English Practice Set 1887
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.
- English Language
- Fill in the Blanks
- Grammar — Tenses & Verb Forms
- Idioms and Phrases
- Phrasal Verbs
- Sentence Improvement / Correction
- Spellings / Misspelt Words
- Spotting Errors
Pick an answer for each question below, then press Submit. The 8-minute timer starts when you choose your first answer. Tap a chosen option again to clear it. Solutions and your percentile unlock after you submit.
- After the heavy rains last Thursday, the water in the river raised another three feet.
- Copernicus proved that the earth ______ round the sun.
- She was a ______, ______, _______ astronaut.
- Which of the following sentences contains a grammatical error?
- I must tell you that it all went pear-shaped after you left the meeting in the middle.
- Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate choice : My parents were away visiting relatives, so I ____to cut classes.
- Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verb: 'By the time he retired last year, he ______ the organisation for over three decades.'
- Select the correct spelling to fill in the blanks. Her ______ wit often left her opponents speechless.
- Choose the idiom/phrase that means: "to lose energy or enthusiasm"
- Which phrasal verb means: "to have no more of something"?