ENGLISH QUIZ

CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE OUT OF THE FOUR.

1.    The explosion that ______ the bus killed twelve people.

(1) wrecked                       (2) deflated

(3) stalled                          (4) hinderedd

2.    There was some ………… between the member’s version and the      committee’s version.

(1) discourse                     (2) discrepancy

(3) certainty                       (4) recurrence

3.    We have talked a lot; now let us _______ to work.

(1) get down                      (2) set off

(3) take off                          (4) sit up

4.    The life – guard would not let the children ______ at the deep end of the pool.

(1) swims                          (2) swim

(3) swam                           (4) to swim

5.    The audience watched the clowns ______ their act.

(1) performs                      (2) perform

(3) performed                    (4) are performing

6.    He was accused of bringing money into the country in _______ of foreign exchange rules.

(1) anticipation                  (2) compensation

(3) perpetration                 (4) violation

7.    One of the players forgot to ____

(1) turn up for practice

(2) run away from school

(3) buy shoes for the exam

(4) bring the his books for the match

8.    Today students should be reconciled ________ the way things are changing.

(1) with                              (2) to

(3) for                                (4) at

9.    The country’s economic growth was adversely _______ by political instability.

(1) reflected                      (2) effected

(3) affected                                   (4) expected

10.  The agenda for the meeting is ______ the notice.

(1) forwarded in

(2) subscribed to

(3) enclosed with

(4) delivered as

ANSWERS:

1.(1): The word Wreck ( verb) means: to damage or destroy something.

2. (2) The word discrepancy ( Noun) means: difference between two or more things that should be the same.

3. (1) get down

4.(2) swim

5. (2) perform

6. (4) The word Violate (Verb) means: to go against or refuse to obey a law; flout. Hence, ‘violation’ should be used.

7. (1) Phrase turn up means: to arrive.

Hence, ‘turn up for practice’ should be used here

8. (1) the word ‘reconcile’ agrees with preposition ‘with’

Look at the sentence:

It was hard to reconcile his career ambitions with the needs of his children.

9. ( 3) The word affect (Verb) means; to produce a change in somebody/ something.

10. (3)  enclosedwith ….. should  be used.