Introduction
This is Model Test 2. 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 2: Questions and answer key
1. She has been living here ____ 2015.
(a) for
(b) since
(c) from
(d) during
2. Each of the students ____ a prize.
(a) have received
(b) has received
(c) were given
(d) are given
3. He congratulated me ____ my success.
(a) for
(b) on
(c) at
(d) with
4. Passive of: Who made this cake?
(a) Who was this cake made by?
(b) By whom was this cake made?
(c) Whom was this cake made?
(d) By who was this cake made?
5. Indirect form of: She said to me, “Where are you going?”
(a) She asked me where was I going.
(b) She asked me where I was going.
(c) She told me where you were going.
(d) She asked me where you are going.
6. Synonym of mitigate:
(a) aggravate
(b) alleviate
(c) increase
(d) provoke
7. Antonym of victory:
(a) success
(b) defeat
(c) triumph
(d) win
8. A piece of cake means
(a) a sweet dish
(b) something very easy
(c) something expensive
(d) a small gift
9. One word: killing of a brother or sister
(a) patricide
(b) matricide
(c) fratricide
(d) regicide
10. He plays ____ guitar well.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) no article
11. ____ you please close the door?
(a) Could
(b) Shall
(c) May
(d) Ought
12. Let us start now, ____?
(a) will we
(b) shall we
(c) don't we
(d) let we
13. He blamed ____ for the accident.
(a) him
(b) himself
(c) his
(d) he
14. This is the ____ of the two books.
(a) good
(b) better
(c) best
(d) well
15. Work hard, ____ you will fail.
(a) or
(b) and
(c) but
(d) so
16. She spoke ____ (confident) before the audience.
(a) confident
(b) confidence
(c) confidently
(d) confide
17. Choose the correct spelling.
(a) Embarass
(b) Embarrass
(c) Embarras
(d) Embarrasse
18. The medicine had a good ____ on him.
(a) affect
(b) effect
(c) affects
(d) effected
19. সে না খেয়ে স্কুলে গেল।
(a) He went to school without eating.
(b) He goes to school without eating.
(c) He has gone school not eating.
(d) He went school without to eat.
20. Positive degree of: Dhaka is the largest city in Bangladesh.
(a) No other city in Bangladesh is as large as Dhaka.
(b) Dhaka is larger than any city.
(c) Dhaka is very large.
(d) Dhaka and other cities are large.
21. The train ____ before we reached the station.
(a) left
(b) has left
(c) had left
(d) leaves
22. The teacher insisted ____ punctuality.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) for
23. I would rather ____ at home than go out.
(a) to stay
(b) stay
(c) staying
(d) stayed
24. Neither of the two boys ____ present.
(a) were
(b) was
(c) are
(d) have been
25. He takes ____ his father.
(a) after
(b) off
(c) up
(d) down
Answer key with explanations
- (b) since — Since marks a starting point in time.
- (b) has received — Each takes a singular verb.
- (b) on — The fixed pair is congratulate on.
- (b) By whom was this cake made? — Who becomes by whom in the passive.
- (b) She asked me where I was going. — The question takes statement order and the tense moves back.
- (b) alleviate — To mitigate is to make less severe.
- (b) defeat — The opposite of victory is defeat.
- (b) something very easy — The idiom means a very easy task.
- (c) fratricide — Frater means brother.
- (c) the — Musical instruments take the.
- (a) Could — Could you please is a polite request.
- (b) shall we — The tag for let us is shall we.
- (b) himself — The subject and object are the same person.
- (b) better — For two things, use the comparative.
- (a) or — Or here means otherwise.
- (c) confidently — An adverb modifies the verb spoke.
- (b) Embarrass — Embarrass has double r and double s.
- (b) effect — A noun is needed after good.
- (a) He went to school without eating. — না খেয়ে becomes without eating.
- (a) No other city in Bangladesh is as large as Dhaka. — Superlative to positive uses No other ... as ... as.
- (c) had left — The earlier of two past actions takes the Past Perfect.
- (b) on — The fixed pair is insist on.
- (b) stay — Would rather is followed by the bare infinitive.
- (b) was — Neither takes a singular verb.
- (a) after — Take after means to resemble.
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.