Following are General English model questions for practice for APTET, TSTET, and other TET examinations in India. The questions also useful for all other exams which have English as part of it. Answers are given at the end of the questions.
TET Practice Questions – English:
1. Choose the synonym for the word ‘Pardon’ from the alternatives given below.
1) Give 2) Punish 3) Forgive 4) Furnish
2. The negative feeling you get when you do something wrong is …….
A) Guilt B) Gilt 1) Only A 2) Only B
3) Either A or B 4) Both A & B
3. Choose the correct prefix to build the word. The meaning of word is given.
………… hold = look at or see something or somebody.
1) With 2) Up 3) Over 4) Be
4. Choose the word with correct spelling to fill in the blank. Ashoka became ……… after he had won the
war against Kalinga.
1) Magnanimous 2) Magananimus
3) Magnanems 4) Magnanemous
5. I can’t ……… his unusual behaviour in this matter.
1) account for 2) ask after
3) call for 4) call at
6. Fill in the blank with appropriate modal verb. One ……… abide by the laws.
1) may 2) could 3) need 4) should
7. Choose the correct article for the following. He is ……… European.
1) a 2) an 3) the 4) No article
8. Fill in the blank with suitable preposition. I prefer coffee ……… tea.
1) with 2) to 3) in 4) 1 & 2
9. ‘How’ or ‘What a’ followed by the remainder of the sentence is a/ an…..
1) Assertive sentence 2) Imperative sentence
3) Optative sentence 4) Exclamatory sentence
10. Hyderabad is the largest city in South India. (the positive degree is ………)
1) No other city in South India is as large as Hyderabad
2) Some cities in South India are as large as Hyderabad
3) Very few cities in South india is as big as Hyderabad
4) 1 & 3
11. Keep your mouth shut, ……… Choose the right question tag to complete the sentence.
1) do you? 2) didn’t you?
3) can’t you? 4) aren’t you?
12. Rani said to Ravi, ‘‘I will come to your house tomorrow’’. The correct reported speech for the above sentence is:
1) Rani told Ravi that she would come to his house the next day.
2) Rani said Ravi that she would come to his house the next day.
3) Rani told Ravi that she would come his house tomorrow.
4) 1 & 2
13. She will write a letter. Which of the following is the passive form for the above sentence?
1) A letter is written to her
2) A letter is written by her
3) A letter will be written by her
4) Both 1 & 3
14. Choose the verb form that can be used in ‘simple past tense’.
1) Talk 2) Talked 3) Is talking 4) Talking
15. She writes a letter.
The correct ‘Yes or No’ question of this sentence is.
1) Does she write a letter?
2) Did she write a letter?
3) Who writes a letter?
4) What does she write?
16. ‘The night was perfectly calm. The word ‘perfectly’ is a/ an
1) Verb 2) Noun 3) Adjective 4) Adverb
17. If I worked hard, I ……… in the examination. Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.
1) would pass 2) will pass
3) would passed 4) Both 1 & 2
18. Although he is poor, he is honest. The underlined word is:
1) A co-ordinate conjunction
2) A subordinate conjunction
3) A phrase 4) Both 1 & 2
19. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
1) I will come to your house yesterday.
2) I have been teaching since 2008.
3) I write a novel today.
4) Both 1 & 3
20. What is the tone of the given sentence? ‘Would you please give me your pen?’
1) Formal 2) Informal
3) Semi formal 4) None of these
Directions (Q.21-24): Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. The last half my life has been lived in one of those painted epochs of human history during which the world is getting worse and past victories which had seemed to be definitive have turned out to be only temporary. When I was young, Victorian optimism was taken for granted. It was thought that freedom and prosperity would spread gradually through out the world by orderly process, and it was hoped that cruelty, tyranny, and injustice would continually diminish. Hardly anyone thought of the 19th century as a brief interlude between past and future barbarism.
21. The author feels sad about the later part of his life because,
1) He was nostalgic about his childhood
2) The world had not become prosperous
3) The author had not won any further victories
4) The world was painfully disturbed during that period of time
22. The victories of past:
1) Brought permanent peace and prosperity
2) Ended cruelty, tyranny and injustice
3) Proved to be temporary events
4) Filled men with a sense of pessimism
23. The word ‘definitive’ used in the passage means:
1) Defined 2) Final
3) Temporary 4) Incomplete
24. During the Victorian age people believed that:
1) Strife would increase
2) There would be unlimited freedom
3) Wars would be fought on an bigger scale
4) Peace would prevail and happiness would engulf the whole world
25. Learning a language is a
1) Gradual process 2) Fast process
3) Instant process 4) None
26. The unit of teaching in direct method is:
1) Word 2) Sentence 3) Phrase 4) None
27. ‘Role Play’ is an activity for promoting.
1) Speaking 2) Listening
3) Reading 4) Listening and speaking
28. According to the new pattern of education, evaluation is a/ an ………. process.
1) Bipolar 2) Tripolar
3) Unipolar 4) Automatic
29. A good text book of English should possess:
1) Reading material
2) Pictures and illustrations
3) Cultural content
4) All of the above
30. Which of the following is the base of remedial teaching?
1) Self-examination 2) Text book test
3) Diagnostic test 4) Aptitude test
Answers:
1-3
2-1
3-4
4-1
5-1
6-4
7-1
8-2
9-4
10-1
11-3
12-1
13-3
14-2
15-1
16-4
17-1
18-2
19-2
20-1
21-4
22-3
23-2
24-4
25-1
26-2
27-4
28-2
29-4
30-3.