Question

The bicycle salesman tried to _____ his cheap and unsafe _____ to unsuspecting cyclists.
1. pedal / peddles
2. paddle / pedals
3. puddle / pebbles
4. peddle / pedals

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

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

_____ 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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Consceince
2. Conciusness
3. Conscience
4. Concense

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Rythm
2. Rhythm
3. Rhythim
4. Rhythym

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Carribean
2. Carribbean
3. Caribbean
4. Caribean

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Reccommended
2. Recomended
3. Recommended
4. Reccomended

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Occured
2. Pronounciation
3. Liason
4. Millennium

Which of the following words is spelled correctly?
1. Embarrass
2. Cemetary
3. Hankerchief
4. Convalece

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

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

Q2) fly/lieu/who
Q3) quay/key/sea/flea
Q4) there were so many things
Q6) barking up the wrong tree
Q7) I went to the shop and I bought milk , eggs and jam.
Q8) all gone wrong
Q9) slowly/hard
Q10) on/under
Q11) us/she
Q12) three
Q13) conscience
Q14) rhythm
Q15) Caribbean
Q16) recommended
Q17) Millennium
Q18) embarrass
Q19) skilled/giggled
Q20) bold/opaque