Class 5 English Practice Questions

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Q1. Choose the correct form: 'Neither the students nor the teacher ___ present.' 📖

  1. are
  2. were
  3. is
  4. was
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D. was

Q2. What is the passive voice of: 'The farmer grows rice.'? 📖

  1. The farmer is grown by rice.
  2. Rice is grown by the farmer.
  3. Rice grows by the farmer.
  4. Rice was grown by the farmer.
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B. Rice is grown by the farmer.

Q3. Read the passage: 'Meena studied hard every day. She revised her notes and practised past papers. On exam day, she answered every question with confidence.' What quality does Meena show? 📖

  1. Arrogance
  2. Laziness
  3. Diligence
  4. Carelessness
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C. Diligence

Q4. Which of the following is a compound sentence? 📖

  1. Because she sings beautifully.
  2. She sings and he plays cricket.
  3. He plays cricket.
  4. She sings.
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B. She sings and he plays cricket.

Q5. Choose the correctly punctuated sentence. 📖

  1. Where are you going asked Rita.
  2. "Where are you going" asked rita?
  3. "where are you going" asked Rita.
  4. "Where are you going?" asked Rita.
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D. "Where are you going?" asked Rita.

Q6. What is the plural of "sheep"?

  1. sheep
  2. sheeps
  3. sheepes
  4. shoop
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A. sheep

Q7. What is the plural of "ox"?

  1. oxes
  2. oxs
  3. oxies
  4. oxen
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D. oxen

Q8. What is the past tense of "buy"?

  1. bought
  2. buyed
  3. brought
  4. buys
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A. bought

Q9. What is the past tense of "catch"?

  1. catched
  2. cought
  3. caught
  4. catches
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C. caught

Q10. What is the past tense of "fight"?

  1. fighted
  2. fought
  3. fit
  4. fights
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B. fought

Q11. What is the opposite of "arrive"?

  1. increase
  2. defeat
  3. depart
  4. ancient
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C. depart

Q12. What is the opposite of "increase"?

  1. arrive
  2. decrease
  3. absence
  4. depart
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B. decrease

Q13. What is the opposite of "presence"?

  1. minimum
  2. victory
  3. maximum
  4. absence
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D. absence

Q14. What is the opposite of "success"?

  1. presence
  2. failure
  3. exit
  4. victory
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B. failure

Q15. Which word means the same as "brave"?

  1. mistake
  2. silent
  3. courageous
  4. easy
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C. courageous

Q16. Which word means the same as "difficult"?

  1. hard
  2. silent
  3. quick
  4. brave
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A. hard

Q17. Which word means the same as "gift"?

  1. brave
  2. quick
  3. mistake
  4. present
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D. present

Q18. Which word means the same as "smart"?

  1. intelligent
  2. tidy
  3. brave
  4. difficult
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A. intelligent

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