Prepositions Practice Test - 5

Prepositions Practice Test - 5

Choose the suitable preposition that fits in the blank from the given options.

1. Mr. Varun attacked her _______ a knife.

by
with
of


2. The Necklace is made _______ pure gold.

with
on
of


3. John did not agree _______ my proposal.

to
with
on


4. The bank works _______ ten to five.

among
from
at


5. The chairman presided _______ the meeting

over
about
out


6. The people quarrelled ________ themselves.

between
among
of


7. The book consists _______ ten chapters.

of
on
at


8. Mr. John knows Spanish _________ English

with
beside
besides


9. I want to dispose ___________ my old bike.

with
of
out


10. Mark Twain stories are full __________ humour

of
with
on

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How to prepare and make a good oral presentation.

How to prepare and make a good oral presentation.

Spoken presentations to an audience can come in variety forms. We should make sure our purpose before making the presentation, whether it is:

• To inform
• To persuade
• To entertain
• To meet and get on with your audience

a.How to prepare a presentation: 

• Topic Information should be randomly collected
• Relevant information is to be selected
• Information must be organized to suit the audience levels
• Graphics and visuals should be organized where ever possible
• Finally, text should be edited according to the time

b.How to make an oral presentation:

• Presentation should be rehearsed.
• Flow of thought must be checked and adjusted to the allotted time.
• Body language should be monitored with built in pauses, gestures, postures and the such.
• Final presentation is made.

Points to remember:

1.Audience: Consider their knowledge, education, ability to follow what you have to say; their expectations; their needs- practical, intellectual, personal.

2.Structure: This includes thinking about: content, priorities, ordering.

3.Communication aids: These include whiteboard, flipchart, overhead projector, and data projector.

4.Delivery:  

• Most speakers need some form of prompt to make sure that they follow their pre-planned line or argument. This needs a careful management.
• A number of strategies are available to make sure that you address the audience directly and maintain their attention.
• Questions and interruptions need to be handled firmly and skillfully.

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Prepositions- Online Practice Test 4

Prepositions - Online Practice test 4

Choose the suitable preposition that fits in the blank from the given options.

1. My father is _______home.

at
in
on


2. He died _______cholera.

with
of
by


3. He died _______ bomb blasts.

in
on
with


4. His brother is arriving ______ Newyork tomorrow.

in
to
from


5. She stood ________ Mary and Clare.

among
between
on


6. Children find pleasure _______ reading stories.

on
in
among


7. The train leaves _______7’O clock.

at
on
in


8. Mr. Raju has a passion _______ music.

on
about
for


9. I go to office ______ foot

by
on
in


10. I go to office _______ bus.

by
on
in

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Prepositions- Online Practice Test 3

Prepositions- Online Practice Test 3

Choose the suitable preposition that fits in the blank from the given options.

1. There is a quarrel _______the two friends

between
of
among


2. What are you thinking _______ ?

on
in
of


3. The parrot flew out _______ the cage.

of
on
for


4. He is tired _______ walking.

on
of
about


5. They are afraid ______ dogs.

of
for
on


6. Varun is angry ______ her rude behaviour.

with
on
at


7. Varun is angry _______me.

with
on
at


8. He was hanged _______ murder.

for
of
about


9. He was accused _______ murder.

for
of
with


10. They settled _______ England.

on
of
in

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Prepositions Practice tests 2- online

Prepositions Practice tests 2- online

Choose the suitable preposition that fits in the blank from the given options.

1. Children are fond _______ sweets.

on
of
for


2. I do not agree _______ you

to
on
with


3. I do not agree ________ your proposal

to
on
with


4. They have been living here_______ 1990.

since
from
for


5. The story was written ______ him.

by
at
in


6. He has been absent ________ five days.

for
since
from


7. He is a man _______ letters.

for
of
on


8. He is a man _________ principles.

for
on
of


9. They ordered two cups ________ coffee.

of
on
for


10. He is an old friend _______ mine.

for
from
of

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Ariticles ( Demonstrative Adjectives) Explaination and Exercise - 1

Articles 

A, An and The are called Articles and are also called Demonstrative adjectives.

They are of two types.

1. Indefinite Article (A, An)
2. Definite Article (The)

Indefinite Article (A, An):

• These articles are used before a common noun (Singular) in the meaning of "one/any".
• The Indefinite article "A" is used before a common noun (singular) which starts with a consonant sound (not consonant).
• The Indefinite article "An" is  used before a common noun (singular) which starts with a vowel sound (not vowel).

e.g: 

• a hotel, an honest man (not a honest man)
• an egg, a European (not an European)

Take the following exercise and review your answers. If you have any doubts, Write a comment. You'll be answered.

Articles - exercise 1

1. _____ student.

A
An


2. ______ Chair

A
An


3. _____ owl

A
An


4. _____ ant

A
An


5. _____ apple

A
An


6. ______ engineer

A
An


7. ______ European

A
An


8. ______ honorable man

A
An


9. ______ historic event

A
An


10. ______ artist

A
An

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Guidelines:

• The phrase "The number of" agrees with singular verb and "a number of" agrees with plural verb.
• In case of such relative pronouns as "who, which, what, that" the verb agrees with the noun before these pronouns.

1. The number of students _____ very small.

is
are


2. A number of students _____ absent.

was
were


3. The number of exams _____ less this year.

is
are


4. A number of exams ____ to be conducted this year.

is
are


5. Mr. Ramu, who ____ an english teacher, uses technology in his teaching.

is
are


6. Mr. Ramu is one of the english teachers who _____ technology in English language teaching.

use
uses


7. Mr. Harry is one of my favourite students who ____ resposibly.

acts
act


8. Prof. Satish Paul is only one of those professors who _______ me a lot.

inspire
inspires


9. Samsung S5 is one of the mobiles which _____ me a lot.

attract
attracts


10. The Hindu is only one of the news papers that ______ Sunitha Chowdary's cinema review.

prints
print

Note:

• one of those + Noun ( plural) agrees with plural verb
• only one of those + Noun ( plural) agrees with singular verb.

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 6

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 6

Guidelines:

The nouns after expressions "one-half of, one-fourth of, two-thirds of, a part of, a majority of"

• agree with singular verb if the noun is singular, and
• agree with plural verb if the noun is plural.

1. One-half of mango _____ eaten.

was
were


2. One-half of mangoes _____ eaten.

was
were


3. One-fourth of construction ____ completed.

was
were


4. One-fourth of buildings ____ constructed in the new colony.

was
were


5. A part of the temple ____ to be painted.

is
are


6. Part of the walls of the temple ____ to be painted.

is
are


7. Two-thirds of the question bank ______ been submitted.

has
have


8. Two-thirds of the questions _____ been answered.

has
have


9. The majority of the population ____ voted to BJP party.

has
have


10. A majority of the people ____ voted to BJP party.

has
have

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 5

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 5

Guidelines:

• Quantifiers such as "a little, much" agree with singular verb.
• Quantifiers such as "few, a few, Many, several" agree with plural verb.

1. If a little ____ asked, my father will give me more.

is
are


2. Much ____ been provided in internet to improve communication skills.

has
have


3. A few people ___ attended to the meeting.

has
have


4. Several of them ___ not agreed to the point.

has
have


5. I came up with two points, and both ____ accepted.

was
were

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 4

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 4

Guidelines:
If the subject is made up of two nouns/pronouns joined by "or,nor, either-or, neither-nor, not only- but also", the verb agrees with the last part of the subject.

1. John or Reena ____ latest apple version mobile phone.

has
have


2. Either you or your sister ____ to attend the meeting.

has
have


3. Neither my wife nor I _______ cabbage.

like
likes


4. Neither the quality nor the prices _______ changed.

has
have


5. Neither the prices nor the quality _____ changed.

has
have


6. Notonly the teacher butalso the students ______ in favour of tour.

is
are


7. Notonly the students butalso the teacher ______ in favour of tour.

is
are


8. Neither the farmers nor the buyer _______ the present prices.

like
likes


9. Neither the buyer nor the farmers ______ the present prices.

like
likes


10. Neither English department nor Principal ____ the activity

support
supports

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 3

Subject verb agreement - Exercise 3

• Subjects joined by "and" will take plural verb, except if the two singular nouns refer to the same person.
• Subjects joined by "and" preceded by 'each', 'every' will take singular verb.

1. My pen and his pencil ______ stolen.

was
were


2. John and Mary ______ going to visit Bangalore.

are
is


3. The king and poet _____ noble.

was
were


4. Idly and sambar ____ my favourite breakfast.

are
is


5. Each boy and girl _____ expected to finish the project by Monday.

are
is


6. Every man and woman ____ to vote in a democratic country.

has
have


7. English and social studies ____ taught by Mr. Ramu Magham.

is
are


8. He and I ____ brothers

am
are


9. Every man, woman and child ___ now aware of global warming.

is
are


10. There ____ wise and experience manager in our company.

are
is

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise2

Subject verb agreement - Exercise 2

Guidelines: 

• Make sure whether the verb agrees with the true subject but not with the intervening plural object. Some times prepositions confuse you to take wrong verb.
• A singular verb is used with words such as each, either, neither, everyone, one of the, etc.

1. The box of pencils ____ misssing

is
are


2. My experience as teacher to boys and girls ______ me better understanding.

give
gives


3. The prices of new samsung galaxy mobile ____ from store to store.

change
changes


4. The suitcase with all its contents ____ stolen

was
were


5. Raju, together with his parents ____ present to the party

is
are


6. No one besides my teacher _____ how to read my hand writing

know
knows


7. Either of the two heroes ______ suitable to play idiot character.

is
are


8. Neither of two princes _____ suitable to marry portia

is
are


9. one of the students _____ absent today

are
is


10. Each of these books _____ interesting to read

is
are

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Take the following test to strengthen your learning.

1. Politics ____ a tricky game

is
are


2. Both Raju and his father _____ very kind

is
are


3. Mathematics ____ an interesting subject.

is
are


4. Neither of the father nor his sons ____ hurt

was
were


5. A large number of people ____ present to the meeting

was
were


6. School _____ at 9:00 AM

start
starts


7. The student who admires you very much ______ to see you

want
wants


8. The students who admire you very much ______ to see you

want
wants


9. There ____ a mango tree in our garden

is
are


10. There ____ many mango trees in our friend's farm

is
are

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Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise2

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English Quizzes, Exercises

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 1

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 2 

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 3 

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 4

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 5

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 6

Subject Verb Agreement - Exercise 7

Articles - Exercise 1

 

 

 

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