CBSE Class 6 English IEO Olympiad MCQs with Answers Set I

WORD AND STRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE

FOR QUESTIONS 1 TO 22, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK

1. It’s a _______ that there aren’t any good pizzerias in this town.
A. shame
B. shaming
C. shamed
D. shameful
Answer : A

2. I couldn’t stay any longer due _______ having enough money to pay for the hotel.
A. to
B. to not
C. not to
D. not
Answer : B

3. Either Frank or Jane _______ handball really well, but I can never remember who though.
A. was played
B. play
C. playing
D. plays
Answer : D

4. Being from a warm southern climate, I _______ snow before, so it is quite a shock.
A. was seen
B. haven’t seen
C. saw
D. was seeing
Answer : B

5. He _______ put the flowers back in the vase after knocking them over.
A. delicately
B. delicate
C. more delicate
D. delicates
Answer : A

6. The _______ size of the insect makes it very difficult to see without a magnifying glass.
A. nanometre
B. deliberating
C. platitude
D. minuscule
Answer : D

7. It will be very difficult to persuade them to do anything _______ the information in this report.
A. across
B. in
C. with
D. on
Answer : C

8. I will be glad _______ this walk is finally over.
A. so
B. when
C. and
D. but
Answer : B

9. Edward _______ a lot of Italian food, hasn’t he?
A. will have eaten
B. eats
C. has eaten
D. will eat
Answer : C

10. “I want to go swimming _______ said Jenny.
A. “
B. ,”
C. .”
D. :”
Answer : B

11. I don’t think that the water is _______ hot for you to swim in today.
A. too
B. much
C. such
D. jus
Answer : A

12. If the bus fare costs more than I thought, I _______ have to walk to the shops.
A. will
B. would
C. will be
D. won’t
Answer : A

13. She’s the lady I met yesterday and _______ number I was trying to call just now.
A. whom
B. who
C. whose
D. who is
Answer : C

14. Every time I go to the sales, I forget to take _______ money.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. no article
Answer : D

15. As the wind blew, the clouds started _______, making the sky turn grey.
A. gathering
B. gathered
C. to be gathered
D. were gathering
Answer : A

16. Before the electricity went out, she _______ me a hand with my homework.
A. gives
B. has given
C. was giving
D. is giving
Answer : C

17. I always jump _______ with both feet on tasks that I enjoy.
A. on
B. in
C. up
D. at
Answer : B

18. I have to study all weekend, so I can catch up _______ the work I missed last week.
A. to
B. on
C. like
D. around
Answer : B

19. I agree that the _______ of some old traditions makes sense today.
A. hanging
B. brink
C. abolition
D. shower
Answer : C

20. It is really difficult to _______ and create something new.
A. innovate
B. nudge
C. simple
D. unable
Answer : A

21. The road up that mountain is _______ because of the dangerous holes in it.
A. innocuous
B. intrepid
C. brave
D. notorious
Answer : D

22. I am not from here originally; my family are ________.
A. absurd
B. immigrants
C. forfeit
D. bribed
Answer : B

FOR QUESTIONS 23 AND 24, CHOOSE THE PART OF THE SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ERROR.

23. The shops doors closed, and the owner left through the small back door.
A. The shops doors
B. closed, and the
C. owner left through
D. the small back door.
Answer : A

24. It’s taken me a long time to find out for definite exact whose house this is.
A. It’s taken me a long
B. time to find out
C. for definite exact
D. whose house this is
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 25 AND 26, CHOOSE THE CORRECT SYNONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.

25. Despise
A. Hate
B. Like
C. Crave
D. Devour
Answer : A

26. Sanitary
A. Expensive
B. Pretty
C. Clean
D. New
Answer : C

FOR QUESTIONS 27 AND 28, CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANTONYM OF THE GIVEN WORD.

27. Peril
A. Beautiful
B. Safety
C. Upside-down
D. Ecstasy
Answer : B

28. Lush
A. Ancient
B. Fancy
C. Enclosed
D. Barren
Answer : D

FOR QUESTIONS 29 AND 30, CHOOSE THE OPTION WITH CORRECT SPELLING.

29. What is the spelling of this adjective that means ‘to be afraid of small spaces’?
A. Claustrophobia
B. Clostraphobia
C. Clostrefobia
D. Claustrephobia
Answer : A

30. What is the spelling of the word that means ‘to make things worse’?
A. Exsasarbate
B. Exceserbate
C. Excaserbate
D. Exacerbate
Answer : D

READING

FOR QUESTIONS 31 TO 35, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

I often think about what my dream house might be like and where it would be. Sometimes I think I want to live somewhere warm, where the sun shines most of the time. Other times I like the seasonal variation that is currently around me. Perhaps, I would be bored if the weather was constantly nice. In whatever climate the house may be in, it should be near the sea as I’d prefer a sea view. Unfortunately, with a sea view comes a sea view price tag, and this is currently well beyond my reach.
If money were no object, I think I would like to live in a castle. However, if you have ever been in a castle, you would know that they are often drafty, with small windows, bad insulation, and a musty smell. I don’t like any of these things. So, I would like my castle to be modernised. To take full advantage of the sea view it will need some large, singlepane glass windows. I am quite keen on saving the planet, so they would need to be well fitted and employ some sort of light harvesting technology so that I could use the sun’s energy to give power to the building. The castle would need wind turbines, geothermal energy pipes, and/or solar panels.
I love the outdoors and would like to bring an element of that inside. I envisage creating an indoor-outdoor garden within the house with a retractable roof. This means I could enjoy the sun when it’s there and close it to keep bad weather away, if I wanted to. Within this garden would be a pond feature that I could swim in. It would not be a conventional pool but perhaps a series of streams and pools as you can see in nature. There would be areas where the current increased in strength, so I could practice swimming against it, or simply be taken along by it, floating through the waves and through my garden. I am not entirely sure of the practicalities of creating such an idyll, but if I could, I would.

31. Choose the best title or heading for the passage.
A. The House I Live In
B. Ideal Home
C. A Castle for a King
D. Watery Living
Answer : B

32. What is the problem of buying a house with a sea view?
A. The cost
B. The wind
C. The smell
D. The windows
Answer : A

33. The writer wants wind turbines for the house to _______.
A. save the wind
B. make a nice noise
C. look like Holland
D. protect nature
Answer : D

34. What will the special feature of the garden be?
A. The flowers
B. The rocks
C. The water body
D. The trees
Answer : C

35. What does the word ‘retractable’ mean in the third paragraph?
A. Something that moves
B. Something that is beautiful
C. Something that is very expensive
D. Something that shines
Answer : A

FOR QUESTIONS 36 TO 40, READ THE PASSAGE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

Casey lived in Baltimore, a big city in the USA. Apparently, the city is very dangerous, but Casey was only young and quite carefree and had not noticed any danger around her. She was fifteen years old and had long, platinum blonde hair. She had once dyed it black for a dare, but it looked very strange and did not suit her, so it did not last long. She had a very comfortable life in a large house in one of the suburbs on the outskirts of the city. It was a large building with a goodsized garden. The outside of the house was covered in ivy and had a swinging bench on the veranda that Casey liked to sit on during hot summer days.
Although Casey enjoyed her life in the city, she did find the summer quite tedious. Many of her friends went off to summer camp so she did not have anyone to hang around with. There was always Margaret next door, she never went anywhere, but Casey and Margaret did not always see eye-to-eye. They just had very different interests, aims and ideas. When they were young, their parents often left them to play together in the back garden and Casey hated this. Margaret was older and bossy, and always wanted to play games that Casey considered boring, like pretending to be doctors and nurses. Casey preferred going on adventures or climbing trees or collecting strange insects that could be found under old dead pieces of wood.
So, when Casey thought about her summer ahead, she decided to plan an adventure. The first step to the success of this would be to get her mother on board. Mothers can be notoriously difficult to sway when it comes to their daughters going on adventures especially if the adventure involved going abroad. Casey really wanted to explore another country, and this was a big part of her planned adventure. She knew her mother had visited many countries, particularly in South America, so Casey decided to plan a trip there and perhaps her mother would find it hard to say no.

36. Choose the best title or heading for the passage.
A. Summer Holidays
B. The Biggest House
C. My Friend Next Door
D. Camping on Holiday
Answer : A

37. Where was Casey’s house?
A. In the middle of the city
B. On the periphery of a city
C. In the countryside
D. Near a campsite
Answer : B

38. Why did Casey not like her next door neighbour?
A. They played difficult games.
B. Margaret was too young.
C. She always went away.
D. They disagreed with each other.
Answer : D

39. Casey’s mother would be difficult to _______.
A. ask for the money to travel
B. force to South America
C. convince about the holiday
D. go abroad with
Answer : C

40. What is the meaning of the word ‘notoriously’ in the third paragraph?
A. Especially
B. Quickly
C. Reservedly
D. Dangerously
Answer : A

SPOKEN AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

FOR QUESTIONS 41 TO 45, CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE OPTION TO COMPLETE EACH CONVERSATION.

41. Henry: Can I go to the match with the guys? 
Mother: No chance, not a _____ of Sundays.
A. week
B. year
C. month
D. millennium
Answer : C

42. Dimitri: I wish I _____ home earlier last night, I’m so tired today.
A. was going
B. had been going
C. had gone
D. have gone
Answer : C

43. Aunty: Can you take this through to the living room?
Nephew: Can I do it in a second? I ________ finish this page first.
A. could
B. will to
C. may be
D. must
Answer : D

44. Amanda: How is this possible? 
June: _______ ask me, I’ve no idea what you are talking about.
A. Please
B. Don’t
C. Can’t
D. Won’t
Answer : B

45. Eugene: Don’t worry about those guys. If they wanted our help they _________ asked.
A. would’ve
B. might
C. may have
D. must
Answer : A

ACHIEVERS SECTION

FOR QUESTIONS 46 AND 47, CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO FILL IN THE BLANK.

46. No offence meant to you _______ I don’t think you’ve quite understood what I want.
A. but
B. so
C. when
D. because
Answer : A

47. This time next week I won’t be in class, _______ on a beach relaxing.
A. I’d lie
B. I’ll be lying
C. I’ll lie
D. I’m lying
Answer : B

48. Choose the correct antonym of the given word.
Sinister
A. Threatening
B. Evil
C. Ominous
D. Auspicious
Answer : D

49. Choose the correct synonym of the given word.
Unilateral
A. One-sided
B. Open-ended
C. Quick-witted
D. Down-trodden
Answer : A

50. Choose the most suitable option to complete the conversation.
Felix: I’ve lost my shoe, so I am having to _______ with bare feet.
A. push over
B. get by
C. have it
D. show around
Answer : B