NTS - English Sample Paper MCQs 2026

Choose the correctly spelled word: "Foxes are much more ______ than cats."

1. A inteligant ✓
2. B intelligant ✓
3. C intelligent ✓
4. D inteligent ✓

Correct the verb: "He knows all tricks. Foxes ______ many tricks."

1. A has ✓
2. B have ✓
3. C had ✓
4. D are ✓

Correct the verb: "We ______ finer coats, greener eyes and more graceful tails than any other animal."

1. A has ✓
2. B have ✓
3. C had ✓
4. D are ✓

Choose the correctly punctuated version.

1. A Yes, Mr Fox I know that I am beautiful ✓
2. B Yes, Mr Fox, I know that I am beautiful ✓
3. C Yes Mr Fox I know that i am beautiful ✓
4. D Yes Mr Fox, I know that I am beautiful ✓

Correct the verb: The fox ______ politely, "Good morning, Mrs Cat."

1. A say ✓
2. B says ✓
3. C said ✓
4. D saying ✓

Correct the error: "A fox met the cat ______ a field."

1. A to ✓
2. B from ✓
3. C for ✓
4. D in ✓

Most countries of the world have

1. A autocracy ✓
2. B democracy ✓
3. C kingship ✓
4. D monarchy ✓

The word "MONARCHY" means

1. A autocracy ✓
2. B command ✓
3. C democracy ✓
4. D kingdom ✓

Representatives ______ the government.

1. A serve ✓
2. B run ✓
3. C topple ✓
4. D defame ✓

The people elect representatives ______ among themselves who become their leaders.

1. A for ✓
2. B from ✓
3. C in ✓
4. D by ✓

According to the democracy passage, the country belongs to

1. A the president ✓
2. B the people living in it ✓
3. C politicians ✓
4. D the state ✓

According to the democracy passage, in a democracy all people are

1. A equal ✓
2. B rivals ✓
3. C unequal ✓
4. D lunatics ✓

Read: "When people had no voice in the state, the government was called monarchy. Wise men argued that all men are equal and the country belongs to the people, who should rule by electing representatives from among themselves. The elected representatives run the government; this system is called democracy." The people had no voice in the affairs of the

1. A sports ✓
2. B protest ✓
3. C state ✓
4. D education ✓

The meaning of the word "subsequent" is

1. A consequence ✓
2. B ensuing ✓
3. C old ✓
4. D relevant ✓

In the Ibn-e-Seena passage, "Tuberculosis" is

1. A a book ✓
2. B a disease ✓
3. C a scientist ✓
4. D an instrument ✓

Which of Ibn-e-Seena's books covers a wide range of topics

1. A Al-Qanun-Fi-Al-Tibb ✓
2. B Kitab-al-Shifa ✓
3. C Language ✓
4. D Logic ✓

According to the passage, Bu Ali (Ibn-e-Seena) was the first to describe

1. A cancer ✓
2. B epidemic ✓
3. C meningitis ✓
4. D TB ✓

In the passage on Ibn-e-Seena, the word "contagious" means

1. A infectious ✓
2. B danger ✓
3. C spreading ✓
4. D havoc ✓

Read: "Ibn-e-Seena wrote Al-Qanun-Fi-Al-Tibb, a huge medical encyclopedia that remained the best and most reliable source of medical information for six centuries. He detected the contagious nature of tuberculosis, was the first physician to describe meningitis, and wrote the philosophical encyclopedia Kitab-al-Shifa." Bu Ali has been a source of medical information for

1. A 06 decades ✓
2. B 06 centuries ✓
3. C 06 years ✓
4. D 60 years ✓

"Let us walk along the shore." Pick out the preposition.

1. A us ✓
2. B let ✓
3. C shore ✓
4. D along ✓

"The boy was walking fast." Pick out the adverb of manner.

1. A walking ✓
2. B boy was ✓
3. C fast ✓
4. D walk ✓

We ______ school at five o'clock.

1. A leaving ✓
2. B leaved ✓
3. C leave ✓
4. D leaves ✓

"Birds fly in the air." Mark the predicate.

1. A fly ✓
2. B fly in the air ✓
3. C birds fly ✓
4. D birds ✓

Change into active voice: "A letter is being written by Dawood."

1. A A letter is written by Dawood. ✓
2. B Dawood has written a letter. ✓
3. C Dawood is writing a letter. ✓
4. D Dawood writes a letter. ✓

Change into active voice: "Will the apple be eaten by me?"

1. A Is an apple eaten by me? ✓
2. B Will I eat the apple? ✓
3. C Will the apple be eaten by me? ✓
4. D Will I be eating the apple? ✓

"Ali is that boy we have been looking for all day." Identify the proper noun.

1. A Ali ✓
2. B day ✓
3. C boy ✓
4. D looking ✓

Choose the correct word: "They remember the sound of music long ______ the musician has stopped singing."

1. A after ✓
2. B ago ✓
3. C before ✓
4. D lasting ✓

Choose the correct word: "The wonderful ______ with which he plays his instrument attracts people."

1. A skill ✓
2. B skulk ✓
3. C skull ✓
4. D still ✓

Choose the correct word: "He always sings to the ______ of a violin."

1. A company ✓
2. B accompany ✓
3. C accompanied ✓
4. D accompaniment ✓

Choose the correct word: "an old unhappy love story of a village girl and her ______ lover."

1. A unfavorable ✓
2. B unfortunate ✓
3. C unforgettable ✓
4. D unfulfilled ✓

Choose the correct word: "One will occasionally come ______ a wandering musician."

1. A across ✓
2. B after ✓
3. C along ✓
4. D at ✓

Choose the correct relative pronoun: "There are others ______ are found only in certain parts."

1. A which ✓
2. B who ✓
3. C whom ✓
4. D whose ✓

Correct the word: "These wandering entertainers may be ______ in any village."

1. A find ✓
2. B fend ✓
3. C fond ✓
4. D found ✓

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

1. A We soon be shall able to test our cleverness. ✓
2. B We soon be able shall to test our cleverness. ✓
3. C We be soon shall able to test our cleverness. ✓
4. D We shall soon be able to test our cleverness. ✓

Select the pronouns: "I reached school in time, but they arrived late."

1. A I, they ✓
2. B but, I ✓
3. C school, they ✓
4. D they, arrived ✓

Insert the apostrophe correctly: "Taha lives in boys hostel."

1. A Taha lives in boys hos'tel. ✓
2. B Taha lives in boys' hostel. ✓
3. C Taha live's in boys hostel. ✓
4. D Taha lives in boy's hostel. ✓

Insert the modal auxiliary: "How long ______ you be staying at your father's home?"

1. A will ✓
2. B would ✓
3. C should ✓
4. D must ✓

Insert the apostrophes correctly: "Shazia isnt coming now, so lets go to class."

1. A Shazia isnt coming now, so let's go to class ✓
2. B Shazia isn't coming now, so lets go to class ✓
3. C Shazia isnt' coming now, so lets go to class ✓
4. D Shazia isn't coming now, so let's go to class. ✓

Match the word "dark" with its correct suffix to form a noun.

1. A able ✓
2. B less ✓
3. C ish ✓
4. D ness ✓

Select the adjectives describing the nouns "pencil" and "hand": "She holds a red pencil in her right hand."

1. A right, hand ✓
2. B red, right ✓
3. C pencil, right ✓
4. D red, her ✓

Identify the proper noun: "I phoned my mother on Sunday."

1. A Sunday ✓
2. B mother ✓
3. C my ✓
4. D phoned ✓

Identify the action verb: "She thought about her journey."

1. A her ✓
2. B about ✓
3. C journey ✓
4. D thought ✓

Insert the correct possessive pronoun: "The bags belong to Shaheer and Sara. The bags are ______."

1. A mine ✓
2. B yours ✓
3. C theirs ✓
4. D ours ✓

Identify the type of sentence: "Saima went to the market."

1. A imperative sentence ✓
2. B declarative sentence ✓
3. C interrogative sentence ✓
4. D exclamatory sentence ✓

What is the plural of the noun "tooth"

1. A teeth ✓
2. B teethe ✓
3. C teeths ✓
4. D tooths ✓

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

1. A "She told me I miss you". ✓
2. B "She told me I miss you." ✓
3. C She told me, "I miss you." ✓
4. D She told me "I miss you" ✓

"I know a person whose name is Sher Khan." What is "Sher Khan" here

1. A common noun ✓
2. B abstract noun ✓
3. C proper noun ✓
4. D material noun ✓

The antonym of the word "majority" is

1. A strength ✓
2. B loads ✓
3. C plenty ✓
4. D minority ✓

Pick the verb: "He ran fast and delicately."

1. A ran ✓
2. B fast ✓
3. C delicately ✓
4. D and ✓

Change into a question: "The doors were shut."

1. A Shut the doors were? ✓
2. B Shut were the doors? ✓
3. C Were the doors shut? ✓
4. D Were shut the doors? ✓

______! I stood first in the class.

1. A Alas ✓
2. B Hurrah ✓
3. C Hush ✓
4. D Ah ✓

There is no doubt ______ the earth is round.

1. A that ✓
2. B but ✓
3. C and ✓
4. D if ✓

Choose the synonym of the word "receive".

1. A retain ✓
2. B demand ✓
3. C accept ✓
4. D get ✓

If something is obvious, it is

1. A clear ✓
2. B pleasing ✓
3. C true ✓
4. D wrong ✓

A sentence which expresses a wish or prayer is called a/an

1. A imperative sentence ✓
2. B optative sentence ✓
3. C assertive sentence ✓
4. D exclamatory sentence ✓

Change into passive voice: "Shazia took a cup of milk."

1. A A cup of milk is took by Shazia. ✓
2. B A cup of milk was took by Shazia. ✓
3. C A cup of milk is taken by Shazia. ✓
4. D A cup of milk was taken by Shazia. ✓

Change into a negative sentence: "I have some big diamonds."

1. A I had not big diamonds. ✓
2. B I not have big diamonds. ✓
3. C I do not have big diamonds. ✓
4. D I does not have big diamonds. ✓

"Ali, buy a pen for me." This sentence is a

1. A question sentence ✓
2. B statement sentence ✓
3. C command sentence ✓
4. D interrogative sentence ✓

Fill in the correct word: "I ______ a letter last week."

1. A write ✓
2. B wrote ✓
3. C have written ✓
4. D am writing ✓

A synonym for the word "renowned" is

1. A famous ✓
2. B unknown ✓
3. C unfamiliar ✓
4. D defamed ✓

"Never lose hope." The underlined word "hope" is a/an ______ noun.

1. A concrete ✓
2. B abstract ✓
3. C proper ✓
4. D collective ✓

Complete the conditional sentence: "If it ______, I ______ go for a walk."

1. A rain, will ✓
2. B rains, will ✓
3. C rains, would ✓
4. D will, rain ✓

Fill in the preposition of place: "The playground is ______ the school."

1. A in ✓
2. B under ✓
3. C above ✓
4. D on ✓

Select the adverb of frequency: "The principal visits classrooms sometimes."

1. A principal ✓
2. B visits ✓
3. C classrooms ✓
4. D sometimes ✓

Red rose is ______ than pink tulip.

1. A more beautiful ✓
2. B most beautiful ✓
3. C beautiful ✓
4. D beautifully ✓

Identify the category: "Have you completed your homework?"

1. A imperative sentence ✓
2. B declarative sentence ✓
3. C exclamatory sentence ✓
4. D interrogative sentence ✓

Select the correct verb: "Raza and Sameer always ______ with their friends in the ground."

1. A are plays ✓
2. B plays ✓
3. C play ✓
4. D is play ✓

Identify the uncountable noun: "Sugar makes the cake sweet."

1. A sweet ✓
2. B make ✓
3. C cake ✓
4. D sugar ✓