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ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRACTICE QUESTIONS for SS 1 - Quiz
  • 1. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) saw-sawed
B) open-opened
C) show-showwed
D) bet-betted
  • 2. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) begin-beginer
B) deep-deeper
C) start-starter
D) metal-metallic
  • 3. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) bow-bowwed
B) die-died
C) pump-pumped
D) enrol-enrolled
  • 4. Identify the part of speech capitalized. I bought a BEAUTIFUL dress at the mall.
A) adjective
B) conjunction
C) noun
D) noun
E) preposition
  • 5. Which part of speech does the capitalized word belong to in the sentence?  I left my shoes UNDER the kitchen table.
A) personification
B) pronoun
C) interjection
D) adjective
E) preposition
  • 6. Which part of speech is capitalized? Andy knocked on the door BUT nobody answered.
A) preposition
B) adjective
C) adverb
D) noun
E) conjunction
  • 7. Your room is so untidy! Please ___________ the clothes and put them in the washing machine.
A) Stand up
B) Pick up
C) Get on
D) Turn off
  • 8. ___________ the TV. My favourite programme will start in a minute.
A) Take off
B) Look for
C) Switch on
D) Look for
  • 9. I didn't know the answer so I ___________ on the internet.
A) Looked it up
B) Blew it up
C) Cut it out
D) Dressed it up
  • 10. I ___________ really well with my work colleagues. We often meet up for drinks or a meal.
A) Fight back
B) Find out
C) Break up
D) Get on
  • 11. How many Monophthongs are there?
A) 9
B) 12
C) 7
D) 8
E) 1
  • 12. Which one of these words has the [eə] sound?
A) Bake
B) Bag
C) Break
D) Bear
  • 13. The Number of diphtongs in English Sound is
A) 44
B) 20
C) 8
D) 12
  • 14. Diphthong is a
A) none of the above
B) Vowel glides or mixed vowel sounds
C) Pure consonant sound
D) Pure vowel sound
  • 15. Identify the meaning of the idiom “Miss the boat”.
A) Let too much time go by to complete a task.
B) Miss out on an opportunity.
C) Long for something that you don’t have.
D) Not know the difference between right and wrong.
  • 16. Identify the meaning of the idiom “Seeing eye to eye.”
A) Agreeing with somebody
B) Paying close attention to something someone is saying
C) Identifying a minor mistake
D) Treating someone with respect
  • 17. Identify the meaning of the idiom “spill the beans.”
A) To reveal something that is supposed to be kept a secret
B) To leave a place quickly
C) To be untidy
D) To be very talkative
  • 18. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idioms and phrases: Ram sold their house because it was a real white elephant.
A) A useless one
B) A very big one
C) Very expensive and useless
D) A rare find
  • 19. Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the idioms and phrases: They were having a whale of time dancing and singing.
A) To enjoy life
B) To enjoy yourself very much
C) To enjoy with loved ones
D) To enjoy leisure time
  • 20. The sun kissed my cold face.
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Idiom
E) Simile
  • 21. Lion is the king of the jungle.
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Idiom
E) Personification
  • 22. What kind of figure of speech is an opposite of what you mean?
A) Metaphor
B) Euphemism
C) Personification
D) Hyperbole
E) Irony
  • 23. Have you got _________ smartphone?
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) None
  • 24. Is there ________ statue of ________ famous person in your city? Who is _________ famous person?
A)  a / the / the
B)  an / an / the
C) a / a / a
D) a / a / the
  • 25. The teacher told ________ story about ________ phone call.
A) the/a
B) a / the
C) the/the
  • 26. Choose the incorrect sentence.
A) have invited us for lunch on Sunday.
B) The earth revolves around the sun
C) I like playing the chess.
  • 27. Which is _________ largest desert in the world?
A) None
B) an
C) a
D) the
  • 28.  

    In several countries it is ___ legal to keep a gun in your house.
A) In
B) Il
C) No
D) Un
  • 29. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Mis
B) Un
C) Dis
D) Anti
  • 30. We were _____satisfied with the service at the restaurant.
A) Dis
B) Un
C) Under
D) Mis
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) Ness
B) Ing
C) Ment
D) Ity
  • 32. Identify the correct stressed syllable
A) pho-to-GRAPH-er
B) pho-to-graph-ER
C)  pho-TO-graph-er
D) PHO-to-graph-er
  • 33. Identify the correct stressed syllable
A) com-pu-TER
B) COM-pu-ter
C) com-PU-ter  
  • 34. Which is not an Example of adverbial phrases of time are- 
A)   After a while 
B) Never in my life 
C) In the morning
  • 35. A prepositional phrase can act as which parts of speech in a sentence?
A) verb and adverb
B) adjective and adverb
C) noun and adjective
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