Question

1) The bicycle salesman tried to _____ his cheap and unsafe _____ to unsuspecting cyclists. 1. pedal / peddles 2. paddle / pedals 3. puddle / pebbles 4. peddle / pedals 2) Which set of three words do not ALL rhyme with each other: 1. flu / lieu / who 2. reigns /stains /reins 3. draft / draught / aught 4. parade / weighed / wade 3) Which set of four words do not ALL rhyme with each other: 1. bicker / liquor / licker / flicker 2. quay / key / see / flea 3. buoy / toy / prey / ploy 4. scares / heirs / airs / pears 4) _____ to choose from that she couldn’t make up her mind. 1. So many were those things 2. There were so many things 3. The things were so many 4. Many were the things so 5) Don’t buy that rug here in France, you can find them _____ back home in Germany. 1. for an arm and a leg 2. for a dime a dozen 3. beating around the bush 4. between a rock and a hard place 6) Don’t get angry, I promise you it wasn’t me who stole your money. You’re _____! 1. a fish out of water 2. on cloud nine 3. down to the wire 4. barking up the wrong tree 7) Choose the correctly punctuated sentence below: 1. I went to the shop, and I bought- milk, eggs, jam! 2. I went to the shop. And I bought milk, eggs, jam. 3. I went to the shop and I bought milk, eggs and jam. 4. I went to the shop: and I bought milk, eggs and jam? 8) I tried to cook according to the instructions in the recipe book but it’s (all Greek to me). Give the correct definition of the (bracketed phrase) 1. in a different language 2. from another country 3. completely unintelligible 4. all gone wrong 9) She had to run slowly or her high heels would have made her fall hard on the pavement. Select the two adverbs in this sentence 1. She / her 2. run / fall 3. slowly / hard 4. high heels / pavement 10) The angry girl sat on the bench throwing rocks at the fluffy birds under the tree. Select the two prepositions in this sentence 1. girl, birds 2. on, under 3. sat, throwing 4. angry, fluffy 11) If the decision was up to us, she wouldn’t get the chance to re-sit the examination. Select two pronouns from this sentence 1. us / she 2. If / to 3. wouldn’t / re-sit 4. chance / examination 12) The quick brown fox jumped over the small slow dog as it ran past the busy road. How many nouns are there in this sentence? 1. Two 2. Three 3. Four 4. Five 13) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Consceince 2. Conciusness 3. Conscience 4. Concense 14) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Rythm 2. Rhythm 3. Rhythim 4. Rhythym 15) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Carribean 2. Carribbean 3. Caribbean 4. Caribean 16) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Reccommended 2. Recomended 3. Recommended 4. Reccomended 17) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Occured 2. Pronounciation 3. Liason 4. Millennium 18) Which of the following words is spelled correctly? 1. Embarrass 2. Cemetary 3. Hankerchief 4. Convalece 19) The tall woman was a (professional) athlete who always (laughed) during scary movies. Choose the two antonyms for the (bracketed words) 1. expert / chuckled 2. skilled / giggled 3. amateur / cried 4. talented / chortled 20) The (timid) old lady never opened her (transparent) glass windows in case they broke. Choose the two antonyms for the (bracketed words) 1. bold / opaque 2. shy / clean 3. friendly / new 4. sleepy / dirty

Answer 1

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