AN ENGLISH QUIZGrade VIIth
Correct answers are red.
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Everyday English
Circle the letter in front of the correct answer.
1) What do you call something which is not
damaged by water? a) waterproof b) swimproof c) washing up-proof d) rainproof
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2) Which of the following seasons is
American English ?
a) spring b) summer c) fall d) winter
3) What do you call your
grandmother’s mother?
a) grandmother b) grand
grandmother c) great
grandmother d) old grandmother
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4) What’s the best advice? – “I’m absolutely broke!” a) Try getting a a second part-time
job. b) You should to get a second part-time job. c) Try repairing yourself. d) Why don’t you see a doctor?
5) If you have a toothache
you should take a …
a) hurtstopper
b) painstopper
c) painkiller
d) achekiller
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6) What do we call the
people who watch
sport?
a) spectators b) the audience c) the viewers d) the watchers
7) How do we say the
following football score? 0-0
a) zero, zero b) nil, nil c) nought, nought d) love, love
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8) Sometimes in the supermarket I
can’t remember what I want. My mind goes … a) white b) empty c) erased d) blank
9) Which is “the odd
one out” (doesn’t
match)?
WIN a) a competition b) $ 1 000 000 c) a big salary d) a war
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10) They live near the airport. It’s a lovely house, but ______ is terrible.
a) the noisy pollution b) the noise pollution c) the racket pollution d) a noise pollution
11) What do you want to know if you ask “ What is he like?” About his _______
a) preferences b) interests c) personality d) looks
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12) She’s a devout
Catholic and _______ every day.
a) praze b) praise c) prays d) preys
13) Something that meets your
needs and
expectations is …
a) fillfulling b) filling c) fulling d) fulfilling
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14) They say if you look after the
___, the pounds will look after them- selves. a) cents b) pennies c) coins d) money
15) It really ________ when people look at their mobiles when I’m talking to them. a) makes me nervous b) gets on my nerves c) gets me nervous d) nerves me
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Choose the right preposition to complete the sentence.Circle the letter
in front of it. 1) He’ll be ready to leave ___ about twenty minutes.
a) in
b) on
c) at
2) I think she spent the whole after- noon ___the
phone.
a) in
b) on
c) at
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3) She will wait ____ 6.30, but then
she’s going home.
a) from
b) at
c) until
4) The police caught the thief ___ the corner of Cascade and Plum Streets. a) on
b) at
c) from
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5) My fingers were injured so my
sister had to write the note ___ me. a) for
b) with
c) to
6) My best friend John
is named ____ his grandfather.
a) to
b) after
c) about
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7) Do you know what time your train
gets ___ ?
a) to
b) in
c) on
8) Write your name ___ the top of
the page.
a) on
b) at
c) in
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9) Who is the woman
___ that photo?
a) at
b) on
c) in
10) We finally found
a solution ___ the problem.
a) of
b) to
c) with
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Grammar Mix
Choose the right word or phrase that would correctly complete the sentence.
Circle the letter in front of the right answer.
1) The Karmen Ghia is used to be ___________ sports car. a) a fine German b) a German, fine c) a fine, German
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2)Everyone was home
for the holidays. What would make for ______ Christ- mas than that?
a) a merryer b) the merriest c) a merrier
3) Which word has a different vowel sound?
a) roof b) foot c) shoot d) suit
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4) How many people are going to ______ _________ ?
a) Mark and Sharon’s
wedding b) the wedding of Mark and Sharon’s c) Mark’s and Sharon’s wedding
5) Have you ________
_____ skiing with us yet?
a) persuaded Julie coming b) persuaded Julie to come c) persuaded to Julie come
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6) Of all the mechanics in the shop, Jerzy is surely __________ .
a) the less competent b)the least
competent c) the competentest
7) She looked away and didn’t say __________ .
a) nothing b) anything c) none
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8) He spent _________
on CDs.
a) all the money
b) every money
c) the whole money
9) What time ________ Chris this
evening?
a) do we meet
b) are we meeting
c) are we meet
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10) They grew up in __________ house in Mexico City.
a) a comfortable, little
b) a little, comfortable
c) a comfortable little
11) Do you know what ___________ for her birthday?
a) does Sophie want
b) Sophie wants
c) wants Sophie
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12) _________ TV when I phoned you.
a) Did you watch
b) Were you watch
c) Were you watching
13) What ___________ for your
interview tomorrow?
a) shall you wear
b) are you going to
wear c) do you wear
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14) How _________ ? “I don’t know. I didn’t see it.”
a) the accident hap- pened b) did the
accident happen c) did happen the accident
15) Is your English ____________ a conversation?
a) enough good for
b) good enough for have c) good enough to
have
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16) You’re out of breath.
________?
a) Are you running
b) Have you been running
c) Have you run
17) We visited _____ ___________ .
a) Canada and the United
States b) the Canada and United States c) the Canada and the United
States
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18) He _________ to find a job but
he had no luck.
a) tried hardly
b) tried hard
c) hardly tried
19)“______you tomor-
row, OK?” “OK, goodbye.”
a) I’m phoning
b) I phone
c) I’ll phone
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20) I wish my brother
_______ here to see me now.
a) were
b) is
c) would be
21) Are Diane and Paul here? No, they ________.
a) haven’t already arrived b) don’t arrive yet
c) haven’t arrived
yet
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