Education Officer • 2025
Transform the following sentence into a negative sentence: Everybody is present.
A)
Everybody is absent.
B)
Everybody is not present.
C)
Nobody is present.
D)
Nobody is absent.
Option D is correct: Nobody is absent..
Education Officer • 2025
Choose the most appropriate meaning for the idiom: A wild goose chase
A)
A significant chase
B)
A well-planned pursuit
C)
An impromptu treasure hunt
D)
A foolish and useless pursuit
Option D is correct: A foolish and useless pursuit.
Education Officer • 2025
Choose the most appropriate meaning for the idiom: A fair weather friend
A)
A selfish friend
B)
A lazy friend
C)
A selfless friend
D)
A complete friend
Option A is correct: A selfish friend.
Education Officer • 2025
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition/conjunction: Mrs. Sharma saw the gardener sitting ________ her grandson.
A)
along
B)
besides
C)
beside
D)
in
Option B is correct: besides.
Education Officer • 2025
Select the appropriate indirect speech for: Sarah said, “The soldiers were marching towards the castle”
A)
Sarah said that the soldiers were marching towards the castle
B)
Sarah said that the soldiers had marched towards the castle
C)
Sarah said that the soldiers have been marching towards the castle
D)
Sarah said that the soldiers had been marching towards the castle
Option A is correct: Sarah said that the soldiers were marching towards the castle.
Education Officer • 2025
Select the appropriate direct speech for: Benjamin said that he did not enjoy the concert.
A)
Benjamin said,” I have not enjoyed the concert”
B)
Benjamin said, “I am not enjoying the concert”
C)
Benjamin said, “I did not enjoy the concert”
D)
Benjamin said, “I had not enjoyed the concert”
Option C is correct: Benjamin said, “I did not enjoy the concert”.
Education Officer • 2025
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: The passengers deboarded after the plane ________.
A)
is landing
B)
will land
C)
has been landing
D)
landed
Option D is correct: landed.
Education Officer • 2025
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition/conjunction: Hurry up ________ you will miss the train.
A)
only
B)
or
C)
but
D)
while
Option B is correct: or.
Education Officer • 2025
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition/conjunction: She insisted ________ helping me with the dishes.
A)
on
B)
for
C)
in
D)
against
Option A is correct: on.
Education Officer • 2025
Fill in the blank with the appropriate preposition/conjunction: The manager told his staff that he would return ________ a month.
A)
for
B)
on
C)
within
D)
with
Option D is correct: with.
Education Officer • 2025
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: You must have some food, for you are hungry and have a long journey ahead.
A)
Conjunction
B)
Adverb
C)
Preposition
D)
Adjective
Option C is correct: Preposition.
Education Officer • 2025
Change the following sentence to Future Indefinite Tense: Who is knocking at the door?
A)
Who will be knocking on the door?
B)
Who will knock on the door?
C)
Who will have been knocking on the door?
D)
Who will have knocked on the door?
Option B is correct: Who will knock on the door?.
