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

    In several countries it is ___ legal to keep a gun in your house.
A) In
B) Il
C) Un
D) No
  • 29. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Dis
B) Un
C) Mis
D) Anti
  • 30. We were _____satisfied with the service at the restaurant.
A) Dis
B) Under
C) Mis
D) Un
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) Ing
B) Ness
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) In the morning
B)   After a while 
C) Never in my life 
  • 35. A prepositional phrase can act as which parts of speech in a sentence?
A) noun and adjective
B) verb and adverb
C) adjective and adverb
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