BHEESHMA TET CENTRE-GINGEE
STUDY MATERIAL-PAPER-I
SYLLABLES
A syllable is a unit of pronunciation uttered without interruption, loosely, a single sound. All words are
made from at least one syllable.
Monosyllables have only one vowel sound; Disyllables have two vowel sound trisyllables have three vowel sound tetrasyllables have four vowel sound polysyllables have more than one. If a syllable ends
with a consonant, it is called a closed syllable. If a syllable ends
with a vowel, it is called an open syllable.
Singular Plural
singular + -s
singular
|
plural
|
a car
|
two cars
|
a cassette
|
two cassettes
|
a lamp
|
two lamps
|
a hat
|
two hats
|
a cup
|
two cups
|
Add -es after x,ch,sh,o,s,ss:
singular
|
plural
|
a box
|
two boxes
|
a sandwich
|
two sandwiches
|
a suitcase
|
two suitcases
|
a rose
|
two roses
|
a garage
|
two garages
|
Substitute y after consonant with -ies
singular
|
plural
|
a city
|
two cities
|
a lady
|
two ladies
|
Add
-s after vowel + y
singular
|
plural
|
a boy
|
two boys
|
a day
|
two days
|
Nouns on -f or -fe
add -s
|
substitute
with -ves
|
||
singular
|
plural
|
singular
|
plural
|
a roof
|
two roofs
|
a thief
|
two thieves
|
a cliff
|
two cliffs
|
a wife
|
two wives
|
a sheriff
|
two sheriffs
|
a shelf
|
|
|
add -s
|
substitute with -ves
|
||
singular
|
plural
|
singular
|
plural
|
a disco
|
two discos
|
a tomato
|
two tomatoes
|
a piano
|
two pianos
|
a potato
|
two potatoes
|
a photo
|
two photos
|
a hero
|
two heroes
|
singular
|
|
a man
|
two men
|
a woman
|
two women
|
a child
|
two children
|
a mouse
|
two mice
|
A tooth
|
Two teeth
|
ARTICLES
Indefinite articles
A- used before words starting with consonant sounds(b to z except a,e,i,o,u)
Example:a Banana ,a car
B- AN- used before words starting with vowel sounds(a,e,i,o,u)
Example:an Elephant ,an english teacher
Definite article
THE- we use the when you know that the listener knows or can work out what particular person/thing you are talking about.
Example:The apple,The car,The girl
BHEESHMA TET CENTRE-GINGEE
STUDY MATERIAL-PAPER-I
Prefixes
We use prefixes to change meaning. They never
change the part of speech. (Most suffixes change the part of speech.)
• Many prefixes give
a word a meaning which is the opposite or negative of the original. For
example, we can use the prefixes dis or un:
dis +
appear - disappear
un + tie
- untie
prefix
|
meaning / use
|
example
|
anti +
adjective/noun
|
opposite
|
anti- clockwise/ anti-climax
|
anti + noun / adjective
|
against
|
anti-theft device / anti-European
|
co + noun / verb
|
together
|
cohabit
|
dis + verb
|
negative/opposite
|
dislike / disembark
|
il + adjective
|
opposite
|
illegal
|
im +
adjective
|
opposite
|
impossible
|
in+adjective
|
opposite
|
indirect
|
inter +
adjective
|
between
|
intercontinental
|
ir + adjective
|
opposite
|
irregular
|
mis + verb
|
wrongly/ badly
|
mistook / mishandle
|
over +
verb
|
too much
|
overwork
|
out + verb
|
more
|
outnumber
|
post +
noun / verb
|
after
|
postgraduate
|
pre +
noun / verb
|
before
|
pre- arrangement
|
pro +
noun / adjective
|
in favour
of
|
pro-Unions / pro-European
|
sub +
adjective
|
below
|
substandard
|
super +
noun/ adjective
|
greater
than
|
superhuman
|
trans +
noun / verb /
|
across
|
transplant /transcontinental
|
un + verb / adjective
|
negative /
opposite
|
unlock / unhappy
|
under + verb
|
not
enough/too little
|
undercook / undercharge
|
SUFFIX
§
In linguistics, a suffix (also sometimes called a postfix or ending)
is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are
case endings, which indicate thegrammatical
case of
nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs. Particularly in the
study of Semitic
languages, a suffix is called an afformative,
as they can alter the form of the words to which they are fixed. Some derivational
suffixes in present day English: -s third person singular present
§
-ed past tense
§
-s plural
§
-en plural (irregular)
BHEESHMA TET CENTRE-GINGEE
TEST -PAPER-I
A)Mono syllable B)Di syllable C)Tri syllable D)poly syllable
1.Catch 2.Bear 3.Comic 4.Nature
5.Constitution 6.Education 7.Administration 8.Examination 9.Bheeshma 10.fly
Find the plural forms from the given options(questions11-20)
11.Tomato
A) tomatos
B) tomatoes C)tomatoies D)tomato
12.Box
A) Boxes B) Boxs C) Boxer D)Boxies
13.Child
A) childs B ) children C) childes D) chilled
14.Bangle
A) Bangles B) Bagles C) Banglees
D)Banglies
15.King Henry had many___(wife)
A) wifes B) wives
C) wife D) wifees
16.There are ten___(bench) in our
class
A) bench B) benchees C) benches D) benchs
17.The ___(deer) were living in
the forest
A) deer B) deers
C) deeres D) deeries
18.The tailor uses many ___(scissors)
A) scissors B) scissores C) scissor
D) None
19.The ___(mouse)were chased by
the cat.
A) Mouses B) maize C) mice D) maice
20.Autuumn __(leaf) are so
beautiful
A)leafs B)leaves
C)leave D)leafes
Choose the appropriate articles(questions 21-30)
A)’a’ B)’an C.’The’ D)None
21.
......... President
of the United States will be
visiting Australia
22. Can you please help me pick
out ......... birthday
present for my father?
23. How much will it cost to go
on ......... holiday to Singapore
24. I couldn't believe my eyes
when I saw ....elephant crossing the road in front of my school yesterday.
25. My brother won an award for
being ......... best
speller in our school.
26. I like to watch tennis on
television. It is ......... very
good game.
27. Please meet me at the train
station in ......... hour
from now.
28. Can you please go to ......... grocery store on Fifth Street
29. I want to buy ......... laptop computer next week.
30.____patient must be
discharged today.
Choose the appropriate affixes(prefix,suffix)
31. He was
acting in a very___(child) way
A) child B)
children C) childish D) childly
32.She looked__(happy) She
started to cry.
A) happier
B) unhappy C) happily D) happiest
33.The
team that he supported were able to win the ___(champion)
A) champions
B) championship
C) unchampion
D ) dischampion
34. I couldn't find any ____(weak)in his theory
A) weak B) unweak C) weakness D) weaken
35. He wants to be a ____(Mathematics)
A)maths B)mathematics C)mathematician
D)mathematic
36.The boy___(behave)in the class
A) inbehave B) misbehave C) behaviour D) behaved
37.We are___(qualify)him because of his mistake
A) qualifying D) misqualifying C) disqualifying
D)unqualify
38.He is an____(regular) student
A) regular B) unregular C) irregular D) regularity
39.He___(like) me
A) unlike B) likely C) mislike D) dislikes
40.We should make__(arrangements)before the
class.
A) pre
arrangements B) prearrangements
C) arranging
D) arrangmens
ALL THE BEST—BHEESHMA TET---GINGEE
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