Slip Test 1 (Professional English): Tenses and Vocabulary

1. Which of the following is not a suffix?

• ful

• re

• ing

• ed

2. If you take away the prefix and the suffix from the word UMEMPLOYED, what is left?

• unemploy

• employed

• employ

• unemployed

3. Three of the words below go together with the word HEAD to make a new word. Which word does not make a new word?

• ache

• line

• master

• man

4. Three of the words below go together with the word NEWS to make a new word. Which word does not make a new word?

• reader

• magazine

• paper

• flash

5. Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word PREDICT?

• foretell

• decide

• prevent

• discover

6. Which of these words is closest in meaning to the word REMOTE?

• automatic

• distant

• savage

• mean

7. Select the word that is most opposite to the word FAMOUS.

• boring

• poor

• obscure

• untalented

8. Select the word that is most opposite to the word CONTINUE.

• curve

• argue

• carry

• pause

9. Which of the sentences is correct?

• Last year, I go to New Delhi.

• Last year, I went to New Delhi.

• Last year, I am going to New Delhi.

• Last year, I will go to New Delhi

10. Which verb is not in the present tense?

• She listened to the music.

• She talks a lot.

• She waits for her friend.

• She watches Telugu movies.