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JEC Weekly Quiz #6

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_____ at the site of a fort established by the Northwest Mounted Police, Calgary is now one of Canada's fastest growing cities.

a)

Built

b)

It is built

c)

To build

d)

Having built

2.

By 1872 the United States had 70 engineering colleges, _____ astonishing expansion credited largely to the Morrill Act of 1862.

a)

because

b)

an

c)

to which

d)

was

3.

New York City's Central Park is nearly twice as large _____ second smallest country, Monaco.

a)

as

b)

is the

c)

as is

d)

as is the

4.

An unconsolidated aggregate of slit particles is also termed slit, _____ a consolidated aggregate is called siltstone.

a)

which

b)

why

c)

whereas

d)

whether

5.

Daniel was exhausted _____ all day playing in the backyard.

a)

spending

b)

having been spending

c)

spent

d)

having spent

6.

If you don't stop overspending, you'll _____ run out of money.

a)

inestimably

b)

inevitably

c)

inexhaustibly

d)

incredibly

7.

What's the table like ?

a)

I don't like it.

b)

I like it.

c)

He is small.

d)

It is square.

8.

There was no access to the large garden of the house except a well-hidden gate.

a)

entrance

b)

rapture

c)

seizure

d)

attack

9.

Millions of Americans were down and out in the 30's.

a)

illiterate

b)

imprudent

c)

divided

d)

impoverished

10.

The politician's conviction for tax fraud jeopardized his future.

a)

jettisoned

b)

penalized

c)

rejuvenated

d)

endangered

11.

If you are _____ to customers, they'll walk out of the shop.

a)

brush

b)

rough

c)

rude

d)

rusty

12.

He's a nice man but he's _____ to drink too much at parties.

a)

adequate

b)

apt

c)

common

d)

probable

13.

My wife _____ a squirrel on her way to work this morning.

a)

ran over

b)

ran up

c)

ran out of

d)

ran off

14.

Most schools in England _____ at the end of July.

a)

break up

b)

break off

c)

break down

d)

break with

15.

If we are thinking of having a day in the country, I should like to listen to a weather _____ .

a)

statement

b)

recording

c)

spell

d)

forecast

16.

People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.

a)

sum

b)

quantity

c)

deal

d)

degree

17.

When my sister was in hospital, she was _____ by a well-known surgeon.

a)

operated on

b)

worked on

c)

carried on

d)

passed on

18.

They managed to _____ all their unwanted things at the jumble sale.

a)

get rid of

b)

get even with

c)

get away with

d)

get over to

19.

Mr. Sims has walked with a _____ ever since his car accident six years ago.

a)

hop

b)

trot

c)

limp

d)

jog

20.

He must give us more time _____ we shall not be able to make a good job of it.

a)

whether

b)

therefore

c)

otherwise

d)

doubtless