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E12-50

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

OPPOSITE : Aren't you putting the cart before the horse by deciding what to wear for the wedding before you're invited to it? 

a)

knowing the horse cart          

b)

do things in the right order

c)

doing things in the wrong order

d)

upsetting the horse cart 

2.

OPPOSITE : He is writing a letter of acceptance to the employer with the hope to get his favorite position in the company. 

a)

confirmation

b)

refusal

c)

agree

d)

admission

3.

The letters he would write were full of doom and ________. We still do not know what made him so depressed. 

a)

drib

b)

gloom

c)

duck

d)

tuck

4.

________ the person is the more privilege he enjoys. 

a)

The rich

b)

The richest

c)

As rich as

d)

The richer

5.

My grandparents are quite old now and sometimes they have to ________ up and down steps.

a)

be helping

b)

helped

c)

help

d)

be helped

6.

Unless we do something now, hundreds of plant and animal species will ________.

a)

point out

b)

die out

c)

cut up

d)

make up

7.

While she was taking her exams, she ________ a terrible headache. 

a)

will have

b)

has

c)

had

d)

is having

8.

Sceptics claim that looking for alien forms of life in space is like squaring the ________ as they do not exist. 

a)

ground

b)

circle

c)

 flag

d)

school

9.

________ the promotion, I began to search for other goals. 

a)

Having attained

b)

To attain

c)

Being attained

d)

Attained

10.

They offered her the job because she was very ________ on the design front.

a)

creatively

b)

creative

c)

create

d)

creation

11.

The restaurant is well-known ________ its friendly atmosphere and excellent service.

a)

for

b)

on

c)

in

d)

off

12.

Researchers have ________ to the conclusion that personality is affected by your genes.

a)

got

b)

reached

c)

arrived

d)

come

13.

John crashed his truck ________ he was driving too fast. 

a)

despite

b)

although

c)

because

d)

because of

14.

She'll take the flight for the early meeting, _______? 

a)

won’t she

b)

hasn’t she

c)

didn't she

d)

doesn't she

15.

She bought a ________ jacket as a present for her daughter. 

a)

new Italian leather

b)

new leather Italian

c)

leather new Italian

d)

leather Italian new

16.

The popular press often contains a lot more ________ than hard facts.

a)

 tolerance

b)

influence

c)

speculation

d)

realism

17.

I hope these machines will have worked very well ________. 

a)

as soon as you would come back next month

b)

. when you came back next month

c)

by the time you come back next month

d)

after you were coming back next month

18.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

concerned

b)

devoted

c)

renewed

d)

improved

19.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

thrill

b)

hide

c)

prize

d)

crime

20.

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

She is a confidential and practiced speaker who always impresses her audience.

a)

confidential

b)

 practiced

c)

 impresses

d)

audience

21.

My sister finally got his own favorite piano to practice every day. 

a)

finally

b)

his

c)

to practice

d)

every

22.

Last night, she stays up so late to study for her exams. 

a)

stays

b)

so

c)

to study

d)

her

23.

The book was interesting. I've read it three times. 

a)

Such was the interesting book that I have read it three times.

b)

So interesting was the book that I have no time to read it. 

c)

Only if it is an interesting book have I read it three times. 

d)

Should the book be interesting, I have read it three times. 

24.

She bought an old TV. She has regrets about it now. 

a)

Provided she bought an old TV, she wouldn't have regrets. 

b)

If she hadn't bought an old TV, she would have regrets. 

c)

If only she had bought an old TV. 

d)

She wishes she hadn't bought an old TV. 

25.

Peter is talking to Mary about eating habits. 

Peter: "You should eat more fruits and vegetables." 

Mary: “________” 

a)

Yes, I will. Thanks.

b)

No, thanks

c)

My pleasure.

d)

You're welcome.

26.

Mrs Brown and Mr Smith are talking about teaching soft skills at school.

Mrs Brown: "Some soft skills should be taught to children." 

Mr Smith: “_____________. They are necessary for them." 

a)

I don't either

b)

I agree with you

c)

You're quite wrong

d)

You're welcome

27.

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

a)

document

b)

holiday

c)

location

d)

journalist

28.

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

a)

 listen

b)

agree

c)

 escape

d)

deny

29.

closest - Please give me some recommendation to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.

a)

advice

b)

defense

c)

interest

d)

question

30.

closest : He has been jobless and often has to ask his parents for money. 

a)

out of fashion

b)

out of practice

c)

out of order

d)

out of work

31.

Every student is required to write an essay on the topic. 

a)

Every student might write an essay on the topic. 

b)

Every student must write an essay on the topic

c)

Every student can't write an essay on the topic. 

d)

Every student needn't write an essay on the topic. 

32.

"If I were you, I would rent another room" said my friend. 

a)

My friend threatened me to rent another room. 

b)

. My friend was thinking about renting another room. 

c)

My friend insisted on renting another room. 

d)

My friend advised me to rent another room. 

33.

He last cooked for the whole family five months ago. 

a)

He didn't cook for the whole family five months ago. 

b)

He has cooked for the whole family for five months. 

c)

He hasn't cooked for the whole family for five months. 

d)

He would cook for the whole family in five months.