An English Quiz

 1) My daughter well.  a) always has eaten b) has always eaten  c) has always eat d) is always eat  _______________________________________________  2) Please be quiet  a) I working. b) I work.  c) I’m working. d) I’m work.  _______________________________________________  3) Dave in a factory. Now he works in a shop.  a) worked b) works  c) used to work d) use to work 

 4) I haven’t got on holiday at the moment.  a) enough money for going b) money enough to go  c) enough money to go d) money enough for going  __________________________________________________________  5) a long time for the bus.  a) Always we have to wait b)We always have to wait  c) We have always to wait d)We have to wait always  __________________________________________________________  6) I need about hotels in Paris.  a) some information b) information  c) an information d) some informations  __________________________________________________________  7) We enjoyed our holiday was very nice.  a) Hotel b) A hotel  c) An hotel d) The hotel

 8) We don’t eat very often.  a) the meat b) some meat  c) a meat d) meat  __________________________________________________________  9) is in New York.  a) The Times Square b) Times Square  c) A Times Square d) An Times Square  ________________________________________________ 10) Why me last night? I was waiting for you to phone. a) didn’t you phone b) you no phone c) you don’t phone d) you didn’t phone _________________________________________________ 11) I don’t remember what at the party. a) Ann was wearing b) was wearing Ann c) was Ann wearing d) Ann wearing was

 12) His team didn’t do he’d hoped in the competition.  a) as well b) as well as  c) as good as d) better than  _______________________________________________  13) We have to make a decision Friday at the latest.  a) on b) until  c) by d) to  _________________________________________________________  14) Mum was furious the mess when she got home.  a) for b) with  c) at d) about  __________________________________________________________  15) I’m sorry your mother is ill. I hope she..... better soon.  a) has b) makes  c) gets d) goes

 16) If nothing else works, try..... the printer off and on again.  a) to switch b) to switching  c) switching d) switch __________________________________________________________  17) ‘ Caroline doesn’t know where we’re going.’ ‘ I... her.’  a) ‘m phoning b) ‘ll phone  c) phone d) ‘m going to phone  __________________________________________________________  18) What time Charlie this evening?  a) do we meet b) are we meeting  c) will we meet d) are we meet  __________________________________________________________  19) Andy, it’s already 9:30, you the bus!  a) are going to be missed b) are missing  c) ‘re going to miss d) ‘ll miss

 20) ‘ ________ is still a major world problem.’  a) Poorness b) Poor c) Poverty d) Poorment  __________________________________________________________ 21) ‘That lesson was awful, I nearly died of ________.’  a) boring b) boringness  c) bore d) boredom  __________________________________________________________  22) ‘ The _______ of the elderly is often ignored these days.’  a) wisdom b) wisely  c) wiseness d) wise  _________________________________________________________  23)’To be successful in business you need courage and ___.’  a) luckily b) luck c) luckyness d) luckiness

 24) Which answer is NOT correct? ‘Every Saturday morning I ________ my friends on the beach.’  a) would meet b) used to meet  c) met d) was meeting _______________________________________________  25) Which is NOT correct? ‘It always seemed to be sunny ________.’  a) in those days b) back then c) the other day d) in the good old days  ________________________________________________ 26) Which of the following means ‘I DON'T think it will happen’? ‘_____he'll win the race.’  a) I'm sure b) I'm convinced c) I doubt d) I reckon

 27) Which of the following is correct?  a) Do you agree? b) Are you agree?  c) I'm of agree with you. d) I'm agree.  ______________________________________________________________________________________________  28) Which of the following would you not say in a clothes shop  a) I'm just looking. b) A sliced loaf please.  c) Can I try it on? d) I’ll take it, thanks.  _____________________________________________________________________________________________  29) Which of the following is grammatically countable?  a) money b) news c) people d) information  _______________________________________________________________________________________________  30) Choose the correct spelling. ‘His old mother was _________ on him for everything.’  a) dependente b) dependant  c) dependante d) dependent

c) 1) The ball is in your court. e) 2) beat around the bush g) 3) caught between two stools  a) 4) Every cloud has a silver  lining. d) 5) hit the nail on the head f) 6) sit on the fence b) 7) leave no stone unturned  a) Be optimistic, even difficult times will lead to better days.  b) to do everything you can to achieve your goal  c) It is up to you to make the next decision or step.  d) do or say something exactly right  e) avoiding the main topic, not speaking directly about the issue  f) This is used when someone does not want to choose or make a decision.  g) S omeone finds it difficult to choose between two alternatives.

1) Which vowel sound is the ‘odd one out’?  a) flower b) lower c) power d) tower ________________________________________________________  2) Which of the following has a different vowel sound?  a) knew b) stew c) few d) sew _________________________________________________________  3) Which word has a different vowel sound?  a) head b) said c) made d) bed _________________________________________________________  4) Which word sounds different?  a) debt b) fret c) treat d) sweat ________________________________________________________  5) Which word sounds different?  a) mother b) bother c) brother d) another