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

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