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[JUNIOR LEVEL: AVERAGE ROUND] Mind Fest: English Quiz Bee

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There ______ a load of tasks to finish.

a)

is

b)

are

2.

Complete the statement, “____ there any problems?”

a)

Is

b)

Are

c)

Were

d)

Have

3.

Every complete sentence has a subject and a / an

a)

Object

b)

Predicate

c)

Adjective

d)

Emotion

4.

“He enjoys running.” Running is a gerund word, what is its function in the sentence?

a)

Adjective

b)

Verb

c)

Noun

d)

Pronoun

5.

Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice,” opens up with “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

What type of irony is used in this iconic line?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Meta-Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

6.

In Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere,” the townspeople credit Ibarra attending the church service for his survival of the accident that kills the yellow man. However, the audience knows that the very church they credit with protecting Ibarra is plotting against him, and in fact orchestrated the accident, putting him in danger.

This is an example of what type of irony?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Meta-Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

7.

In Jose Rizal’s “Noli Me Tangere,” Captain Tiago is initially described as being at peace with God, creating the expectation that he was a pious, churchgoing man. Yet in reality, Captain Tiago uses his enormous wealth to pay others to pray for him, which soothes his conscience.

What type of irony does this show?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Meta-Irony

d)

Verbal Irony

8.

Which of the following uses correct capitalization?

a)

Francis Bacon is “The Father of Essays.”

b)

Francis Bacon is "the Father of Essays."

c)

Francis bacon is "the father of essays."

d)

Francis Bacon is "The father of essays."

9.

Sugar is ubiquitous in all diets. I literally can’t find a meal that doesn’t have it. Using context clues, what is the definition of the underlined word?

a)

Scarce

b)

Ever-present

c)

Ambivalent

d)

Cognizant

e)

Fathom

10.

"The cold weather ____ed the crops; the _____ of the cold weather was a lower yield."

a)

affect, effect

b)

effect, affect