English Practice Set 53

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.

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.

  1. Q1 · English · Idioms and Phrases
    What is the meaning of the idiom/phrase: "By the skin of one's teeth"?
  2. Q2 · English · Homonyms / Confusing Word Pairs
    Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank. What _________ of a movie is this?
  3. Q3 · English · Sentence Improvement / Correction
    One of the most horrified serials of the Indian television industry was broadcast twenty years ago.
  4. Q4 · English · Grammar
    Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: She sings 'beautifully'.
  5. Q5 · English · Sentence Improvement
    Select the option that improves the underlined part of the sentence. If no improvement is required, select 'No improvement'. If I would have known about the meeting, I would have attended it.
  6. Q6 · English · Grammar — Articles & Determiners
    Fill in the blank with the correct article/determiner: This is _____ and sincere worker.
  7. Q7 · English · One Word Substitutes
    Choose the word that means the same as the phrase: "One who can foretell the future"
  8. Q8 · English · Match the Columns
    Match Column A with Column B (Antonyms): Column A: A. Notorious B. Just C. Rigid D. Taciturn Column B: 1. Unjust 2. Talkative 3. Flexible 4. Reputable
  9. Q9 · English · Vocabulary
    Choose the one word for: "One who acts on sudden impulse rather than thought"
  10. Q10 · English · Odd Sentence / Theme-based Questions
    Three of the four sentences below belong together in theme/context. Choose the one that does NOT belong: 1. New autonomous underwater vehicles are now being deployed to close this knowledge gap. 2. Others are experimenting with submerging server units directly in seawater for passive cooling. 3. Even so, rising global demand for data storage threatens to outpace these efficiency gains. 4. Renewable energy contracts are also becoming a standard feature of new data centre projects.
08:000/10 answered+1.00 correct · −0.25 wrong