SS 1 English Language 1st Term Exam
  • 1. What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
A) Conjunction
B) Pronoun
C) Adverb
D) Interjection
E) Preposition
  • 2. Which part of speech expresses a mild or sudden burst of emotion? Examples are wow! or no!
A) Preposition
B) Adverb
C) Adjective
D) Interjection
E) Noun
  • 3. The hero of the game was ___________ .
A) He
B) They
C) Them
D) Him
  • 4. What type of noun is made up of two or more words? (policeman, father-in-law, real estate...)
A) Inproper
B) Compound
C) Collective
D) None
E) Proper
  • 5. What is the correct spelling for hope + ing ?
A) hopeing
B) hoppeing
C) hopping
D) hoping
  • 6. Find the correctly spelt word
A) Difference
B) Defference
C) Deferrence
D) Deferense
  • 7. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) big-biger
B) small-smallest
C) thin-thinner
D) hot-hotter
  • 8. Which one of the following word pairs has an incorrectly spelt second word?
A) slim-slimmer
B) begin-beginning
C) offer-offerring
D) end-ended
  • 9. I set my alarm clock because I have to ___________ early tomorrow.
A) Look up
B) Look out
C) Come on
D) Get up
  • 10. Here's a chair. Please ___________.
A) Break down
B) Make up
C) Go up
D) Sit down
  • 11. If you don't pass the exam this time, don't ___________. Try again!
A) give up
B) go on
C) come in
D) look out
  • 12. The English sounds have how many Monophthongs?
A) 7
B) 9
C) 12
D) 8
E) 1
  • 13. Which sound is different from the others?
A) /ɪ/
B) /u:/
C) /æ/
D) /ʊ/
E) /ɒ/
  • 14. Which is a short vowel ?
A) /æ/
B) /u:/
C) /ɜ:/
D) /i:/
  • 15. What is the definition of diphthongs?
A) any sound that a letter makes that is not a consonant sound
B) a sequence of two vowels sounds
C) a simple vowel that we used to study for a long time
D) the sound that forms the peak of a syllable
  • 16. The idiom 'To cry wolf' means _________
A) To turn pale
B) Raise a false alarm
C) To listen eagerly
D) To keep off starvation
  • 17. Identify the meaning of the idiom “Can’t judge a book by its cover.”
A) It is hard to tell how something is simply from its outward appearance.
B) It is easier to read a book than to protect the pages.
C) It takes a long time to really know someone.
D) A book’s ending can’t always be guessed by how it begins.
  • 18. The phrase, “A hard nut to crack” means ___________.
A) an interesting problem
B) a unique problem
C) a simple problem
D) a difficult problem
  • 19. Identify the meaning of the idiom “a bed of roses”.
A) An easy situation
B) A fragrant place
C) A tough option
D) An impossible situation
  • 20. The weather disturbance is expected to enter the country’s jurisdiction within the day. What NOUN phrase is used in the sentence?
A) is expected to enter
B) to enter the country's jurisdiction
C) within the day
D) The weather disturbance
  • 21. Whale watching has attracted many tourists. (What is the verb phrase?)
A) meanwhile
B) many tourists
C) has attracted
D) Whale watching
  • 22. Which of the following is a noun phrase?
A) The movie was boring
B) The choreographer
C) Across many rivers
D) Around the sun
  • 23. Which of the following is a verb phrase?
A) For making cookies
B) The glittering bells of the church
C) The cake is very yummy
D) were spoken
  • 24. What type of sentence is this? Maya should not handle this situation.
A) Not sure
B) Simple
C) Complex
D) Compound
  • 25. What type of sentence is this? Paul and Stephen never attended the party.
A) Compound
B) Simple
C) Not sure
D) Complex
  • 26. She could accept ___ she could go home.
A) Not sure
B) to
C) But
D) or
  • 27. What figure of speech is this? Her hair was like gravy, running brown off her head and clumping up on her shoulders.
A) Idiom
B) Metaphor
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Personification
E) Simile
  • 28. What figure of speech is this? Her cheeks are big red apples from the cold.
A) Metaphor
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Simile
D) Personification
E) Idiom
  • 29. What figure of speech is this? The leaves danced in the wind.
A) Onomatopoeia
B) Personification
C) Simile
D) Idiom
  • 30. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Anti
B) Mis
C) Dis
D) Un
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) ing
B) ment
C) ity
D) ness
  • 32. The twins got very well together and there was no jealous_____ between them.
A) ity
B) ism
C) ing
D) y
  • 33. We never watch TV in _________ morning.
A) the
B) a
C) an
  • 34. The Browns live in a house. __________ house is very old.
A) The
B) An
C) A
  • 35. Rama has come without ____ umbrella
A) an
B) a
C) the
  • 36. Multiple Choice

    The place of articulation of the consonant sounds /f/ and /v/ are
A) labiodental
B) velar
C) interdental
D) bilabial
  • 37. Find the odd one out: a, w, i, u, e
A) i
B) a
C) e
D) w
  • 38. Which of these is not a type of essay?
A) Expository essay
B) Personal esaay
C) Narrative essay
D) Argumentative essay
E) Descriptive essay
  • 39. Which of these tells a story?
A) Narrative essay
B) Expository essay
C) Argumentative essay
D) Descriptive essay
  • 40. "About" has stress on the 2nd syllable.
A) False
B) True
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