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Sectional Test 3
Thirty multiple choice questions drawn from every topic in Grammar, Vocabulary and Comprehension — two questions from each of the fifteen topics, matching the weight of the real AAI ATC General English section. 4 of these are real previous year questions. No question is repeated across the four sectional tests. An answer key follows at the end.
30questions
35 minsuggested time
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Score0 correct · 0 of 30 attempted
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This is a full-section mock, not a single-topic drill — treat it as timed practice under real conditions, about twenty-five minutes for the thirty questions Grammar carries the most questions, matching its weight in the actual exam, followed by Vocabulary and then Comprehension If a question type feels shaky, note the topic and go back to that topic's dedicated worksheet for focused practice
How to use this worksheet. Attempt this exactly as you would the real section: one steady pass, marking anything doubtful rather than stalling on it, then a second pass at the end. Reviewing which topics cost you the most time here is more useful than the score itself.
Section A · Grammar
Mixed topics, ten questions
Covers tenses, subject-verb agreement, articles and prepositions, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, spotting errors, and sentence improvement — two questions from each of the seven Grammar topics.
Q1
Fill in the blank. Look! The baby ______.
Look! points to something happening at this moment, which calls for the present continuous.
Q2
Choose the correct sentence.
After the auxiliary did the main verb returns to its base form, so it is did not go.
Q3
Fill in the blank. Mathematics ______ my favourite subject.
Subject names ending in -ics, such as mathematics, physics and economics, are singular.
Q4
A singular subject takes a:
The verb must agree in number with its subject. This is the whole of the topic in one line.
Q5
Fill in the blank. He has lived here ______ ten years.
For is used with a duration, which is the counterpart of the previous question.
Q6
Fill in the blank. ______ Ganga is a sacred river.
Names of rivers, seas, mountain ranges and deserts all take the.
Q7
In a passive sentence, the doer of the action is introduced by:
The agent follows by, as in written by Tagore. It may be left out entirely if it is unknown or unimportant.
Q8
Change to the passive. She writes a letter.
The present simple active becomes is written in the passive. Note that she becomes her after the preposition.
Q9
Change to indirect speech. He said, “I am busy.”
The reporting verb is past, so am backshifts to was and I becomes he.
Q10
Spot the error. He asked me that I was ready.
A yes-or-no question is introduced by if or whether, never by that.
Q11
Select the part that contains the error. Divide the sweets / among the two boys / who are waiting / outside the room.
Between is used for two, among for more than two.
Q12
Select the part that contains the error. By the time we reached, / the train / already left / the station.
Of two past events the earlier one takes the past perfect, so it should be had already left.
Q13
Select the option that best substitutes the underlined part. He did not went to school.
After the auxiliary did the main verb returns to its base form, go.
Q14
Select the option that best substitutes the underlined part. She said that she will come the next day.
After a past reporting verb, will backshifts to would.
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Section B · Vocabulary
Mixed topics, ten questions
Covers synonyms, antonyms, idioms and phrases, one-word substitution, and spellings — two questions from each of the five Vocabulary topics.
Q15
Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. His explanation was lucid.
Lucid means easily understood. The root is the Latin lux, light.
Q16PYQ 2021 · Shift 3
Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. The design on the hand-woven shawl was beautiful.
Exquisite means finely and delicately beautiful, which suits a hand-woven design. The trap here is that affable, amiable and agreeable all describe a pleasant person, not an object — three options share a meaning that cannot apply to a shawl.
Q17PYQ 2025 · Shift 1
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. DETERMINED
This question is imperfectly framed, since suspicious is not a true opposite of determined. But resolute, stubborn and firm are all clear synonyms, so suspicious is the only option that can be intended. When no option is a genuine antonym, eliminate the synonyms and take what remains — that technique earns the mark on a flawed question.
Q18
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. CONCEAL
Reveal means to make known. The other three all mean to hide.
Q19
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To hold the fort
It means to take responsibility while the person normally in charge is away.
Q20PYQ 2021 · Shift 2
Select the most appropriate idiom to fill in the blank. As soon as the decision to raise the price of petrol and diesel was announced, _______ in the Parliament.
The main clause is in the past (was announced), so the idiom must be past too: all hell broke loose. Here the tense decides the answer, not the meaning — all four options carry the same sense.
Q21
Select the one-word substitute. One who cannot read or write
Illiterate means unable to read or write. Illegible describes handwriting that cannot be read.
Q22
Select the one-word substitute. One who is indifferent to pleasure and pain
A stoic endures both without complaint. An epicurean is almost the opposite, seeking pleasure.
Q23
Select the correctly spelt word.
Questionnaire takes a double n, following the French pattern.
Q24
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
It should be believe — i before e except after c.
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Section C · Comprehension
Mixed topics, ten questions
Covers reading comprehension, cloze test, and para jumbles — two questions from each of the three Comprehension topics.
Q25PYQ 2021 · Shift 2
Two words used in the passage which are synonymous with each other are:
Eruption and outbreak both describe the sudden appearance of the disease. Cholera is a disease and miasma a supposed vapour, so they are not synonyms, and the two occupations in option 4 are quite different.
Q26
According to the passage, why did Sreedharan set deadlines publicly?
The final sentence states the reason directly.
Q27
Fill in blank (4).
The fixed expression is give a reason for something.
Q28
Fill in blank (3).
The subject is it, referring to kindness, and the sentence needs the base form after does not: mean.
Q29
Sentences of a paragraph are given in jumbled order. Arrange them to form a meaningful, coherent paragraph. A. This process, called photosynthesis, is essential to almost all life on Earth. B. Plants convert sunlight into chemical energy stored in glucose. C. In turn, animals depend on plants, directly or indirectly, for food. D. They do this using a green pigment called chlorophyll, found in their leaves.
Start with the general claim B, explain the mechanism in D, name the process in A, then extend to the wider consequence in C: B, D, A, C. A pronoun such as they or this must always refer back to something already introduced, which is the surest way to link two sentences.
Q30
Parts of a sentence are given in jumbled order. Arrange them to form a meaningful sentence. A. the exam B. she prepared for C. by studying every day D. six months in advance
The natural sentence is She prepared for the exam six months in advance by studying every day, which is B, A, D, C. Find the subject and main verb first — here that is B — and build outward from it.
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