IEO ENGLISH Olympiad

Complete the word using the letters from the options given below.

The magician had clever_____ concealed several rabbits in his hat.

• fully

• ness

• ly

• ity

Choose the correct expression.

• Practice makes a man perfect.

• Precaution makes a man perfect.

• A perfect man does practice.

• Perfection makes a man perfect.

Choose the odd phrase.

• Take off

• Take up

• Take on

• Take it

Choose the right spelling for the given sentence.

The _______ is fine today. Let’s go for a picnic.

• weather

• wheather

• whether

• wether

Choose the part of the sentence that has an error.

This history test is so difficult as I think I’m going to fail.

• This history test is so difficult

• as I think

• I’m going to fail

• No error

Choose the incorrect sentence.

• Have you ever been to Burma?

• Was anybody injured in the accident?

• How long have you been knowing him?

• When was the telephone invented?

Choose the right word.

He drove the car ________ to avoid missing the train.

• outside

• enough

• rarely

• quickly

Read the paragraph and choose the correct options.

Noodles were originally made using grains from millet, unlike the modern variety, which is made of wheat flour. Many cultures across the world claim to have invented it, but in 2005 the remains of the world’s oldest noodles were unearthed in China. The yellow strands measuring 50 cm were found in a pot in Lajia along the Yellow River. It is believed that the pot got buried during an earth-quake 4000 years ago.

What is the text about?

The modern day noodles are made of _____.

• millet

• grains

• millet and wheat flour

• wheat flour

We know that noodles were made thousands of years ago in China because _______.

• Chinese claim that they invented noodles

• the oldest noodles have been discovered in China

• historians say so

• Chinese still eat noodles