English Language: notes & practice

Reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, error spotting, fillers, para-jumbles and cloze tests.

Key topics

• Reading Comprehension

  Find the main idea, tone and inference; read questions before the passage.

• Grammar & Error Spotting

  Subject-verb agreement, tenses, articles, prepositions, parallelism, pronouns.

• Vocabulary

  Synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases, one-word substitution, commonly confused words.

• Sentence Improvement & Fillers

  Choose the option that fits grammar and meaning; check both blanks in double fillers.

• Para Jumbles

  Find the opening sentence, then link pronouns, connectors and time order.

• Cloze Test

  Read the full passage once for context before filling blanks.

Practice questions

Our own practice questions in the style of past papers.

1. 1. Choose the correct sentence.

   A. Each of the boys have a book.B. Each of the boys has a book.C. Each of the boy has a book.D. Each of the boys having a book.

2. 2. Synonym of 'Abundant':

   A. ScarceB. PlentifulC. RareD. Tiny

3. 3. Antonym of 'Transparent':

   A. ClearB. OpaqueC. ObviousD. Bright

4. 4. Meaning of the idiom 'to burn the midnight oil':

   A. To waste moneyB. To work late into the nightC. To start a fireD. To be very angry

5. 5. One word for 'a person who can speak many languages':

   A. LinguistB. PolyglotC. BilingualD. Orator

6. 6. Fill in the blank: She is good ___ mathematics.

   A. inB. atC. onD. with