English Grammar & Literature Special Collection

Created by: இரா.செந்தில்குமார், B.T.ASST., காப்பரத்தாம்பட்டி

A. Sentence Structure & Types

1. Select the odd sentence pattern:

He ate the cake (SVO)

This shoe is large (SVC)

She sang a song (SVO)

I wrote a letter (SVO)

2. Identify the compound sentence:

Despite her poverty, Anuja stood first.

Although Anuja is poor she stood first.

Anuja was poor yet she stood first.

B. Parts of Speech & Word Formation

3. Select the correct suffix for 'Purpose' to form a new word:

able

less

ness

4. Identify the word which is NOT a verb:

prepares

angry

rises

C. Tenses and Verbs

5. Which one of the following is a correct sentence?

I am living here since 1995.

I have been living here since 1995.

6. The light ____ off while I ____.

went, was writing

goes, wrote

II. Literary Context & Figures of Speech

7. "All the world's a stage... They have their exits and their entrances". What do 'Exits and Entrances' refer to?

Gates of a theater

Birth and death

8. Walt Whitman wrote "O Captain! My Captain!" for the death of:

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

9. What does the word 'Queer' mean in the poem "Life is Queer..."?

Strange

Happy

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