English Language Quiz

Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.

• apprentice

• secondary

• experience

• vocational

The school offers _____ programs in electrical work and building maintenance.

• academic

• abroad

• vocational

• potential

I’ve just heard that there’s been a major accident that has all of the traffic tied up. If we want to get to the play on time, we’d better avoid _________________ the high way.

• having taken

• take

• to take

• taking

_______ me that she would never speak to me again, she picked up her stuff and stormed out of the house.

• To have told

• Telling

• Having told

• Told

______ off the light, we went to bed.

• Switched

• Having switched

• Switching

• To switch

Choose the sentences that are closest in meaning to the given sentence(s).

Since I had not seen him for ages, I didn’t recognize him.

• Having not seen him for ages, I hadn’t recognizes him.

• Not having seen him for ages, I didn’t recognize him.

• Having recognized him, I didn’t see him for ages.

• Not seeing him for ages, I didn’t recognize him.

Choose the sentences that are closest in meaning to the given sentence(s).

I had not ridden a horse for a long time and I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

• Not riding a horse for a long time, I find it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

• Not riding a horse for a long time, I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

• Not having ridden a horse for a long time, I found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

• Not to have ridden a horse for a long time, I had found it very difficult to keep in the saddle.

After completing their vocational courses, students are offered four-month ______ learn from skilled people in the trade.

• education

• apprenticeships

• courses

• breaks

The University of Oxford is one of the best academic ______ in the world.

• chances

• careers

• institutions

• companies

Despite their financial difficulties, my parents ______ to pay for my university education.

• disagreed

• approved

• refused

• managed