English Practice Set 1232

10 English questions in 8 minutes (+1 per correct, −0.25 per wrong). Free, no account needed. Everyone who opens this set gets the same 10 questions, so the percentile at the end is a real comparison.

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  1. Q1 · English · Idioms and Phrases
    What is the meaning of the idiom/phrase: "Every cloud has a silver lining"?
  2. Q2 · English · English Language
    Choose the word most opposite in meaning to 'INNOCENT'.
  3. Q3 · English · Spellings / Misspelt Words
    Select the incorrectly spelt word from the underlined words. Her assesment of the proposal appeared balanced at first, but a closer look revealed a distinctly partisan tone favouring one side.
  4. Q4 · English · Spotting Errors
    Washington Irving's writing career started at / the tender age of nineteen when he joined / his brother Peter's newspaper The Morning Chronicle / as journalist.
  5. Q5 · English · Ordering of Words
    Rearrange the jumbled words to form a meaningful sentence: "current / market / the / volatility / amid / are / cautious / Investors"
  6. Q6 · English · English / Hindi Language
    Read the following sentence carefully and write the synonym of the underlined word. "पिताजी इस बात से बेखबर थे कि उनका कोई पीछा करता है।" (Father was unaware that someone was following him.)
  7. Q7 · English · Change of Voice (Active/Passive)
    Change the voice: "The team had finished the project before the deadline."
  8. Q8 · English · Antonyms
    Choose the word opposite in meaning to FRUGAL:
  9. Q9 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
    Grasslands should not be foraged and some places are to be closed for grazing.
  10. Q10 · English · Vocabulary
    Choose the antonym of the capitalised word: "Her explanation was quite VAGUE and confusing."
08:000/10 answered+1.00 correct · −0.25 wrong