All Free English MCQs with Answers

2801. But in the main, I feel like a brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall. Against a wall in company with other bags, white, red, and yellow. Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a jumble of small things: priceless lengths of string, a key to a door long since crumbled away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two still a little fragrant. In your hand is the brown bag. On the ground before you is the jumble it held-so much like the jumble in the bags, could they be emptied, that all might be dumped in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. Perhaps that is how the Great Stuffer of Bags filled them in the first place-who knows?The primary purpose of the passage is to:

• A. Describe the contents of bags
• B. Suggest people are not predisposed to prejudice
• C. Recommend all people share wealth with others
• D. Purport that all people have some value

Explanation: The passage uses the metaphor of bags to show that everyone has a mix of experiences and memories, suggesting that all people have inherent value. This is the primary purpose of the passage.

2802. It seemed to me, as I kept remembering all this, that those times and those summers had been infinitely precious and worth saving. There had been jollity and peace and goodness. The arriving at the beginning of August) had been so big a business in itself; at the railway station the farm wagon drawn up, the first smell of the pine-laden air, the first glimpse of the smiling farmer, and the great importance of the trunks and your father's enormous authority in such matters, and the feel of the wagon under you for the long ten- mile haul, and at the top of the last long catching the first view of the lake after eleven months not seeing this cherished body of water. The shouts and cries of the other campers when they saw you, and the trunks to be unpacked, to give up their rich burden. (Arriving was less exciting nowadays when you sneaked up in your car and parked it under a tree near the damp and took out the bags and in five minutes it was all over, no fuss, no loud wonderful fuss about trunks.)In the passage, the author emphasizes which aspect of the childhood memory?

• A. The anticipation
• B. The aromas
• C. Enjoying friends
• D. The arrival

Explanation: The arrival is the central focus, with detailed descriptions of the journey, the excitement, and the contrast with present-day arrivals.

2803. I fretted the other night at the hotel at the stranger who broke into my chamber after midnight, claiming to share it. But after his lamp had smoked the chamber full and I had turned round to the wall in despair, the man blew out his lamp, knelt down at his bedside, and made in low whisper a long earnest prayer. Then was the relation entirely changed between us. I fretted no more, but respected and liked him. The probable purpose of the author using the phrase, "lamp had smoked the chamber full" is to:

• A. Establish a period of time
• B. Show a low grade fuel was used
• C. Establish the faultiness of the lamp
• D. Indicate the lamp was turned up too high

Explanation: The phrase highlights the lamp's malfunction or inefficiency by describing how it filled the room with smoke, suggesting it was faulty.

2804. I fretted the other night at the hotel at the stranger who broke into my chamber after midnight, claiming to share it. But after his lamp had smoked the chamber full and I had turned round to the wall in despair, the man blew out his lamp, knelt down at his bedside, and made in low whisper a long earnest prayer. Then was the relation entirely changed between us. I fretted no more, but respected and liked him. What can the reader infer about the speaker based on the passage?

• A. He is a brave man
• B. He is used to sharing his room with strangers
• C. He easily overcomes fear
• D. He is a religious man

Explanation: The speaker's ability to shift from discomfort to respect and liking after witnessing the prayer indicates a capacity to overcome his initial fear or discomfort.

2805. Read the passage and answer the question:Comprehension of medical books is considered as one of the most difficult processes among understanding technical terms of diversified fields. Many studies have considered reading as a guessing activity; which means regardless of the student's level, the text will frequently contain numerous difficult words. The ability to guess and infer the meanings of unknown terminology might be viewed as a skill that should be developed.All is true except:

• A. Acquiring technical jargon is difficult in technical professions, such as medical
• B. The only reading approach used by medical students is inferring the meaning of challenging words
• C. The technical terminology makes comprehension of medical text challenging
• D. None of the above

Explanation: The passage does not suggest that guessing difficult terminologies is the ONLY reading approach.It is just a consideration and the writer uses the word "FREQUENTLY" which means often but not always.

2806. Identify the type of Phrase:She lived in the middle of a great wood.

• A. Noun phrase
• B. Adjective phrase
• C. Adverb phrase
• D. Verb phrase

Explanation: The phrase "in the middle of a great wood" functions as an adverb phrase.

2807. Identify the type of Phrase :Mr. Ali, my cousin, has made it to the merit of KEMU.

• A. Noun phrase
• B. adjective phrase
• C. Adverb phrase
• D. Apposite phrase

Explanation: Appositive Phrase (Correct): An appositive phrase renames or identifies another noun or pronoun. Here, "my cousin" renames or identifies "Mr. Ali," providing additional information about him.

2808. The jug is full _ juice?

• A. Of.
• B. About
• C. By
• D. Both Options A and B are correct

Explanation: The jug is full of juice indicates that the juice is filled in the jug. The jug is full about the juice is grammatically incorrect and makes no sense. Similar the jug is full by juice indicates that the jug has juice in it but it's again grammatically incorrect.

2809. Complete the sentence using the grammatically correct word or phrase.They _ to watch a movie _ going home.

• A. Went, instead
• B. Go, instead
• C. Went, instead of
• D. Go, inside of

Explanation: This sentence uses the correct verb tense, "went," to indicate that the action has already occurred. "Instead of" is the correct phrase to show that they chose one activity over another. Option C They "went" to watch a movie "instead of" going home is the grammatically correct and most coherent choice.

2810. Complete the sentence using the most suitable preposition.I shall visit you _ summers.

• A. At
• B. On
• C. In
• D. Over

Explanation: When discussing visiting someone during a particular season, we use the preposition "in". For example, "I shall visit you in summer". The preposition "at" is used for specific times of the day or night, such as "I shall visit you at noon". The preposition "on" is used for specific days or dates, such as "I shall visit you on Monday". The preposition "over" is used for more than one day or occasion, such as "I shall visit you over the weekend".