English Quiz 1

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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

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