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

    In several countries it is ___ legal to keep a gun in your house.
A) Un
B) Il
C) In
D) No
  • 29. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Un
B) Anti
C) Mis
D) Dis
  • 30. We were _____satisfied with the service at the restaurant.
A) Mis
B) Un
C) Under
D) Dis
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) Ing
B) Ment
C) Ness
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) adjective and adverb
B) noun and adjective
C) verb and adverb
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