Quiz on English Language Skills

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

• A. metropolitan

• B. fossil

• C. horror

• D. offering

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• A. violent

• B. cultural

• C. assistant

• D. compliment

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

• A. in

• B. on

• C. from

• D. at

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

• A. Thanks!

• B. The same to you!

• C. You too!

• D. Good luck!

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

• A. while

• B. throughout

• C. whole

• D. along

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

According to the passage, Wikipedia________.

• was created by a team of computer scientists

• began as a business idea

• became popular as soon as it started

• started as one man's passion

Articles in Wikipedia are________.

• mostly about science

• mostly in English

• translated into 200 languages

• very interesting

Wikipedia remains accurate as much as possible because________.

• all people who write for it are experts

• it has a special type of software programme

• there are people who monitor it for mistakes

• not everybody can change the information