AD (Town Planning) • General English
What is the noun form of ‘successful’?
A)
Succeed
B)
Successor
C)
Success
D)
Successful
Noun form of successful is success.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The horse’s large, menacing eyes said a fight was imminent. (Identify the underlined part: 'large, menacing eyes')
A)
Noun clause
B)
Noun phrase
C)
Adjective phrase
D)
Adjective clause
large, menacing eyes is phrase with nouns and modifiers, acting as subject: Noun phrase.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Choose the word which is most nearly the opposite in meaning of ‘traumatic’.
I)
Painful
II)
Outrageous
III)
Minor
IV)
Ridiculous
Options missing in source; traumatic means distressing, opposite is soothing/pleasant/comforting. Best guess A as pleasant. Uncertainty due to missing options.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
I left my shoes under the kitchen table. (Identify part of speech for 'under')
A)
Adjective
B)
Preposition
C)
Pronoun
D)
Noun
'under' shows relation between shoes and table, functioning as preposition in this sentence.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
What is the noun form of ‘accusing’?
A)
Accusingly
B)
Accusing
C)
Accusation
D)
Accuse
Noun form of accusing verb accuse is accusation.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The sudden death of our uncle was _______ for all of us.
A)
tragic
B)
fragile
C)
gentle
D)
dissuasive
Tragic describes extremely sad/severe event like sudden death; other words don't fit.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The girls are not singing a melodious song. (Identify the tense)
A)
Present Continuous tense
B)
Present Perfect Continuous tense
C)
Negative form of Present tense
D)
Negative form of Present Continuous tense
are not singing = is/are + not + verbing => negative of present continuous.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
What did she ask you to do? (Identify part of speech for 'she')
A)
Conjunction
B)
Preposition
C)
Pronoun
D)
Noun
She substitutes for a noun, so pronoun, subject pronoun.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Andrea knocked on the door but nobody answered. (Identify part of speech for 'but')
A)
Preposition
B)
Conjunction
C)
Adjective
D)
Adverb
'but' joins two clauses 'Andrea knocked...' - coordinating conjunction.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
I differ with you on this matter. (Identify the type of sentence)
A)
Affirmative
B)
Negative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
I differ with you is a statement of fact: Affirmative sentence.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
We were ignorant of the real facts. (Identify the type of sentence)
A)
Affirmative
B)
Interrogative
C)
Exclamatory
D)
Negative
Sentence has no negative or interrogative marker; ignorant gives negative meaning but grammatically affirmative.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
On Saturdays I work from nine to five. (Identify part of speech for 'Saturdays')
A)
Conjunction
B)
Adjective
C)
Adverb
D)
Verb
Saturdays is a noun used as adverbial of time indicating when; in the given options adverb is closest as adverb of time.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Which of the following is not an adverb?
A)
Fast
B)
Very
C)
Sweet
D)
Yesterday
Fast, Very, Yesterday can function as adverbs; Sweet is adjective describing taste/quality.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Choose the word most similar in meaning to ‘significant’.
I)
Daily
II)
Noticeable
III)
Leisurely
IV)
Accurate
Options missing; significant means important/notable. Assuming A is important. Uncertainty due to missing options.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Pick out the word that is nearest in meaning to the word in capital REPEAL.
A)
To pay back
B)
Undress
C)
Say again
D)
Withdrew
Repeal means to revoke/withdraw a law; Withdrew is closest among options (revoke).
AD (Town Planning) • General English
The labourers have not dug the foundation. (Identify the type of sentence)
A)
Affirmative
B)
Negative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
Contains have not dug: Negative sentence.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
When are your friends going for trekking this Autumn? (Identify the type of sentence)
A)
Affirmative
B)
Negative
C)
Interrogative
D)
Exclamatory
When are... starts with wh-word and question mark: Interrogative.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Well, I don’t think I’ll be home before noon. (Identify part of speech for 'Well')
A)
Preposition
B)
Interjection
C)
Pronoun
D)
Conjunction
'Well' at sentence start expresses feeling, used as interjection.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
She had been preparing for the test for a fortnight. (Identify the tense)
A)
Past Continuous tense
B)
Past Perfect Continuous tense
C)
Negative form of Past Perfect Continuous tense
D)
Interrogative form of Past tense
had been preparing + for a fortnight = Past Perfect Continuous tense.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Which of the following is a preposition?
A)
Gold
B)
Water
C)
Behind
D)
Might
Behind is a preposition showing position; Gold/Water are nouns, Might is modal verb.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
What is the verb form of ‘intention’?
A)
Intent
B)
Intend
C)
Intently
D)
Intentness
Verb form of intention is intend.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
What is the adjective form of ‘forgetfulness’?
A)
Forget
B)
Forgetful
C)
Forgetfulness
D)
Forgetfully
Adjective from forgetfulness is forgetful.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
We will meet wherever we prefer. (Identify the underlined part: 'wherever we prefer')
A)
Adverbial phrase
B)
Adverbial clause
C)
Adjective clause
D)
Adjective phrase
wherever we prefer has subject+verb and modifies meet (place): Adverbial clause.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Whoever comes up with an idea will be acknowledged. (Identify the underlined part: 'Whoever comes up with an idea')
A)
Adjective phrase
B)
Noun clause
C)
Noun phrase
D)
Adjective clause
Whoever comes up with an idea is a clause (subject + verb) acting as noun subject: Noun clause.
AD (Town Planning) • General English
Which of the following is a noun?
A)
Succeed
B)
Mare
C)
Fair
D)
They
Mare (female horse) is noun; Succeed verb, They pronoun, Fair adjective (also noun but mare is clear noun).
