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Part -1 Reading
Read the following paragraph:
Learning and remembering new information is the key to success. There are five main ways of learning new information. The first way is
Frequency. This means hearing or reading new information lots of times.
For example, you should write a new word ten times and say it yourself.
The second way is Activity. This means doing something with the new information, like making up new sentences with the new word. The third way is Variety; this requires you to do different things with the new information. For example, you should try to use a new word three times in the next twenty four hours. The fourth ways is Association. This
means linking new information with old information, you can do this by trying to associate the new word with a word you already know. The fifth and the last way is Mnemonics. This simply means to find something strange about the new information which will help you remember the word better. For example, spelling of a new word, e.g. double letters or pronunciation or a silent letter in the word. By following these ways you can learn new information fast, without any difficulty and also you will have more fun.
1. What title is best suited for the passage?
a. Learning information
b. Ways to know new information.
c. How to remember more information.
d. Information and Examples
2.Choose the correct topic sentence.
a. There are five main ways of learning new information.
b. Following these ways you can learn new information fast.
c. Learning and remembering new information is the key to success.
d. Frequency means hearing or reading new information lots of times
3.What is the main idea of the passage? Choose one.
a. How to be successful.
b. Ways to learn and remember new information.
c. How to know more information.
d. Five fun ways to remember new information.
4. The word Association also means:
a. a link
b. an example c. new information d. old information
5. An activity requires you to
a. Do something with the information b. understand the information.
c. Share the information.
d. Learn the information
6. The word Mnemonics in the paragraph means a. To find something strange.
b. To find something interesting.
c. To find variety.
d. To pronounce a word.
7. Which information is not given in the concluding line?
By following these ways you can learn:
a. New information fast b. You will have more fun.
c. Become successful.
8. What skill of writing has the author used in writing this paragraph?
a. Using Transition words b. Using Connecting Words c. Making General statements d. None of the above.
9. The information in the paragraph is useful for what kind of people?
a. Students
b. Working Professionals c. Home makers
d. All the above
10.Another word for Five Ways can be: a. Five Techniques
b. Five Roads c. Five Things d. Five Examples Part-2 Writing
1. Choose the most appropriate word to connect the given sentence Many students feel that studying in a foreign country is expensive. They may feel homesick.
a. Because b. So c. Also
d. Therefore
2. Choose the correct sentence.
a. All student must attend the lecture.
b. Every students must attend the lecture c. All students must attend the lecture d. Every student attend the lecture.
3. What is the mistake in the following sentence?
Teachers never understand student's problem.
a. Generalization b. Grammatical error.
c. Overgeneralization d. Organization
4. One way to organize ideas for writing a paragraph is to:
a. Write a topic sentence.
b. Write a title.
c. Use a graphic organizer.
d. List details.
5. Which one of the choice is incorrect?
For writing a descriptive paragraph, the writer has to:
a. Use adjectives.
b. Write about opinions.
c. Make use of the five senses d. Describe feelings
6. Which of the choices given below do not help in organizing ideas?
a. a T chart b. a mind map
c. Ranking ideas in order of importance.
d. Giving reasons.
7. A topic sentence should:
a. clearly state the main idea.
b. be vague and interesting.
c. be a general statement.
d. be very specific.
8. A good summary should.
a. Contain all details.
b. Be small with only important details.
c. Include the concluding line.
d. Be long and descriptive.
9. A good concluding sentence should.
a. Repeat the idea of the topic sentence.
b. A general statement.
c. Not repeat the idea of the topic sentence.
d. Be a positive statement.
10. I never liked American films before I moved to U.S.A Another way of writing the same sentence can be.
a. I never liked American films since I moved to U.S.A.
b. Before I moved to U.S.A, I never liked American films.
c. I never liked American films so I moved to U.S.A
d. I never liked American films and I moved to U.S.A Part-3 Vocabulary
Choose the best answer:
1. The word though is pronounced as a. too
b. so c. cough d. stuff
2. You ……… a word in a dictionary.
a. look up b. make c. watch d. see
3.Microbes can't be seen without a microscope.
They are practically ………
a. Imvisible b. Invisible c. unvisible d. illegible
4. Choose the correct Noun Suffix
Tom Cruise is a ……… ………
a. Popularity/artist b. Popular/actor c. Famous/singer d. Famous/director
5. Choose the correct Adjective Suffix
The ……… children often live a ……….. life.
a. painful/homeless b. homeful/painless c. homeless/painful d. painless/homeful
6. Choose the correct pair of Compound Noun
I was stuck in the ……… for two hours this evening, and I saw a ………. sitting in the car right next to ours!!
a. Traffic light/ movie star b. Traffic jam/ movie star c. Terrific jam/movie star d. Jam/ traffic cop
7. Choose the correct pair of compound adjective:
She's is ………. Writer but works in a ………paid job!
a. well known/well paid b. well known/ badly paid c. famous/ badly paid d. famous/under paid
8. Choose the best pair of Collocations:
When we ………..in the car, I'll ………….. a joke.
a. sit/tell b. get/say c. get/tell d. sit/say
9. Choose the correct combination of Adjective/Verb + Preposition My brother is crazy ……….. music and spends a lot of money ……
CD's.
a. about/on b. for/about c. of/on d. at/with
10.Choose the correct combination of Preposition + Noun
I met your friend by…………., when we were …….. vacation in Europe.
a. chance/in b. chance/on c. mistake/in d. mistake/on
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