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English Quiz 1
Time: 20min Marks 20
1. Much ado about nothing.
(a)noun (b)verb (c) adjective (d)adverb 2. The boat had been out adrift. (a)verb (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)noun 3. She steered the car adroitly through the rush-hour traffic. (a)verb (b)noun (c) adjective (d)adverb 4. He had been her personal adviser on press relations. (a)noun (b)verb (c) adjective (d)adverb 5. The shock left her quite bereft of speech. (a)adjective (b)noun (c) adverb (d)verb 6. Happily I met my uncle, the engineer. (a)noun (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)verb 7. It was a difficult word but Nasir pronounced it quite correctly. (a)adjective (b)adverb (c) pronoun (d)verb 8. Still water runs deeply. (a)pronoun (b)adjective (c) verb (d)adverb 9. The affluence of some of these young executives is extraordinary. (a)noun (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)verb 10. She deleted everything she’d written and started afresh. (a)noun (b)adverb (c) adjective (d)verb 11. I was a bit rude to her at the meeting, and afterwards I apologised. (a)noun (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)verb 12. After the accident, his condition was agonizingly uncomfortable. (a)noun (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)verb 13. They crowded round the window, agog with curiosity. (a)verb (b)noun (c) adjective (d)adverb 14. I was aghast at her rudeness. (a)verb (b)adverb (c) adjective (d)preposition 15. He knew he should visit his ailing mother. (a)noun (b)adverb (c) adjective (d)verb 16. The risks are minuscule. (a)noun (b)preposition (c) adjective (d)adverb 17. Copies of the minutes will be made available to all members. (a)noun (b)adjective (c) adverb (d)verb 18. This report requires minute examination. (a)adverb (b)preposition (c) adjective (d)noun 19. The smooth surface of the lake mirrored the surrounding mountains. (a)noun (b)verb (c) adjective (d)adverb 20. It is only moderately more expensive than the other one. (a)noun (b)adverb (c) verb (d)adjective