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HTET · UNIT 03

English Language & Pedagogy – Previous Year Questions

150 questions from past HTET Common Portion papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.

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  1. Which of the following options express the correct meaning of the sentence given below ? He is too cute to overlook.
    Answer: C. He is so cute that he cannot be overlooked. HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  2. Change the narration : Kavin said to Mr. Cowper, "Please, be kind to me."
    Answer: A. Kavin requested Mr. Cowper to be kind to him. HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  3. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb : You had better …………. your hands before you eat.
    Answer: D. wash HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  4. The word 'garrulous' means :
    Answer: A. talkative HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  5. Arrange the following jumbled options in the correct order and then choose the correct option : (i) too many (ii) spoil (iii) the broth (iv) cooks
    Answer: B. (i), (iv), (ii), (iii) HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  6. Fill in the blank with the correct option : Let us stay here, while it ……….. .
    Answer: A. is raining HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  7. Choose the part of the sentence that is grammatically incorrect : The thief took towards/his heels/on seeing/the Police-van arrive.
    Answer: A. The thief took towards HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  8. Choose the part of the sentence that is grammatically incorrect : He has committed / a blunder / mistake / today morning.
    Answer: C. mistake HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  9. Fill in the blank with the correct form of verb : Neither you nor she ……....... made the mistake.
    Answer: B. has HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  10. Fill in the blank with correct 'Modal Auxiliary' : Passengers ………… not walk across the railway line. (Prohibition)
    Answer: D. must HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  11. Choose the correct passive of the given sentence : Did he kill a lion ?
    Answer: C. Was a lion killed by him ? HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  12. Fill in the blank with the correct option : Mr. Sudhir Soni is ……….. R. A. S. Officer.
    Answer: A. an HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  13. Fill in the blank with the correct option that completes the idiom : A rolling stone ………. .
    Answer: D. gathers no moss HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  14. Fill in the blank with the correct option : When Monisha reached the bus stand, the bus ……….. .
    Answer: B. had already left HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  15. Which of the following sentences is the correct option to express present perfect continuous tense ?
    Answer: B. Mr. Mehta has been waking since 2 O'clock in the morning. HTET 2022 Level-3 (PGT)
  16. Choose the correct option : Transformation from Simple sentence to Complex sentence : A lost moment is lost forever.
    Answer: A. A moment which is lost is lost forever. HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  17. Choose the correct option : Transformation of sentences : Simple to Compound He must work hard to make up for the lost time.
    Answer: C. He must work hard and make up for the lost time. HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  18. Select the correct conjunctions for the blanks : We will come …….. it rains …… not.
    Answer: C. whether, or HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  19. Choose one word substitution for the following : A word spelt and pronounced similar but differing in meaning.
    Answer: B. Homonym HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  20. Change the following sentences into Reported Speech by choosing the option. correct "If you want to smoke you'll have to go upstairs." said the landlord.
    Answer: B. The landlord told him that if he wanted to smoke he would have to go upstairs. HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  21. Change the following sentences into Reported Speech by choosing the correct option : "We're waiting for the school bus," said the children, "It's late again."
    Answer: C. The children complained that they were waiting for the school bus and it was la… HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  22. Change the voice from Active to Passive. Choose the right option : We shall discuss the question tomorrow in the meeting.
    Answer: A. The question will be discussed tomorrow in the meeting. HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  23. Choose the option which has error in it : (A) You should (B) tell to me (C) exactly what (D) happened there
    Answer: B. B HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  24. Select the correct preposition to fill in the blank : They live …….. the same roof.
    Answer: D. under HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  25. Select the correct meaning of the underlined phrasal verbs : I cannot make out the meaning of this verse.
    Answer: B. understand HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  26. Choose the correct form of tense given in the option : She (play) the sitar since 6 o'clock this morning. He just (stop).
    Answer: C. has been playing, has just stopped HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  27. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined idiom : He is friendly to the minister, he jumped the queue and got promotion.
    Answer: D. get something out of turn HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  28. Select the correct preposition to fill in the blank : He broke the jug ….... a hundred pieces.
    Answer: B. into HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  29. Select the correct infinitive form of the given sentence : Seeing is believing.
    Answer: A. To see is to believe. HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)
  30. Select the correct tense form : The car (belong) to my mother. She (use) it today to take Tom to the dentist.
    Answer: D. belongs, is using REASONING ABILITY AND G. K. & AWARENESS) HTET 2021 Level-3 (PGT)