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NTS / PTS English MCQs with Answers

35 practice MCQs on English for NTS / PTS tests. Think of your answer first, then open "Show answer and explanation". These are practice questions, not official examination papers.

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Q1. Change into indirect speech: He said to me, 'Where do you live?'

  1. He told me where I lived.
  2. He asked me where do I live.
  3. He asked me that where I lived.
  4. He asked me where I lived.
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Correct answer: D. He asked me where I lived.

Questions are reported using asked and normal word order.

Q2. Choose the correct option: If I were a bird, I ___ fly.

  1. can
  2. shall
  3. will
  4. would
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Correct answer: D. would

The second conditional uses would.

Q3. Choose the synonym of 'eminent'.

  1. Distinguished
  2. Ordinary
  3. Weak
  4. Unknown
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Correct answer: A. Distinguished

Eminent means famous and respected.

Q4. Meaning of 'to call it a day':

  1. To plan
  2. To stop working
  3. To celebrate
  4. To start work
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Correct answer: B. To stop working

It means to end an activity.

Q5. Choose the synonym of 'illuminate'.

  1. Light up
  2. Hide
  3. Darken
  4. Dim
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Correct answer: A. Light up

Illuminate means to light up.

Q6. Choose the correct pronoun: Between you and ___, this is a secret.

  1. mine
  2. I
  3. me
  4. myself
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Correct answer: C. me

After a preposition, the objective case 'me' is used.

Q7. Choose the antonym of 'expand'.

  1. Contract
  2. Enlarge
  3. Grow
  4. Widen
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Correct answer: A. Contract

The opposite of expand is contract.

Q8. Meaning of 'cost an arm and a leg':

  1. Dangerous
  2. Very cheap
  3. Very expensive
  4. Painful
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Correct answer: C. Very expensive

It means extremely costly.

Q9. Meaning of 'add fuel to the fire':

  1. Start a fire
  2. Make a bad situation worse
  3. Solve a problem
  4. Cook food
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Correct answer: B. Make a bad situation worse

It means to aggravate.

Q10. One word for 'a place where bees are kept':

  1. Aviary
  2. Aquarium
  3. Apiary
  4. Kennel
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Correct answer: C. Apiary

An apiary is for bees.

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