SS 1 English Language 1st Term Exam
  • 1. What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
A) Pronoun
B) Interjection
C) Adverb
D) Conjunction
E) Preposition
  • 2. Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no!
A) Adjective
B) Noun
C) Adverb
D) Interjection
E) Preposition
  • 3. The hero of the game was ___________ .
A) They
B) Them
C) He
D) Him
  • 4. What type of noun is made up of two or more words? (policeman, father-in-law, real estate...)
A) Inproper
B) None
C) Proper
D) Collective
E) Compound
  • 5. What is the correct spelling for hope + ing ?
A) hoppeing
B) hoping
C) hopeing
D) hopping
  • 6. Find the correctly spelt word
A) Defference
B) Difference
C) Deferrence
D) Deferense
  • 7. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) thin-thinner
B) small-smallest
C) big-biger
D) hot-hotter
  • 8. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) begin-beginning
B) slim-slimmer
C) end-ended
D) offer-offerring
  • 9. I set my alarm clock because I have to ___________ early tomorrow.
A) Look out
B) Look up
C) Get up
D) Come on
  • 10. Here's a chair. Please ___________.
A) Break down
B) Make up
C) Go up
D) Sit down
  • 11. If you don't pass the exam this time, don't ___________. Try again!
A) go on
B) come in
C) give up
D) look out
  • 12. The English sounds have how many Monophthongs?
A) 9
B) 1
C) 12
D) 8
E) 7
  • 13. Which sound is different from the others?
A) /ɒ/
B) /ɪ/
C) /ʊ/
D) /æ/
E) /u:/
  • 14. Which is a short vowel ?
A) /u:/
B) /i:/
C) /ɜ:/
D) /æ/
  • 15. What is the definition of diphthongs?
A) a simple vowel that we used to study for a long time
B) the sound that forms the peak of a syllable
C) any sound that a letter makes that is not a consonant sound
D) a sequence of two vowels sounds
  • 16. The idiom 'To cry wolf' means _________
A) Raise a false alarm
B) To turn pale
C) To keep off starvation
D) To listen eagerly
  • 17. Identify the meaning of the idiom “Can’t judge a book by its cover.”
A) It is easier to read a book than to protect the pages.
B) It takes a long time to really know someone.
C) It is hard to tell how something is simply from its outward appearance.
D) A book’s ending can’t always be guessed by how it begins.
  • 18. The phrase, “A hard nut to crack” means ___________.
A) a difficult problem
B) a unique problem
C) an interesting problem
D) a simple problem
  • 19. Identify the meaning of the idiom “a bed of roses”.
A) A tough option
B) An easy situation
C) An impossible situation
D) A fragrant place
  • 20. The weather disturbance is expected to enter the country’s jurisdiction within the day. What NOUN phrase is used in the sentence?
A) to enter the country's jurisdiction
B) The weather disturbance
C) within the day
D) is expected to enter
  • 21. Whale watching has attracted many tourists. (What is the verb phrase?)
A) Whale watching
B) many tourists
C) meanwhile
D) has attracted
  • 22. Which of the following is a noun phrase?
A) Across many rivers
B) The movie was boring
C) The choreographer
D) Around the sun
  • 23. Which of the following is a verb phrase?
A) The glittering bells of the church
B) The cake is very yummy
C) were spoken
D) For making cookies
  • 24. What type of sentence is this? Maya should not handle this situation.
A) Complex
B) Not sure
C) Compound
D) Simple
  • 25. What type of sentence is this? Paul and Stephen never attended the party.
A) Simple
B) Complex
C) Compound
D) Not sure
  • 26. She could accept ___ she could go home.
A) to
B) But
C) Not sure
D) or
  • 27. What figure of speech is this? Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders.
A) Idiom
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Simile
D) Personification
E) Metaphor
  • 28. What figure of speech is this? Her cheeks are big red apples from the cold.
A) Metaphor
B) Personification
C) Idiom
D) Onomatopoeia
E) Simile
  • 29. What figure of speech is this? The leaves danced in the wind.
A) Personification
B) Simile
C) Idiom
D) Onomatopoeia
  • 30. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Dis
B) Anti
C) Mis
D) Un
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) ity
B) ness
C) ing
D) ment
  • 32. The twins got very well together and there was no jealous_____ between them.
A) ism
B) ing
C) ity
D) y
  • 33. We never watch TV in _________ morning.
A) a
B) an
C) the
  • 34. The Browns live in a house. __________ house is very old.
A) The
B) A
C) An
  • 35. Rama has come without ____ umbrella
A) the
B) a
C) an
  • 36. Multiple Choice

    The place of articulation of the consonant sounds /f/ and /v/ are
A) bilabial
B) labiodental
C) interdental
D) velar
  • 37. Find the odd one out: a, w, i, u, e
A) w
B) a
C) i
D) e
  • 38. Which of these is not a type of essay?
A) Expository essay
B) Argumentative essay
C) Narrative essay
D) Descriptive essay
E) Personal esaay
  • 39. Which of these tells a story?
A) Descriptive essay
B) Argumentative essay
C) Narrative essay
D) Expository essay
  • 40. "About" has stress on the 2nd syllable.
A) True
B) False
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