Beyond ABCs: Unveiling the Fascinating History & Secrets of English

COMFORTABLE ENGLISH LEARNINGS Part-1

General knowledge questions/answers about the English language, grammar, literature subject etc. in mixing for competitive exams.

 

 

1. What is the longest word in the English language?

Ans. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

 

2.  Who wrote the novel “1984”?

Ans.  George Orwell

 

3.  What is the plural form of “cactus”?

Ans.  Cacti

 

4.  What is the antonym of “increase”?

Ans. Decrease

 

5.  Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?

Ans. Arthur Conan Doyle

 

6. What is the comparative form of “good”?

Ans. Better

 

7. What is the past tense of “run”?

Ans. Ran

 

8.  What is the synonym of “happy”?

Ans. Joyful

 

9.  Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?

Ans. Jane Austen

 

10.  What is the antonym of “light”?

Ans. Dark

11.  What is the plural of “child”?

Ans. Children

 

12.  Who is known as the Bard of Avon?

Ans. William Shakespeare

 

13.  What is the superlative form of “beautiful”?

Ans. Most beautiful

 

14.  What is the past participle of “go”?

Ans. Gone

 

15. What is a synonym for “fast”?

Ans. Quick

 

16.  Who wrote “Moby-Dick”?

Ans. Herman Melville

 

17.  What is the antonym of “begin”?

Ans. End

 

18.  What is the plural of “mouse”?

Ans. Mice

 

19.  Who wrote “The Great Gatsby”?

Ans. F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

20.  What is the comparative form of “bad”?

Ans. Worse

 

21.  What is the past tense of “swim”?

Ans. Swam

 

22.  What is a synonym for “small”?

Ans. Tiny

 

23. Who wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird”?

Ans. Harper Lee

 

24.  What is the antonym of “hot”?

Ans. Cold

 

25.  What is the plural of “tooth”?

Ans. Teeth

 

26.  Who wrote “Hamlet”?

Ans. William Shakespeare

 

27.  What is the superlative form of “far”?

Ans. Farthest

 

28.  What is the past participle of “write”?

Ans. Written

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29.  What is a synonym for “begin”?

Ans. Start

 

30. Who wrote “War and Peace”?

Ans. Leo Tolstoy

 

31.  What is the antonym of “love”?

Ans. Hate

 

32.  What is the plural of “foot”?

Ans. Feet

 

33.  Who wrote “Brave New World”?

Ans. Aldous Huxley

 

34.  What is the comparative form of “far”?

Ans. Farther

 

35.  What is the past tense of “sing”?

Ans. Sang

 

36.  What is a synonym for “difficult”?

Ans. Hard

 

37.  Who wrote “Jane Eyre”?

Ans. Charlotte Brontë

 

38.  What is the antonym of “full”?

Ans. Empty

 

39.  What is the plural of “moose”?

Ans. Moose

 

40.  Who wrote “The Odyssey”?

Ans. Homer

 

41.  What is the superlative form of “good”?

Ans. Best

 

42.  What is the past participle of “see”?

Ans. Seen

 

43.  What is a synonym for “end”?

Ans. Finish

 

44.  Who wrote “Crime and Punishment”?

Ans. Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

45.  What is the antonym of “big”?

Ans. Small

 

46.  What is the plural of “fish”?

Ans. Fish (or fishes, when referring to different species)

 

47.  Who wrote “The Catcher in the Rye”?

Ans. J.D. Salinger

 

48.  What is the comparative form of “little”?

Ans. Less

 

49.  What is the past tense of “drink”?

Ans. Drank

 

50.  What is a synonym for “quick”?

Ans. Fast

 

51.  Who wrote “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”?

Ans. Mark Twain

 

52.  What is the antonym of “new”?

Ans. Old

 

53.  What is the plural of “person”?

Ans. People

 

54.  Who wrote “Don Quixote”?

Ans. Miguel de Cervantes

 

55.  What is the superlative form of “bad”?

Ans. Worst

 

56.  What is the past participle of “begin”?

Ans. Begun

 

57.  What is a synonym for “strange”?

Ans. Weird

 

58.  Who wrote “Great Expectations”?

Ans. Charles Dickens

 

59.  What is the antonym of “easy”?

Ans. Difficult

 

60.  What is the plural of “leaf”?

Ans. Leaves

 

61.  Who wrote “Frankenstein”?

Ans. Mary Shelley

 

62.  What is the comparative form of “many”?

Ans. More

 

63.  What is the past tense of “write”?

Ans. Wrote

 

64.  What is a synonym for “beautiful”?

Ans. Pretty

 

65.  Who wrote “The Divine Comedy”?

Ans. Dante Alighieri

 

66.  What is the antonym of “strong”?

Ans. Weak

 

67.  What is the plural of “goose”?

Ans. Geese

 

68.  Who wrote “Wuthering Heights”?

Ans. Emily Brontë

 

69.  What is the superlative form of “little”?

Ans. Least

 

70.  What is the past participle of “choose”?

Ans. Chosen

 

71.  What is a synonym for “angry”?

Ans. Mad

 

72. Who wrote “Ulysses”?

Ans. James Joyce

 

73.  What is the antonym of “day”?

Ans. Night

 

Ans. Oxen

 

75.  Who wrote “Anna Karenina”?

Ans. Leo Tolstoy

 

76.  What is the comparative form of “old”?

Ans. Older

 

77.  What is the past tense of “come”?

Ans. Came

 

78.  What is a synonym for “sad”?

Ans. Unhappy

 

79.  Who wrote “The Old Man and the Sea”?

Ans. Ernest Hemingway

 

80.  What is the antonym of “long”?

Ans. Short

 

Ans. Men

 

82.  Who wrote “Lolita”?

Ans. Vladimir Nabokov

 

83.  What is the superlative form of “far”?

Ans. Farthest

 

84.  What is the past participle of “take”?

Ans. Taken

 

85.  What is a synonym for “smart”?

Ans. Intelligent

 

86.  Who wrote “The Sun Also Rises”?

Ans. Ernest Hemingway

 

87.  What is the antonym of “up”?

Ans. Down

 

88.  What is the plural of “analysis”?

Ans. Analyses

 

89.  Who wrote “The Road”?

Ans. Cormac McCarthy

 

90.  What is the comparative form of “far”?

Ans. Farther

 

91.  What is the past tense of “be”?

Ans. Was/Were

 

92.  What is a synonym for “easy”?

Ans. Simple

 

93.  Who wrote “The Scarlet Letter”?

Ans. Nathaniel

 

 

 

 

94.  Who wrote “The Scarlet Letter”?

Ans. Nathaniel Hawthorne

 

95.  What is the antonym of “success”?

Ans. Failure

 

96.  What is the plural of “sheep”?

Ans. Sheep

 

97.  Who wrote “The Hobbit”?

Ans. J.R.R. Tolkien

 

98.  What is the superlative form of “much”?

Ans. Most

 

99. What is the past participle of “eat”?

Ans. Eaten

 

 100.  What is a synonym for “interesting”?

Ans. Fascinating