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

    In several countries it is ___ legal to keep a gun in your house.
A) Un
B) Il
C) In
D) No
  • 29. There was some _________agreement over the topic.
A) Un
B) Mis
C) Anti
D) Dis
  • 30. We were _____satisfied with the service at the restaurant.
A) Under
B) Mis
C) Dis
D) Un
  • 31. She has got a little aware______ of the dangers she will face.
A) Ness
B) Ing
C) Ment
D) Ity
  • 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) Never in my life 
C)   After a while 
  • 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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