Tahsili English Language 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct phrasal verb: 'The meeting was _____ until next week.'
- put off (Correct answer)
- put on
- put up
- put down
Correct answer: put off
'Put off' means to postpone or delay. 'The meeting was put off' means it was postponed. Other meanings: 'put on' (wear/stage), 'put up' (accommodate/erect), 'put down' (criticize/write). Phrasal verbs are frequently tested in Tahsili English.
Question 2: Which sentence contains a dangling modifier?
- Walking to school, the rain started. (Correct answer)
- While walking to school, I got caught in the rain.
- The student walked to school in the rain.
- She walked quickly to avoid the rain.
Correct answer: Walking to school, the rain started.
'Walking to school, the rain started' is a dangling modifier because it implies the rain was walking. The modifier 'walking to school' must modify a person, not 'rain.' Correct: 'Walking to school, I noticed the rain started.'
Question 3: What is the past participle of 'to choose'?
- Choosed
- Chose
- Chosen (Correct answer)
- Choosing
Correct answer: Chosen
Choose (base) → chose (past tense) → chosen (past participle). 'Chosen' is used in perfect tenses ('I have chosen') and passive voice ('was chosen'). 'Choosed' is not a valid English form.
Question 4: Select the correct sentence with proper comma usage:
- Before the exam started, the teacher distributed the papers. (Correct answer)
- Before the exam started the teacher, distributed the papers.
- Before, the exam started the teacher distributed the papers.
- Before the exam, started the teacher distributed the papers.
Correct answer: Before the exam started, the teacher distributed the papers.
When an introductory adverbial clause ('Before the exam started') begins a sentence, a comma is placed after it, before the main clause. This helps the reader parse the sentence structure correctly.
Question 5: What does 'ubiquitous' mean?
- Extremely rare
- Found everywhere; present in all places (Correct answer)
- Very expensive
- Extremely old
Correct answer: Found everywhere; present in all places
'Ubiquitous' means present, appearing, or found everywhere. Example: 'Smartphones have become ubiquitous in modern society.' It comes from the Latin 'ubique' meaning 'everywhere.'
Question 6: Which sentence uses the correct form of 'there/their/they're'?
- Their going to the library.
- They're books are on the table.
- There going to finish the project.
- They're planning to visit their grandparents there. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: They're planning to visit their grandparents there.
'They're' = they are (contraction). 'Their' = possessive (belonging to them). 'There' = location/existence. The correct sentence uses all three properly: They are planning (they're) to visit belonging to them (their) at that place (there).
Tahsili English Language 2
Choose the correct phrasal verb: 'The meeting was _____ until next week.'