Quiz 2 Domain 3

1. It sounded human and yet, not. I thought for a moment that the NCOs were playing a spook game on me. My back was facing the gate -where the sound was coming from- and without turning around, I mocked, “Ooooh, I’m so scared.” Then I thought I’d__________. I burst out, “Huh!” There was nothing there!

Which of the following phrasal verbs completes the sentence correctly in the preceding paragraph?

• play out

• play back

• play along

• play around

2. Read the following paragraph:

The Madras High Court on Wednesday questioned the Tamil Nadu Government on why it hasn’t prescribed CBSE syllabus for all schools. A petitioner reportedly claimed that this would help students when it comes to national level entrance exams. The court further directed the government to file an affidavit with respect to the steps it has taken to promote the curriculum.

What do the highlighted-red words have in common?

• They are subjects of noun phrases.

• They are direct objects of sentences.

• They are part of the subject of sentences.

• They are indirect objects of noun phrases.

3. Read the following paragraph:

 

The last few decades ____________ an increasing interest in ___________ developments in constructing time series models and in their important application in forecasting.

Which of the following pairs of words correctly completes the sentence?

• witnessed - theory

• are witnessing - theoretic

• have witnessed - theoretical

• witness - theorical

4. Read the following sentences:

We were _______ him ___________to stop but he just rode away, leaving us all alone and confused. I woke up feeling very sad and angry.

0. Which of the following phrasal verbs correctly completes the previous sentence?

• A) calling for
  

• B) calling on
  

• C) calling in
  

• D) calling out

 

5. “I carefully watched as he caught these beautiful creatures, one after the other, and then took them from the net and then stuck straight pins through their head and wings, pinning them onto a heavy cardboard sheet.”

Which option best describes the function of the underlined word?

• A) It introduces a summary of something.
  

• B) It shows a result of something.
  

• C) It shows the beginning of a statement.
  

• D) It introduces additional information.

6. What type of conditional is exemplified by the following sentence?

“If you exercise, your cardiovascular activity improves.”

• A) first conditional

• B) second conditional

• c) mixed conditional

• D) zero condional