Introduction
This is Model Test 1. It has 25 questions covering grammar, vocabulary and translation in the style of the NTRCA preliminary English paper. Set a timer for 25 minutes, answer every question without looking at your notes, and then check the answer key.
How to use this test
- Attempt the whole test in one sitting under exam conditions.
- Mark the answers you were unsure about, even if they were correct.
- Check the answer key and read every explanation, not only the ones you got wrong.
- Revise the lesson linked to each mistake, then retake the test after a week.
Scoring guide: 22 or more is excellent, 17 to 21 is good, 12 to 16 needs revision, and below 12 means you should revisit the chapters.
Model Test 1: Questions and answer key
1. He insisted on ____ the money back.
(a) to get
(b) getting
(c) get
(d) got
2. The number of road accidents ____ increasing.
(a) is
(b) are
(c) were
(d) have been
3. She is jealous ____ her colleague.
(a) of
(b) at
(c) with
(d) to
4. Active voice of: The work has been done by them.
(a) They have done the work.
(b) They had done the work.
(c) They did the work.
(d) They have been done the work.
5. Indirect form of: He said, “I am busy now.”
(a) He said that he is busy now.
(b) He said that he was busy then.
(c) He said that I was busy then.
(d) He said that he had been busy now.
6. Synonym of eminent:
(a) unknown
(b) distinguished
(c) weak
(d) foolish
7. Antonym of expand:
(a) grow
(b) contract
(c) extend
(d) spread
8. To bite the bullet means
(a) to eat quickly
(b) to face a painful situation bravely
(c) to shoot
(d) to lose
9. One word: a person who loves mankind and helps others
(a) misanthrope
(b) philanthropist
(c) egoist
(d) cynic
10. She has completed ____ MBA.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article
11. We ____ to obey our parents.
(a) ought
(b) must to
(c) should to
(d) can to
12. He never smokes, ____?
(a) doesn't he
(b) does he
(c) isn't he
(d) is he
13. Both of ____ are my friends.
(a) they
(b) them
(c) their
(d) theirs
14. Which sentence is correct?
(a) He is more taller than Rahim.
(b) He is taller than Rahim.
(c) He is tallest than Rahim.
(d) He is most tall than Rahim.
15. Though he is rich, ____ he is unhappy.
(a) but
(b) yet
(c) so
(d) and
16. The ____ (decide) of the committee was final.
(a) decide
(b) decisive
(c) decision
(d) decisively
17. Choose the correct spelling.
(a) Neccessary
(b) Necessary
(c) Necesary
(d) Neccesary
18. The ____ of the school addressed the students.
(a) principle
(b) principal
(c) principals
(d) principled
19. আমি তোমাকে গতকাল দেখেছি।
(a) I have seen you yesterday.
(b) I saw you yesterday.
(c) I see you yesterday.
(d) I was seeing you yesterday.
20. He is too weak to walk. Rewrite with so ... that:
(a) He is so weak that he cannot walk.
(b) He is so weak that he can walk.
(c) He is very weak to walk.
(d) He is weak so that he walks.
21. I ____ him since 2010.
(a) know
(b) knew
(c) have known
(d) am knowing
22. The teacher was pleased ____ the students' performance.
(a) at
(b) with
(c) on
(d) for
23. If I ____ you, I would accept the offer.
(a) am
(b) was
(c) were
(d) had been
24. Choose the correct sentence.
(a) He discussed about the matter.
(b) He discussed the matter.
(c) He discussed on the matter.
(d) He discussed of the matter.
25. The match was ____ because of rain.
(a) called off
(b) put up with
(c) taken after
(d) come across
Answer key with explanations
- (b) getting — A preposition is followed by V-ing.
- (a) is — The number of takes a singular verb.
- (a) of — The fixed pair is jealous of.
- (a) They have done the work. — Present Perfect passive becomes Present Perfect active.
- (b) He said that he was busy then. — Tense moves back and now becomes then.
- (b) distinguished — Eminent means famous and respected.
- (b) contract — The opposite of expanding is contracting.
- (b) to face a painful situation bravely — The idiom means enduring hardship with courage.
- (b) philanthropist — Phil means love and anthrop means human.
- (b) an — MBA begins with the vowel sound em.
- (a) ought — Ought is followed by to.
- (b) does he — Never makes the statement negative, so the tag is positive.
- (b) them — After a preposition, use the object case.
- (b) He is taller than Rahim. — Double comparatives are wrong.
- (b) yet — Though ... yet is the correct pair.
- (c) decision — A noun is needed after the.
- (b) Necessary — Necessary has one c and two s.
- (b) principal — A head of an institution is a principal.
- (b) I saw you yesterday. — Yesterday needs the Past Indefinite.
- (a) He is so weak that he cannot walk. — Too ... to becomes so ... that ... cannot.
- (c) have known — Since needs the Present Perfect, and know is a state verb.
- (b) with — The fixed pair is pleased with.
- (c) were — The second conditional uses were for all subjects.
- (b) He discussed the matter. — Discuss takes its object directly.
- (a) called off — Called off means cancelled.
Key takeaways
- Timed practice builds speed and confidence.
- Review your mistakes by topic and revise those lessons.
- Retake the test after a week to check progress.