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) Conjunction
D) Adverb
E) Preposition
  • 2. Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no!
A) Interjection
B) Preposition
C) Adjective
D) Noun
E) Adverb
  • 3. The hero of the game was ___________ .
A) They
B) Him
C) He
D) Them
  • 4. What type of noun is made up of two or more words? (policeman, father-in-law, real estate...)
A) Inproper
B) Proper
C) Collective
D) Compound
E) None
  • 5. What is the correct spelling for hope + ing ?
A) hopping
B) hoppeing
C) hopeing
D) hoping
  • 6. Find the correctly spelt word
A) Deferense
B) Difference
C) Defference
D) Deferrence
  • 7. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) big-biger
B) thin-thinner
C) hot-hotter
D) small-smallest
  • 8. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) offer-offerring
B) slim-slimmer
C) begin-beginning
D) end-ended
  • 9. I set my alarm clock because I have to ___________ early tomorrow.
A) Come on
B) Look up
C) Get up
D) Look out
  • 10. Here's a chair. Please ___________.
A) Make up
B) Sit down
C) Go up
D) Break 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) 7
B) 12
C) 9
D) 8
E) 1
  • 13. Which sound is different from the others?
A) /ɒ/
B) /ɪ/
C) /æ/
D) /ʊ/
E) /u:/
  • 14. Which is a short vowel ?
A) /i:/
B) /u:/
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) a sequence of two vowels sounds
D) any sound that a letter makes that is not a consonant sound
  • 16. The idiom 'To cry wolf' means _________
A) To turn pale
B) Raise a false alarm
C) To listen eagerly
D) To keep off starvation
  • 17. Identify the meaning of the idiom “Can’t judge a book by its cover.”
A) A book’s ending can’t always be guessed by how it begins.
B) It is easier to read a book than to protect the pages.
C) It takes a long time to really know someone.
D) It is hard to tell how something is simply from its outward appearance.
  • 18. The phrase, “A hard nut to crack” means ___________.
A) an interesting problem
B) a unique problem
C) a difficult problem
D) a simple problem
  • 19. Identify the meaning of the idiom “a bed of roses”.
A) A fragrant place
B) An impossible situation
C) A tough option
D) An easy situation
  • 20. The weather disturbance is expected to enter the country’s jurisdiction within the day. What NOUN phrase is used in the sentence?
A) The weather disturbance
B) to enter the country's jurisdiction
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) has attracted
C) many tourists
D) meanwhile
  • 22. Which of the following is a noun phrase?
A) Across many rivers
B) The choreographer
C) The movie was boring
D) Around the sun
  • 23. Which of the following is a verb phrase?
A) The glittering bells of the church
B) were spoken
C) For making cookies
D) The cake is very yummy
  • 24. What type of sentence is this? Maya should not handle this situation.
A) Simple
B) Not sure
C) Compound
D) Complex
  • 25. What type of sentence is this? Paul and Stephen never attended the party.
A) Simple
B) Not sure
C) Complex
D) Compound
  • 26. She could accept ___ she could go home.
A) Not sure
B) But
C) to
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) Onomatopoeia
B) Metaphor
C) Idiom
D) Simile
E) Personification
  • 28. What figure of speech is this? Her cheeks are big red apples from the cold.
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Idiom
C) Personification
D) Metaphor
E) Simile
  • 29. What figure of speech is this? The leaves danced in the wind.
A) Simile
B) Personification
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Idiom
  • 30. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Mis
B) Dis
C) Anti
D) Un
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) ness
B) ing
C) ment
D) ity
  • 32. The twins got very well together and there was no jealous_____ between them.
A) ing
B) y
C) ism
D) ity
  • 33. We never watch TV in _________ morning.
A) a
B) the
C) an
  • 34. The Browns live in a house. __________ house is very old.
A) The
B) A
C) An
  • 35. Rama has come without ____ umbrella
A) a
B) an
C) the
  • 36. Multiple Choice

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