English Practice Set 809

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1. Q1 · English · Idioms and Phrases
   Choose the idiom/phrase that means: "to tell something briefly"
   ABurn the midnight oilBIt's raining cats and dogsCMake a long story shortDBreak the ice
2. Q2 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (Phrasal Verbs): Column A: A. Look down on B. Rule out C. Check in D. Hand in Column B: 1. to submit 2. to consider someone inferior 3. to register at a hotel or airport 4. to eliminate as a possibility
   AA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3BA-3, B-1, C-4, D-2CA-2, B-4, C-3, D-1DA-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
3. Q3 · English · Match the Columns
   Match Column A with Column B (One Word Substitutes): Column A: A. Fear of heights B. A person who dies without leaving a will C. A place where dead bodies are kept temporarily D. Government by the nobility or upper class Column B: 1. Acrophobia 2. Aristocracy 3. Mortuary 4. Intestate
   AA-1, B-4, C-3, D-2BA-1, B-4, C-2, D-3CA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1DA-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
4. Q4 · English · Vocabulary
   Fill in the blank with the correct idiom: "He passed the exam ___, scoring just one mark above the cutoff."
   Aby the skin of his teethBwith flying coloursCby hook or by crookDhands down
5. Q5 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
   Change into indirect speech: The officer asked, "What is your name?"
   AThe officer asked what my name would.BThe officer asked what my name were.CThe officer asked what my name was.DWhat is your name?
6. Q6 · English · Change of Voice (Active/Passive)
   Change the voice: "The workers will have completed the building by December."
   AThe building have been completed by the workers by December.BThe building is completed by the workers by December.CThe building were completed by the workers by December.DThe building will have been completed by the workers by December.
7. Q7 · English · Vocabulary
   Choose the synonym of 'Begin'.
   AEndBStartCStopDFinish
8. Q8 · English · Verbal Analogies
   Knife is related to Cut in the same way as Pen is related to ____?
   AInsectsBFloodCMoneyDWrite
9. Q9 · English · Fill in the Blanks
   Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option: He is one of the ___ students in the class.
   Amuch talentedBmost talentedCtalentedestDmore talented
10. Q10 · English · Change of Speech (Direct/Indirect)
    "Ugh! There's a slug in my lettuce. Waiter!'' he cried. (Change the narration)
    AHe said ugh that there was a slug in his lettuce and asked the waiter to comeBHe exclaimed with disgust that there was a slug in his lettuce and called the waiterCHe said to the waiter that ugh there was a slug in his lettuce.DHe asked the waiter that there was a slug in his lettuce.