CENTER OF EXCELLENCE GOVT. BOYS HIGH SCHOOL NO.

1 DERA GHAZI KHAN

1ST TERM EXAM
Paper English 9th class Marks: 40
Objective Part
Question No. 1 Tick the right option.
1. Identify the set of collective nouns.
(a) Class, team, jury (b) president, country, cattle (c) province, army, nation
(d) market, Karachi, man
2. “Worst” is the superlative degree of
(a) Good (b) bad (c) little (d) many
3. The correct proverb is that
(a) Charity began at home. (b) charity begins at market
(c) charity begin at home (d) charity begun at home
4. Ahmad has just arrived. The adverb is
(a) Ahmad (b) arrived (c) just (d) has
5. The opposite of ‘tough’ is
(a) Hard (b) soft (c) easy (d) rough
6. He agreed __________ me. The correct preposition is
(a) To (b) with (c) for (d) from
7. The rhyming word for “shrink” is
(a) Bring (b) spring (c) drink (d) ring
8. The correct sentence is
(a) She is here yesterday. (b) she will be here yesterday
(c) she was here yesterday (d) she will here yesterday
9. She will go shopping if the weather _____ fine.
(a) can (b) will be (c) was (d) is
10. I _______ in this chair since morning.
(a) was sitting (b) am sitting (c) has been sitting (d) have been sitting
11. Everyone ________ the magician.
(a) cheers (b) cheer (c) cheering (d) has cheer
12. We need ________ axe to cut a tree.
(a) a (b) an (c) the (d) and
13. Sonia’s dress is __________ than mine.
(a) beautiful (b) more beautiful (c) most beautiful (d) lot of beautiful
14. He fell _________ he was boarding a bus.
(a) that (b) where (c) when (d) then
15. “Some” is an adjective of
(a) quality (b) number (c) quantity (d) colour
16. The meaning of the word “fiery” is
(a) angry (b) rule (c) as hot as fire (d) very cold
17. The earth revolves _________ the sun.
(a) behind (b) between (c) around (d) towards
18. He punished _________ .
(a) myself (b) himself (c) herself (d) yourself
19. Identify the abstract noun.
(a) farmer (b) herd (c) water (d) honesty
20. The synonyms for “tolerance” is
(a) for bearance (b) patience (c) kindness (d) love
21. The word “ Unfortunately” means.
(a) impolitely (b) unruly (c) unkindly (d) unluckily
22. Our uncle ______ leave for Karachi tomorrow.
(a) can (b) was (c) will (d) is
23. “Amnesty” means
(a) punishment (b) agreement (c) resolution (d) general pardon
24. The adjective formed from “believe” is
(a) believer (b) believable (c) belief (d) believed

25. A verb expresses.

(a) action (b) quality (c) quantity (d) None
26. Stand up. This sentence is
(a) exclamatory (b) optative (c) imperative (d) negative
27. The correct group of form is
(a) cast, casted, casted (b) write, wrote, wrotten
(c) bind, bound, bound (d) Lie, laid, laid
28. The youngest son gave the utmost anxiety. Anxiety means
(a) joy (b) sadness (c) worry (d) happiness
29. The woodcutter’s wife wished ____ children instead of seven.
 (a) two (b) three (c) four (d) five
30. “Kith and Kin” is a/an
(a) proverb (b) phrasal verb (c) idioms (d) quote
31. The driver applied the___________ of the car.
(a) break (b) brake (c) brack (d) brick
32. The word with correct spelling is
(a) deficiency (b) deficiency (c) deficency (d) defishensy
33. “Audience” is a _________ noun.
(a) proper (b) material (c) collective (d) abstract
34. The correct passive voice is
(a) milk is drunk by him (b) milk is drank by him
(c) milk is drinking by him (d) milk is dranded by him
35. What is sadiq’s hobby?
(a) gardening (b) coins collecting (c) picture collecting (d) none
36. The prefix “dis” means
(a) few (b) more (c) many (d) not
37. He says, “ I have done my duty” correct indirect
(a) He says that I have done my duty. (b) He says that he has done his duty.
(c) He says that I had done my duty. (d) He says that he had done his duty.
38. The sun is shining brightly. Underline word is
(a) proverb (b) adverb (c) verb (d) phrasal verb
39. The population of world is increasing tremendously. Tremendously means
(a) slowly (b) quickly (c) greatly (d) angrily
40. We have been meeting _______ a long time.
(a) from (b) since (c) for (d) till