each other.

A.preposition
B.reciprocal pronoun
C.noun phrase
D.adjectival phrase

Objective

Question 16

I prefer writing to acting. The underlined expressions is a(n) .

A.verb
B.participle
C.gerund
D.object

Objective

Question 17

Having finished my assignment, I started watching television. The underlined expression is a(n) ......

A.infinitive clause
B.gerund
C.participial phrase
D.noun clause

Objective

Question 18

If you leave early, you'll meet Sola at home. The underlined expression is a ........

A.nominal clause
B.verbal clause
C.conditional clause
D.adjectival clause

Objective

Question 19

Wounded by a lion, the hunter trudged home. The underlined expression is a.....

A.nominal clause
B.verbal clause
C.participial clause
D.adjectival clause

Objective

Question 20

I'm proud of you. The underlined expression functions as

A.prepositional complement
B.adjectival complement
C.subject complement
D.verbal complement

Objective

Question 21

A noun phrase lacks one of the following:

A.noun
B.verb
C.adjective
D.adverb

Objective

Question 22

Eve gave Adam an apple. An apple in the sentence functions as .......

A.subject of the verb 'gave'
B.direct object of the verb
C.indirect object of the verb
D.object complement

Objective

Question 23

I wonder if you know where he lives. This sentence is a(n)

A.thoughtful statement
B.polite command
C.indirect question
D.subtle exclamation

Objective

Question 24

An example of gradable adjectives is .........

A.each
B.beautiful
C.dead
D.live

Objective

Question 25

A clause differs from a phrase because a clause contains .......

A.a larger number of words
B.a fewer number of words
C.a finite verb
D.a nonfinite verb

Objective