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Speaking

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To speak with a lot of pauses and repeated sounds, either because you have a speech problem, or because you are nervous, excited etc.

a)

urge

b)

stammer

c)

mumble

d)

grumble

2.

Which word is NOT a synonym?

a)

moan

b)

complain

c)

confess

d)

grumble

3.

Negative synonym of PROMISE.

a)

maintain

b)

insist

c)

object

d)

threaten

4.

Replace underlined word.

Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards.

a)

boast

b)

groan

c)

threaten

d)

claim

5.

Choose the right variant.

a)

He urged her to come and stay with us.

b)

He urged that she came and stayed with us.

c)

He urged her come and stay with us.

d)

He urged her coming and staying with us.

6.

To speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand.

a)

shriek

b)

beg

c)

mumble

d)

groan

7.

"I am the cleverest person in the class," the boy .........

a)

stuttered

b)

confessed

c)

boasted

d)

murmured

8.

Which preposition usually follows OBJECT ........

a)

at

b)

for

c)

about

d)

to

9.

Which preposition usually follows INSIST .......

a)

by

b)

on

c)

about

d)

of

10.

I must _________ I don’t visit my parents as often as I should.

a)

mauntain

b)

complain

c)

confess

d)

insist

11.

She is very direct and always ..............

a)

talks sense

b)

talks behind my back

c)

gives a talking to

d)

speaks her mind

12.

People do not understand each other because they are talking about different things but fail to realize this.

a)

Talk at cross-purposes

b)

Talk sense

c)

Talk down

d)

Talk shop

13.

In other words TO BE BRIEF

a)

to wrap up the discussion

b)

to start the ball rolling

c)

to put in a nutshell

d)

to get a word in edgeways