Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: No sooner had I started then it began to rain.
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adverb clause
C)
Adjective clause
'No sooner had I started' is dependent time clause modifying main clause 'it began to rain', adverb clause.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: The eye of a needle is small.
A)
Adverb
B)
Adjective
C)
Verb
D)
Noun
Eye is naming word for body part, functioning as noun.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: The carpet was quite durable than he imagined.
A)
short-lived
B)
tough
C)
long lasting
D)
dumpy
Durable means long-lasting; its antonym is short-lived or perishable.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Analyze the sentence and choose the correct option: After she left work, the woman stopped at the store before she went home.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Compound sentence
C)
Complex sentence
Has two dependent clauses 'After she left work' and 'before she went home' plus one independent clause, so complex.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the correct notion expressed by the sentence: Let’s go for a walk.
A)
Affirmative
B)
Imperative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Negative
Sentence starting with 'Let’s' expresses suggestion/command, form of imperative sentence.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: I __________ any reply so far.
A)
am not receiving
B)
was not receiving
C)
have not received
D)
will not be receiving
Duration up to now with 'so far' needs present perfect 'have not received'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify what kind of phrase the underlined words are: Please wash the dishes in the sink.
A)
Noun phrase
B)
Adverb phrase
C)
Adjective phrase
'In the sink' describes which dishes are referenced, modifying noun 'dishes', so adjective phrase.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun: I hope __________ picks up the phone.
A)
somebody
B)
anybody
C)
anyone
D)
everybody
Indefinite person expected to answer uses 'somebody'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with a suitable pronoun: __________ of the two sisters is married.
A)
Each
B)
Neither
C)
None
D)
who
Of two sisters, negative choice is 'Neither'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Pick the correct clause of the underlined words: I have bought a car which is red.
A)
Noun clause
B)
Adverb clause
C)
Adjective clause
'Which is red' describes noun 'car', qualifying it, so adjective (relative) clause.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: People differ in terms of their innate abilities.
A)
acquired
B)
external
C)
inner
D)
unusual
'Innate' means inborn, opposite is acquired/learned later.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate conjunction: She didn’t help me __________ will she.
A)
never
B)
neither
C)
or
D)
and
Negative agreement uses neither: Neither will she.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify what kind of phrase the underlined words are: Saturday became a cold wet afternoon.
A)
Noun phrase
B)
Adverb phrase
C)
Adjective phrase
'A cold wet afternoon' functions as subject complement and names a thing, so noun phrase.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: No other poet is as great as Tulsi Das.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
Structure 'as great as' shows positive degree equating two, characteristic of positive degree.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: He is better than any other boy.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
'Better than any other' compares one to all others of group, structure of comparative degree.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the degree of comparison: I am not richer than her.
A)
Positive
B)
Comparative
C)
Superlative
'Richer' uses -er form showing comparison between two, which is comparative degree.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: Mr Mawia __________ this place a month ago.
A)
left
B)
had left
C)
was leaving
D)
has been leaving
Specific past time 'a month ago' uses simple past 'left'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank: Judging from the environment, the fate of our planet is __________.
A)
inevitable
B)
impossible
C)
incapable
D)
indispensible
Considering environmental degradation, the fate being inevitable (unavoidable) fits contextually.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Insert the appropriate article: He is __________ 80 year old man.
A)
the
B)
none
C)
an
D)
a
80 pronounced eighty with vowel sound, so 'an 80 year old man'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold: The english test was a piece of cake.
A)
delicious
B)
very easy
C)
very hard
D)
hard enough
'Piece of cake' idiomatically means extremely easy task.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: There was a disparity between the two sets of figures.
A)
inconsistency
B)
discrepancy
C)
variance
D)
similarity
Disparity means difference or inequality; its opposite is similarity or likeness.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb: When we arrived, our team __________ two goals.
A)
was already scoring
B)
had already scored
C)
is already scoring
D)
already scored
Scoring completed before arrival needs past perfect 'had already scored'.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: We rarely talk to each other.
A)
Noun
B)
Verb
C)
Adverb
D)
Adjective
'Rarely' modifies verb 'talk' indicating frequency, so it is an adverb; reciprocal pronoun is separate.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word: He was elavated to officer.
A)
exalted
B)
superior
C)
aloft
D)
lowly
Elevated means raised to higher rank; opposite is lowly or degraded.
Employment Officer • 2019 • General English Paper-II
Select the most suitable alternative to fill in the blank: An attempt was made to __________ him and his company.
A)
discredit
B)
disprove
C)
discreet
D)
discharge
To damage reputation or standing is to discredit; disprove relates to facts and discreet means careful.
