English Language Test Sample
Test on English Language
Time: 1 hour Max. Marks: 50
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Task-I (15M)
Read this letter from Maurice, who is on holiday in Britain, to his sister Sally in New Zealand. Put the verbs in a suitable tense, active or passive.
Dear Sally,
How are you? We’ve been having a lovely time. We’re being very well looked after by our hosts. We (1) _____________ (take) sightseeing and we (2) _____________ (introduce) to some of their friends, who (3) _____________ (make) us feel very welcome. Last night we (4) _____________ (show) round a castle, by the owner! Most of the land in this area (5) _____________ (belong) to his family for about five hundred years. Apparently, the land (6) _____________ (give) to them after one of his ancestors (7) _____________ (kill) while trying to save the king’s life. Quite romantic, isn’t it?
The castle itself was a little bit disappointing, to be absolutely honest. The owner told us that it (8) _____________ (suffer) serious damage during a fire about thirty years ago. When it (9) _____________ (restore) they (10) _____________ (add) central heating and things like that. So once you’re inside it (11) _____________ (not feel) much different to any other large, old house. But the owner is a real character. He told us lots of stories about things that (12) _____________ (happen) to him when he was young. He (13) _____________ (send) abroad to work in a bank, but he hated it, so he (14) _____________ (behave) very badly in order to (15) _____________ (sack). He kept us laughing for hours. I hope he will be invited here before we leave.
I’ll have lots more to tell you when you get back. Take care.
Love,
Maurice
Task-II (7M)
Choose the right word from the box and fill it in the blanks in the passage. raises patterns credibility part featured unprecedented confidence recallclaims audiences implications
Time: 1 hour Max. Marks: 50
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Task-I (15M)
Read this letter from Maurice, who is on holiday in Britain, to his sister Sally in New Zealand. Put the verbs in a suitable tense, active or passive.
Dear Sally,
How are you? We’ve been having a lovely time. We’re being very well looked after by our hosts. We (1) _____________ (take) sightseeing and we (2) _____________ (introduce) to some of their friends, who (3) _____________ (make) us feel very welcome. Last night we (4) _____________ (show) round a castle, by the owner! Most of the land in this area (5) _____________ (belong) to his family for about five hundred years. Apparently, the land (6) _____________ (give) to them after one of his ancestors (7) _____________ (kill) while trying to save the king’s life. Quite romantic, isn’t it?
The castle itself was a little bit disappointing, to be absolutely honest. The owner told us that it (8) _____________ (suffer) serious damage during a fire about thirty years ago. When it (9) _____________ (restore) they (10) _____________ (add) central heating and things like that. So once you’re inside it (11) _____________ (not feel) much different to any other large, old house. But the owner is a real character. He told us lots of stories about things that (12) _____________ (happen) to him when he was young. He (13) _____________ (send) abroad to work in a bank, but he hated it, so he (14) _____________ (behave) very badly in order to (15) _____________ (sack). He kept us laughing for hours. I hope he will be invited here before we leave.
I’ll have lots more to tell you when you get back. Take care.
Love,
Maurice
Task-II (7M)
Choose the right word from the box and fill it in the blanks in the passage. raises patterns credibility part featured unprecedented confidence recallclaims audiences implications