5thWeek Online Planner Test

Section – I: English
Cloze Tests
Passage 1
___1___ it is true that Ms. Arrimadas’s party is the biggest winner, it still does not have a majority of
seats; forming a coalition of anti–independence parties will be difficult. It is not ___2___ that Mr. Rajoy
looks favourably on the Citizens party, which supports his centre–right People’s Party (PP) at the national
level, ___3___them to form a minority government in Madrid. This is especially ___4___ in light of the
dismal results of the PP in the Catalonian elections. The party won just three seats, down from 11 in the
previous parliament. It ___5___ Mr. Rajoy, in his capacity as Prime Minister, to opt for the path of
dialogue and understanding. This will likely involve, as a first step, ___6___ the return of Mr. Puigdemont
and the release of Mr. Junqueras and those who were jailed with him, ___7___ facing 30 years in prison
for non–violent political acts. While giving in to ___8___ may be tempting, it will be ___9___ for Catalonia
and Spain in the longer term. Dialogue is ___10___, given the complex and divisive issue of independence.
1. a) Since b) While c) As d) Because
2. a) surprising b) Boring c) Factual d) Facile
3. a) Asking b) Causing c) Forcing d) Enabling
4. a) Simple b) Casual c) Elementary d) Significant
5. a) Behoves b) Smiles c) Enquires d) Relates
6. a) Refusing b) Resulting c) facilitating d) Creating
7. a) Potentially b) Reject c) Askance d) Look
8. a) Greed b) Awareness c) expediency d) Poignancy
9. a) Easy b) costly c) Simple d) cheap
10. a) useless b) crucial c) Unimportant d) awful
Passage 2
Putting in place a scientific national plan to expand good green cover is ___11___, since the sequestration
of carbon through sustainably managed forests is a key___12___ of the commitment made under the
Paris Agreement. There is already a Green India Mission, which is distinct from the
framework___13___for compensatory afforestation. What the Centre needs to do is to enable
independent audit of all connected programmes, in order to sensibly ___14___ the financial resources
now available. It must be___15___, however, that replacing a natural forest with a plantation does not
really serve the cause of nature, wildlife, or the forest–dwelling communities who depend on it, because
of the sheer loss of biodiversity. Yet, there is immense potential to ___16___ the services of forests
through a careful choice of plants and trees under the afforestation programme. All this can make a
beginning only with the ___17___ of the law passed in 2016. It is worth pointing out that the method
used to ___18___ the net present value of forests, taking into account all ecosystem services they provide,
is far from perfect, as many scientists point out. Some of the ___19___ for compensatory afforestation
has come from judicial directives, but now that there is a new law in place, it should be given a foundation
of rules that ___20___ on scientific credibility.

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11. a) Essential b) Relevant c) Inane d) Ineffective
12. a) Loss b) Concept c) Component d) Quota
13. a) Referred b) Relevant c) Engaged d) Envisaged
14. a) Deploy b) Return c) Finance d) Refer
15. a) Reflected b) Identified c) Emphasized d) Incurred
16. a) Slow b) Augment c) Skip d) Reflect
17. a) Reflection b) Actualization c) Naturalization d) Indigenization
18. a) Calculate b) Identify c) Predict d) Project
19. a) Supposition b) Factorization c) Perfection d) momentum
20. a) Identify b) Sever c) Rest d) Serve
Passage 3
Looking at a Raja Ravi Varma painting day in and day out has ___21___ the BalaRamayanam actress,
Bharatanatyam dancer and Carnatic vocalist SmitaMadhav, to ___22___ life into the characters
she___23___. The dancer discloses that like most Indian homes, theirs too has several Raja Ravi Varma
replicas.“Out of these, the three paintings that I ___24___ seeing most often were a pair of Lakshmi–
Saraswathi paintings that my mother ___25___ from her parents and a Lakshmi painting that surprisingly
hangs in the kitchen in my home,” she says.“Raja Ravi Varma’s paintings have played a___26___, yet
significant, part in daily conversations at our home. Each time I would try out dance make–up as a
child/teenager, my mom or a senior dancer’s mom would suggest corrections with a ‘Ravi Varma painting
maadiriirukkavendaamo’ (you ought to look like a Ravi Varma painting).___27___, each time we would
watch the performances of great artists, the women at home would___28___, ‘Ravi Varma painting
maadiriirukkaa’ (she looks like a Ravi Varma painting). In ___29___ it now seems that Ravi Varma and his
work had seeped deep into my mind long before I even thought of ___30___ parts like the women in Ravi
Varma’s painting,” she says.
21. a) Inspired b) Told c) Made up d) Made out
22. a) Throw b) breathe c) Bring d) Put
23. a) Acts b) Shows c) Pretends d) Portrays
24. a) ended up b) Found c) Like d) Saw
25. a) Selected b) Rejected c) Inherited d) Refunded
26. a) Easy b) Important c) Subtle d) Useless
27. a) Though b) Similarly c) Therefore d) Nevertheless
28. a) Sing b) Ask c) Smile d) Gush
29. a) Reflection b) Retrospect c) Thinking d) Looking back
30. a) Acting b) Copying c) Donning d) Rejecting
TENSES
Fill in the correct form verb – All Tenses.
31. I __________a great film yesterday. (see)
32. __________a new car? (you ever buy)

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33. I __________him last Monday. (meet)
34. The band __________while I __________. (play, write)
35. She __________the new car in 2005. (buy)
36. Her mother __________in Victoria for the past five years. (live)
37. They __________in Germany when we arrived a few days ago. (already be)
38. __________to get married? (you plan)
39. I __________so much fun since I was a kid. (have)
40. When I got up I __________out of the window and __________that it __________. (look, see,
rain)
41. Janet __________for Smith and Brothers before she came to work for us. (work)
42. I __________three movies so far this week. (see)
43. How long __________for me? (you wait)
44. I __________over Loch Ness last week. __________the Loch Ness monster?(fly, you see)
45. I’m afraid I’m not hungry. I__________. (already eat)
46. Peter __________football in the afternoon when he got the call. (play)
47. “What __________between 9 and 12 yesterday morning”, the detective said. (you do)
48. He kept looking at her, wondering where he __________her before. (see)
49. The doctor’s waiting room was full of people. Some __________a magazine, a woman
__________and a child __________with a doll.Suddenly the door __________and a nurse
__________out. (read, knit, play, open, come)
50. Travelling __________much easier and more comfortable in the past hundred years. (become)
51. I __________cake. That’s why my hands are full of flour. (bake)
52. When I first came to this house it __________quite a noisy area. (be)
53. He twisted his ankle while he __________. (ski)
54. __________the doors before you leave the house? (you ever lock)
55. My best friend and I __________each other for 15 years. (know)
56. Jack usually __________but he __________when his father comes. (smoke, not smoke)
57. __________breakfast yet? – Yes I had it together with Sue at 7. (you have)
58. I __________this kind of work when I was a small boy. (do)
59. He __________the paper when his wife came home. (read)
60. He __________for an hour now. I’ll be finished soon. (speak)
61. How long __________John and Maria? We met the couple over thirteen years ago. (you know)
62. He __________in Oxford for two years and when his mother died he moved to London. (live)
63. After Harry __________his work he __________Jude from the office. (finish, call)
64. You __________your homework for two hours. Haven’t you finished yet? (do)

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65. He always __________to the supermarket alone, but today he __________his son with him. (go,
take)
66. He never __________in the evening, only on Sundays. (work)
67. I __________to South America but I have been to New York several times. (never, be)
68. __________Jean? – No, she probably went to her friend’s place. (anyone, see)
69. I __________to the bank yesterday but when I got there it was closed. (go)
70. She __________in school all day. (be)
71. Lee __________late every day since Tuesday. (be)
72. Herbert’s father __________his son’s birthday (never forget)
73. I __________my report because I had a problem with my computer. (not finish)
Fill in the correct form – All Tenses.
74. When we reach Land’s End we __________ 1,500 km. (walk)
75. I just remembered that I __________ the rent yet. I’m surprised that the landlord __________me
up and reminded me. (not pay, not ring)
76. It’s a beautiful drive. I am sure you __________ the scenery. (enjoy)
77. The car __________. If you get in Tom and I __________ you a push. (not start, give)
78. I put the five–pound notes into one of the books; but the next day it __________ me ages to find
it because I __________ which book I __________ it in. (take, forget, put)
79. He __________ the bagpipes since six this morning.He __________. (play,just stop)
80. My son __________ work yet. He’s still at High School. – How long __________ at school? He
__________ there for six years.Before that he __________ five years at primary school. (not start,
he be, be, spend)
81. Mary: I wonder what he __________ now. Ann: Well, his girlfriend __________ from Japan too,
so I suppose he __________ Japanese. (say, come, speak)
82. When I first met him he __________ architecture. (study)
83. While we __________ someone __________ into the house and __________us this note. (fish,
break, leave)
84. It won’t be easy to get out of the country .The police __________ all of the ports.(watch)
85. If I catch some fish, __________ them for me? (you cook)
86. He __________ to come. (not forget)
87. It __________ for the last two hours so the game __________ (rain, be postponed)
88. When I __________ him he __________ a picture of his wife. __________it? (see, paint, you like)
89. The car had nobody I it but the engine __________. (run)
90. Tom can’t have the newspaper now because his aunt __________ it. (read)
91. This shop __________ for good next Monday. (close)
92. Where __________ tonight? I __________ out with Peter. (you go, go)

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93. At 3 a.m. Jane __________ up her husband and said that she __________that someone
__________ to get into the house. (wake, think, try)
94. When you see me next time I __________ my new sunglasses. (wear)
95. This bike __________ in our family for the last 14 years. My father __________ it for the first five
years, then my brother __________ it and I __________ it since then. (be, use,ride,have)
96. Some time ago I __________ that our mayor __________ to go to Iceland. What __________ to
do there? (read, want, he want)
97. You see, Doctor, she __________ ill two days ago and since then she__________ anything.I’m sure
she __________ several kilos. (fall, not eat, lose)
98. Most people __________ at work when the fire __________. (be, start)
99. After five years of travelling through Asia I __________ back to Europe next week.I __________
the flight (go, already book)
100. I saw him when he __________ the house. I __________ at the corner when he __________ by.
He __________ a word and I __________ a word either. (leave, just stand, pass, not say , not say)
IF – CLAUSES IF1
Put the verbs in brackets into their correct forms!
101. I would have read the letter if I __________ (know) it was from you.
102. If Tony doesn’t help in the garden I __________ (not finish) my work in time.
103. If you __________ (not tell) me about Maxwell’s birthday I would forget it.
104. We __________ (catch) the train earlier ifMary had found her purse.
105. If Susan __________ (learn) the poem she would have known the answer.
106. If it __________ (be) too hot wewill stop and get a cold drink.
107. If it __________ (not rain) today I would stay it home.
108. If the Professor spoke clearly we __________ (understand) him better.
109. If you go on talking like that we __________ (throw) you out.
110. If Sasha__________ (go) home now he would meet his own brother.
111. If it rained, the streets __________ (be) wet.
112. If I __________ (not tell) Jim the address he wouldn’t have found you.
113. The bird __________ (die) if you had caught it.
114. What __________ (you, do) if you won the lottery?
115. If the weather __________ (not change) we will reach the top of the mountain.
116. Dinner __________ (be) fine if the meat weren’t cold.
117. I’m sure Benny __________ (come) if you wait a bit longer.
118. If you ring the bell, somebody __________ (answer) it.
119. If Bert __________ (see) you, he would have talked to you.
120. You __________ (find) your ticket if you had looked into your pockets.

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121. You __________ (fall) ill if you eat so much.
122. What __________ (happen) if the door had not been opened?
123. If Chris asked you for a cigarette, __________ (you, give) him one?
124. If you __________ (buy)that big car, you would need a lot of money.
125. __________ (You, change) the colour of your hair if I asked you to do so?
126. If you give me the letter, I __________ (post) it for you.
127. __________ (You, post) the letter if I had given it to you?
128. If the weather is fine, I __________ (go) swimming.
129. If you__________ (not work) harder, you won't pass the exam.
130. If they __________ (be) rich, they would travel around the world.
131. The children __________ (go) skating if the lake were frozen.
132. What would you have done, if you __________ (lose) your handbag?
133. What will happen if you __________ (not know) the answer?
134. She __________ (go) on holiday, if she hadn't been ill.
135. If I __________ (notice) you, I would have said hello.
136. If I __________ (be) like you, I wouldn't watch such films.
137. If you opened your eyes, you__________ (see) a wonderful world.
138. People __________ (live) in peace if they stop fighting.
139. If Tom drinks so much,he __________ (cannot drive) home.
140. If we __________ (not hurry) we would miss the train.
141. He __________ (not spend) so much money if he weren't a happy person.
142. __________ (You, come), if you had had more time?
143. If Jim __________ (study) the new words he would have got a better mark.
144. If he were rich, he __________ (buy) the house.
145. If you don't hurry you __________ (be) late.
146. If it wasn't so hot, we __________ (play) football.
147. If I __________ (be) ill, would you visit me?
148. If Sean __________ (not be) driving so fast, the police would not have stopped him.
149. If I had sold my house, I __________ (get) 4 million pounds.
150. If I __________ (be) you I would I would do it.

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