Question Paper for Sr. Teacher (Sec. Edu.) Comp. Exam - 2025(English)

Q121.Choose the correct option of tenses to complete the given sentence. I (buy) a new house last year, but I (not sell) my old house yet, so at the moment I have two houses.

Q122.Fill in the blanks with appropriate tense forms. (i) I ____ (write) a letter now. (ii) I ____ (write) four letters today. (iii) Shyam said he ____ (write) since 2 O’clock.

Q123.Fill in the blanks with the correct verb form. I ____ to the court because I ____ a show cause notice.

Q124.Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. i. He worked and sang ____ morn till night. ii. A fair little girl sat ____ a tree. iii. I tried ____ reason him out of his fears. iv. The lion and the unicorn fought ____ the crown.

Q125.Choose the correct verb form from those given below. When I ____ my dinner, I went to bed.

Q126.Which of the following sentences have correct use of prepositions ? A. He is a man of considerable achievements. B. That man with a bald head and only one arm is an old soldier. C. That lady into red with a shopping basket is my sister.

Q127.Fill in the blank choosing the correct preposition. India has entered ____ a treaty with Israel.

Q128.Choose the correct preposition from the given options. There’s still no cure ____ the common cold.

Q129.Fill in the blank with the correct option that indicates the concept in the bracket. I thought he ____ be at home. (possibility)

Q130.Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals in accordance with the mood. (strict prohibition) Luggage ____ be left unattended.

Q131.Choose appropriate modal in the following sentence: It is the third time she’s been skating this week. She ____ really enjoy it.

Q132.Supply the blanks with appropriate degrees of adjectives. i. He is ____ (kind) man I have ever met. ii. He makes ____ (few) mistakes than you (do). iii. I want ____ (strong) rope.

Q133.Rewrite the following sentence using correct modal in place of the underlined words: I suppose he was thirty when I first met him.

Q134.Change the degree of comparison in the following statements, without changing the meaning: (Positive to Superlative) Very few Indian cities are as big as Chennai.

Q135.Which of the following sentences is/are incorrect in the use of the comparative degree ? A. Susan’s car is cheaper than Mary. B. Susan’s car is cheaper than Mary’s. C. I would prefer to take a walk rather than sit idle. D. I would prefer to take a walk than to sit idle.

Q136.Transform the following sentence into a compound sentence: “We must eat to live.”

Q137.Which of the following statements are correct ? A. A complex sentence contains only one dependent clause. B. A complex sentence contains more than one main clause. C. A complex sentence contains one or more than one dependent clause. D. A complex sentence contains only one main clause.

Q138.A man who had money problems threw himself off the building. The underlined clause is ____. A. Co-ordinate clause B. Finite clause C. Subordinate clause D. Non-finite clause The correct answer is:

Q139.Convert the following complex sentence into compound sentence: I have found the pen that I had lost.

Q140.Transform the following interrogative sentence into affirmative without change of the meaning: Can we ever forget her kindness to us ?