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

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