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PCSI Week #10

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the odd one out.

a)

acceptance

b)

assertion

c)

compliance

d)

consent

2.

Find the odd one out.

a)

resistance

b)

willingness

c)

resilience

d)

willpower

3.

Which conjunction may not be used to begin a sentence?

a)

Yet

b)

But

c)

However

d)

Indeed

4.

Which term may well be used to begin a conclusion?

a)

Concludingly

b)

In conclusion

c)

Eventually

d)

In any event

5.

Find the odd one out.

a)

Thus, ...

b)

Indeed, ...

c)

Moreover, ...

d)

However, ...

6.

Which of these terms is incorrect?

a)

On the contrary

b)

Contrarily

c)

Contrary to

d)

Conversely

7.

Which of these terms is not a synonym of the others?

a)

On the other hand

b)

Nevertheless

c)

Nonetheless

d)

Having said that

e)

At the end of the day

8.

a lingua franca is...

a)

an ancestor of the French language

b)

an honest and unambiguous discourse

c)

a common language used for professional exchanges

d)

a language that dominates all others

9.

Which one is not a synonym of the others?

a)

to entail

b)

to involve

c)

to imply

d)

to foster

10.

Which one is incorrect?

a)

undispensable

b)

unavoidable

c)

inevitable

d)

ineluctable

11.

A whistleblower is usually...

a)

a former company employee or civil servant

b)

a hacker who got access to classified information

c)

an anonymous social vigilante

d)

a high-ranking army officer

12.

Whistleblowers believe they are acting...

a)

to get back at their former employer/government.

b)

to perform a heroic mission.

c)

for the greater good.

d)

on a whim.

13.

Whistleblowers are threatened in society because...

a)

nobody wants to believe them.

b)

companies or governments are trying to eliminate them.

c)

their country's legal framework does not protect them enough.

d)

they could be sentenced to death.

14.

Julian Assange was at the origin of the so-called...

a)

Cambridge Analytica

b)

WikiLeaks

c)

Panama Papers

d)

Instagram scandal

15.

Edward Snowden uncovered classified information about...

a)

Facebook's private data leaks

b)

Tax havens and thousands of offshore bank accounts

c)

US military operations

d)

The CIA and the National Security Agency

16.

His father was an engineer, and he wants to be ... too.

a)

this one

b)

the one

c)

that one

d)

one

17.

... can't always win.

a)

None

b)

Every one

c)

No one

d)

One

18.

That period was ... great economic expansion.

a)

one of

b)

this of

c)

of one

d)

this one

19.

They have all applied for financial help but haven't got ... so far.

a)

none

b)

some

c)

any

d)

one

20.

"What were they doing?"

"Some were playing; ... were just doing nothing."

a)

other

b)

others

c)

the other

d)

some other

21.

I don't know how many will come, but ... have been invited.

a)

all others

b)

every one

c)

all of them

d)

both

22.

I'd like to have a house ...

a)

mine.

b)

of mine.

c)

to me.

d)

of myself.

23.

I don't have a bike, but Mike does. Maybe I can use ...

a)

of his.

b)

his.

c)

of him.

d)

his one.

24.

John, I need a pair of socks for the night. can you lend me one ... ?

a)

of you

b)

your

c)

yours

d)

of yours

25.

It began to rain as he was leaving; so I gave him an old raincoat of ...

a)

mine.

b)

me.

c)

my.

d)

my own.

26.

I don't have a car but she is willing to lend me ...

a)

that of hers.

b)

her one.

c)

hers.

d)

one's own.

27.

I want a car ... !

a)

of mine

b)

to me

c)

of my own

d)

for me

28.

"Should I go to this party?"

"The choice is entirely ... "

a)

yours.

b)

to you.

c)

upon you.

d)

from you.

29.

That car of ... is always breaking down.

a)

yourself

b)

you

c)

yours

d)

your own

30.

That girl is a friend ...

a)

of me.

b)

by me.

c)

of mine.

d)

to mine.