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Question 1English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: She ____ to the library every Saturday morning.

  1. going
  2. gone
  3. goes Correct answer.
  4. go

Explanation

With a third-person singular subject in the simple present, the verb takes -s. 'She' requires 'goes'. The other forms do not agree with a singular present-tense subject.

Question 2English Language

Which word is the past simple form of the verb 'buy'?

  1. buys
  2. buying
  3. bought Correct answer.
  4. buyed

Explanation

'Buy' is an irregular verb whose past simple form is 'bought'. Regular -ed endings do not apply to it. The other options are a participle, a present form, and an incorrect regularised form.

Question 3English Language

Choose the correct article: He is ____ honest man.

  1. a
  2. an Correct answer.
  3. no article
  4. the

Explanation

The choice between 'a' and 'an' depends on the sound that follows, not the spelling. 'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the 'h' is silent, so 'an' is required.

Question 4English Language

Which sentence uses the correct preposition?

  1. I am good at mathematics. Correct answer.
  2. I am good in mathematics.
  3. I am good on mathematics.
  4. I am good for mathematics.

Explanation

The adjective 'good' is followed by the preposition 'at' when describing skill in an activity or subject. The other prepositions do not collocate with 'good' in this sense.

Question 5English Language

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The weather was so ____ that we cancelled the picnic.

  1. worse
  2. worst
  3. bad Correct answer.
  4. badly

Explanation

After the linking verb 'was', an adjective is needed to describe the subject 'weather'. 'Bad' is the adjective; 'badly' is an adverb.

Question 6English Language

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

  1. My brother who lives in Dubai, is a doctor.
  2. My brother, who lives in Dubai, is a doctor. Correct answer.
  3. My brother, who lives in Dubai is a doctor.
  4. My brother who lives in Dubai is a doctor.

Explanation

A non-defining relative clause gives extra information and must be enclosed by commas on both sides. Omitting either comma breaks the pair.

Question 7English Language

Choose the correct pronoun: Between you and ____, the plan seems risky.

  1. myself
  2. me Correct answer.
  3. mine
  4. I

Explanation

After a preposition such as 'between', an object pronoun is required. 'Me' is the object form; 'I' is the subject form.

Question 8English Language

Which word is closest in meaning to 'rapid'?

  1. quick Correct answer.
  2. steady
  3. careful
  4. slow

Explanation

'Rapid' means happening at great speed, so 'quick' is the closest synonym. The other words describe pace or manner without the sense of speed.

Question 9English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: If it ____ tomorrow, we will stay at home.

  1. rained
  2. would rain
  3. rains Correct answer.
  4. will rain

Explanation

In a first conditional, the if-clause uses the present simple and the main clause uses 'will'. 'Rains' is the correct present form for 'it'.

Question 10English Language

Choose the correct passive form: The report ____ by the manager yesterday.

  1. wrote
  2. is writing
  3. has wrote
  4. was written Correct answer.

Explanation

A passive sentence uses a form of 'be' plus a past participle. The past time marker 'yesterday' calls for the past simple passive 'was written'.

Question 11English Language

Choose the correct word: The team played ____ than last season.

  1. better Correct answer.
  2. well
  3. good
  4. best

Explanation

The comparison word 'than' signals a comparative form. The comparative of 'well' is 'better', which also serves as the comparative adverb of manner here.

Question 12English Language

Choose the sentence with the correct word order.

  1. She very well speaks English.
  2. She speaks English very well. Correct answer.
  3. She speaks very well English.
  4. Very well she speaks English.

Explanation

An adverb phrase modifying the verb normally comes after the object. 'English' is the object, so 'very well' follows it.

Question 13English Language

Choose the correct modal: You ____ finish the assignment today; the deadline is next week.

  1. don't have to Correct answer.
  2. must not
  3. can't
  4. shouldn't

Explanation

'Don't have to' expresses absence of obligation. Since the deadline is next week, finishing today is not required.

Question 14English Language

Choose the correct relative pronoun: The book ____ I borrowed from the library was fascinating.

  1. who
  2. whose
  3. whom
  4. which Correct answer.

Explanation

A relative pronoun referring to a thing such as 'book' is 'which' (or 'that'). 'Who' and 'whom' refer to people.

Question 15English Language

Choose the correct verb form: By the time we arrived, the film ____.

  1. has started
  2. was starting
  3. started
  4. had started Correct answer.

Explanation

The past perfect 'had started' shows an action completed before another past action ('arrived'). This sequencing is required by 'by the time'.

Question 16English Language

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The manager was ____ with the results and praised the team.

  1. delightful
  2. delighting
  3. delight
  4. delighted Correct answer.

Explanation

A past participle adjective describes how a person feels. 'Delighted' means the manager felt pleasure, which fits the praise that follows.

Question 17English Language

Choose the correct question form: ____ you know where the station is?

  1. Are
  2. Does
  3. Is
  4. Do Correct answer.

Explanation

The subject is 'you', so the present simple question uses the auxiliary 'do'. 'Does' is reserved for third-person singular subjects.

Question 18English Language

Choose the correct preposition: She has been working here ____ 2019.

  1. during
  2. from
  3. for
  4. since Correct answer.

Explanation

'Since' is used with a point in time such as a year, while 'for' is used with a length of time. 2019 is a starting point.

Question 19English Language

Choose the correct form: Neither the teacher nor the students ____ ready for the test.

  1. has
  2. is
  3. are Correct answer.
  4. was

Explanation

With 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject. 'Students' is plural, so the plural verb 'are' is correct.

Question 20English Language

Choose the best word: The scientist's explanation was so ____ that even beginners understood it.

  1. lucid Correct answer.
  2. obscure
  3. ambiguous
  4. tedious

Explanation

'Lucid' means clear and easy to understand, which matches the result that beginners understood. The other adjectives suggest difficulty or confusion.

Question 21English Language

Choose the sentence that correctly uses the gerund.

  1. He suggested going to the cinema. Correct answer.
  2. He suggested gone to the cinema.
  3. He suggested go to the cinema.
  4. He suggested to go to the cinema.

Explanation

The verb 'suggest' is followed by a gerund (-ing form) rather than an infinitive. 'Going' is the correct complement.

Question 22English Language

Choose the correct form: Hardly ____ the door when the phone rang.

  1. did I close
  2. I closed
  3. I had closed
  4. had I closed Correct answer.

Explanation

When a negative adverb such as 'hardly' begins a sentence, the subject and auxiliary are inverted. The past perfect auxiliary 'had' moves before 'I'.

Question 23English Language

Choose the correct option: The committee, after long debate, ____ its decision.

  1. were announcing
  2. have announced
  3. has announced Correct answer.
  4. are announcing

Explanation

'Committee' is a collective noun treated as a single unit in formal English, so it takes a singular verb. 'Has announced' is the singular present perfect.

Question 24English Language

Choose the correct sentence.

  1. The data is suggesting that the theory is flawed.
  2. The data suggest that the theory is flawed. Correct answer.
  3. The data have suggest that the theory is flawed.
  4. The data suggests that the theory is flawed.

Explanation

In formal academic English, 'data' is the plural of 'datum' and takes a plural verb. 'Suggest' is the correct plural present form.

Question 25English Language

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The proposal was rejected on the ____ that it was too expensive.

  1. bases
  2. grounds Correct answer.
  3. causes
  4. reasons

Explanation

The fixed expression is 'on the grounds that', meaning for the stated reason. The other nouns do not form this collocation with 'on the'.

Question 26English Language

Choose the correct article to complete the sentence: She bought ____ umbrella because it was raining heavily.

  1. no article
  2. a
  3. an Correct answer.
  4. the

Explanation

The indefinite article 'an' is used before a singular countable noun that begins with a vowel sound, and 'umbrella' starts with the vowel sound /ʌ/. 'A' is used before consonant sounds, and 'the' would wrongly suggest a specific umbrella already known to the listener.

Question 27English Language

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: My brother ____ football every Saturday morning.

  1. plays Correct answer.
  2. play
  3. is play
  4. playing

Explanation

With a third-person singular subject ('my brother'), the simple present tense adds -s to the base verb, giving 'plays'. The simple present is also appropriate for habitual actions marked by 'every Saturday'.

Question 28English Language

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: The instructions were so ____ that nobody could understand them.

  1. confusing Correct answer.
  2. helpful
  3. simple
  4. clear

Explanation

The clause 'nobody could understand them' signals a negative quality, so an adjective meaning hard to follow, such as 'confusing', fits the cause-and-effect logic. The other adjectives describe something easy to understand, which contradicts the second clause.

Question 29English Language

Choose the correct plural form to complete the sentence: There are three ____ in the classroom.

  1. child
  2. children Correct answer.
  3. childs
  4. childrens

Explanation

'Child' is an irregular noun whose plural is 'children', formed by changing the vowel and adding -en rather than adding -s. Because 'three' requires a plural, only 'children' is correct.

Question 30English Language

Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence: The meeting is scheduled ____ Monday morning.

  1. by
  2. at
  3. on Correct answer.
  4. in

Explanation

The preposition 'on' is used with days of the week and specific dates, so 'on Monday morning' is correct. 'In' is used with months and years, and 'at' with clock times.

Question 31English Language

Choose the correct comparative form to complete the sentence: This exam is ____ than the one we took last term.

  1. difficult
  2. more difficult Correct answer.
  3. difficultest
  4. most difficult

Explanation

Multi-syllable adjectives like 'difficult' form the comparative with 'more', giving 'more difficult'. The word 'than' confirms a comparison between exactly two things.

Question 32English Language

Choose the word that is closest in meaning to 'purchase' as used in the sentence: She decided to purchase a new laptop.

  1. borrow
  2. sell
  3. buy Correct answer.
  4. repair

Explanation

'Purchase' as a verb means to obtain something by paying for it, which is the meaning of 'buy'. The other options describe different transactions or actions.

Question 33English Language

Choose the correct pronoun to complete the sentence: The gift was sent to my sister and ____.

  1. I
  2. me Correct answer.
  3. mine
  4. myself

Explanation

After the preposition 'to', an object pronoun is required, and 'me' is the object form. 'My sister and me' functions as the compound object of the preposition.

Question 34English Language

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: She has lived in Manama ____ five years.

  1. for Correct answer.
  2. from
  3. since
  4. during

Explanation

'For' is used with a length of time such as 'five years', while 'since' is used with a starting point. The present perfect 'has lived' fits an action continuing up to now.

Question 35English Language

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The two brothers shared the prize ____ themselves.

  1. among
  2. within
  3. between Correct answer.
  4. through

Explanation

'Between' is used when referring to two distinct parties, as with 'the two brothers'. 'Among' is used for groups of three or more.

Question 36English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: The teacher asked the students ____ quiet during the test.

  1. to keep Correct answer.
  2. kept
  3. keeping
  4. keep

Explanation

The verb 'ask' takes the pattern 'ask someone to do something', so the infinitive 'to keep' is required after the object 'the students'. Other verbs like 'keep' do not follow this pattern with 'ask'.

Question 37English Language

Choose the correct conditional form to complete the sentence: If I had known about the traffic, I ____ earlier.

  1. would have left Correct answer.
  2. had left
  3. would leave
  4. will leave

Explanation

This is a third conditional sentence describing an unreal past situation, which uses 'if + past perfect' in the condition and 'would have + past participle' in the result. 'Would have left' matches the past perfect 'had known'.

Question 38English Language

Choose the correct reported speech form: Direct: "I am tired," she said. Reported: She said that she ____ tired.

  1. has been
  2. will be
  3. is
  4. was Correct answer.

Explanation

When the reporting verb 'said' is in the past, the present tense of the original statement usually shifts back one step to the past, so 'am' becomes 'was'. This tense backshift is standard in reported speech.

Question 39English Language

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The company's profits have ____ steadily over the past decade.

  1. aroused
  2. arisen
  3. risen Correct answer.
  4. raised

Explanation

'Rise' is an intransitive verb meaning to go up, and its past participle is 'risen', which fits 'have risen'. 'Raise' is transitive and needs a direct object.

Question 40English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: ____ in 1971, the university has grown rapidly.

  1. To found
  2. Founded Correct answer.
  3. Founding
  4. Having found

Explanation

The sentence needs a past participle clause because the university was founded by others, so the passive meaning 'Founded in 1971' is correct. A present participle would wrongly suggest the university did the founding itself.

Question 41English Language

Choose the sentence that correctly places the adverb of frequency.

  1. She goes to the gym always after work.
  2. She goes always to the gym after work.
  3. Always she goes to the gym after work.
  4. She always goes to the gym after work. Correct answer.

Explanation

Adverbs of frequency such as 'always' normally come before the main verb but after the verb 'be'. In 'She always goes', the adverb correctly precedes the main verb 'goes'.

Question 42English Language

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The doctor advised him to ____ smoking to improve his health.

  1. quite
  2. quit Correct answer.
  3. quiet
  4. quilt

Explanation

The verb meaning to stop doing something is 'quit', which fits 'quit smoking'. The other options are homophones or near-homophones with different meanings and parts of speech.

Question 43English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: It is essential that every student ____ the safety rules.

  1. followed
  2. follow Correct answer.
  3. will follow
  4. follows

Explanation

After expressions like 'It is essential that', English uses the subjunctive mood, which takes the base form of the verb regardless of the subject. Therefore 'follow' is correct, not 'follows'.

Question 44English Language

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The new policy will ____ all employees equally.

  1. infect
  2. defect
  3. effect
  4. affect Correct answer.

Explanation

'Affect' is usually a verb meaning to influence something, which fits the position after 'will'. 'Effect' is normally a noun meaning a result.

Question 45English Language

Choose the correct sentence that uses the apostrophe properly.

  1. The student's books were left in the hall.
  2. The students' books were left in the hall. Correct answer.
  3. The students books were left in the hall.
  4. The studentss' books were left in the hall.

Explanation

For a plural noun ending in -s, the possessive is formed by adding only an apostrophe after the -s, giving 'students''. This shows the books belong to multiple students.

Question 46English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: The novel, ____ was published last year, has already won several awards.

  1. what
  2. which Correct answer.
  3. who
  4. that

Explanation

A non-defining relative clause set off by commas uses 'which' for things, never 'that'. 'Which' here refers back to 'the novel' and adds extra information.

Question 47English Language

Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The committee reached a ____ decision, so no one objected.

  1. autonomous
  2. anonymous
  3. unanimous Correct answer.
  4. ambiguous

Explanation

'Unanimous' means fully agreed by everyone, which explains why no one objected. The other words describe different qualities that do not match the second clause.

Question 48English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: Not until the results were announced ____ the extent of the problem.

  1. realised we
  2. we realised
  3. we did realise
  4. did we realise Correct answer.

Explanation

When a sentence begins with the negative adverbial 'Not until', the main clause requires subject-auxiliary inversion, giving 'did we realise'. The auxiliary 'did' carries the tense while 'realise' stays in the base form.

Question 49English Language

Choose the correct form to complete the sentence: She is used to ____ up early, so the 6 a.m. start did not bother her.

  1. have got
  2. getting Correct answer.
  3. got
  4. get

Explanation

The structure 'be used to' is followed by a gerund because 'to' here is a preposition, not part of an infinitive. Therefore 'getting' is correct, meaning she is accustomed to it.

Question 50English Language

Choose the correct sentence that maintains parallel structure.

  1. The job requires writing reports, analysing data, and presenting findings. Correct answer.
  2. The job requires to write reports, analysing data, and presenting findings.
  3. The job requires writing reports, analysing data, and to present findings.
  4. The job requires writing reports, to analyse data, and presenting findings.

Explanation

Parallel structure requires items in a list to share the same grammatical form. Here all three items are gerunds: 'writing', 'analysing', and 'presenting'.