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Language Sample Test
My next pet was a pigeon, the most revolting bird to look at, with his feathers pushing through
the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with the horrible yellow down that covers baby pigeons and
makes them look as though they have been peroxiding their hair. Because of his repulsive and
obese appearance, we called him Quasimodo.
Since he had an unorthodox upbringing, without parents to teach him, Quasimodo became
convinced that he was not a bird at all, and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always
eager to join us in anything we did. He would even try to come for walks with us. So you had to
either carry him on your shoulder, which was risking an accident to your clothes, or else you let
him walk behind. If you let him walk, then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for
should you get too far ahead you would hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around
to find Quasimodo running desperately after you.
Q1. Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate
in your answer sheet.
1. Everybody on the staff is ________ suspicion. The chances are that even the
boss might be the murderer.
3. They discussed the matter ________ a cup of tea. 4. They all left the
gambling house when the deal was ________.
7. When Charles went to Malaga he stayed in the same hotel ________ I did.
9. There were such nice pullovers that it was really hard to choose ________
them.
11. I suddenly spotted a young boy standing ________ the two posts.
12. On realizing that his wife was still inside, the man started to run ________
the burning house.
13. The girl began to run to get ________ the angry cloud of bees.
14. In order not to get a deep suntan he preferred to sit ________ us.
15. When I saw her sitting by the lake I began walking ________ her.
1. If she borrows your / yours coat, then you should be able to borrow her I
hers.
2. Each pot and pan in her kitchen has it / its own place on the shelf.
3. Mary and Mike invited their / theirs parents to see their / theirs new
apartment.
4. When my roommate paid her / hers half of the rent, I paid my / mine.
5. All students need to bring their / theirs own pencils and answer sheets to
the exam.
6. All of her / hers secretaries are working late tonight to finish her / hers
report.
7. The horse trotting around the track won it's / its race a few minutes ago.
8. Before the report is finalised, the information in their / theirs notes and
our / ours must be proved.
9. She worked all day cooking food and making decorations for her / hers
son's birthday party.
10. The weather in the mountains this weekend will be extremely cold, so
please take your / yours heavy jackets
Degrees of Comparison
7) Ram’s work is bad, Hari’s is _________, but Govind’s work is the _________.
(bad)
14) Mr. Sharma is the _________ person I have ever seen. (fat)
16) The number of boys present was _________ than the number of girls present
in the class. (many)
6. A gypsy who was wandering across the fields found the baby.
2.I find horror films really (frightening / frightened) and not at all fun to
watch.
4.We were stopped by a man with a knife who took our money. It was
(terrifying / terrified).
14.I was really (surprising / surprised) when I saw you. I had thought you
were on holiday.
19.The news was so (shocking / shocked) that she burst into tears.
20.My exam results were great! It’s really (surprising / surprised) but good,
of course