Quiz 1

Choose the right Option

1.    The message of “Casey at the Bat” may be that --------------

•     baseball players shouldn’t let pitches go by.

•     baseball fans should trust the umpire.

• people couldn’t expect too much from their heroes

•    a ball game isn’t worth getting excited about.

Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tumult?

• commotion

•    pile

•    party

•   calm

    I am glad ________ laws against going hatless in public are no longer enforced.

• standard               

• archaic                     

• vernacular                      

• pidgin

    The term Super Bowl has ___________ that go far beyond a mere game.

• vernaculars              

• denotations               

• connotations                          

• idioms

The _________ of the word patriotism is “Love of one’s country.”

• semantics               

• denotations                           

• connotations             

• idioms

   Most newspapers follow the grammatical rules of _________ English.

• Standard           

• pidgin                         

• jargon                         

• connotative

The players can leave their equipment on the bus. Type the antecedent of the underlined word.

Answer explanation

Players

Don’t play the piano if it is not properly tuned. Type the pronoun and the antecedent.

Answer explanation

it-piano

Mount Fuji, a volcano, is in Japan. Type the proper noun and the common noun

Answer explanation

Proper noun (Mount Fuji- Japan)

Common noun (volcano)

He and she took a walk through a park. Type proper nouns of the underlined pronouns

Answer explanation

Ali - Jana- Dream Park