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ENGLISH QUIZ FOR TEACHERS

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do we call a group of kittens?

a)

A flock of kittens

b)

A litter of kittens

c)

A bunch of kittens

d)

A clique of kittens

2.

What is a group of crows called

a)

murder

b)

pride

c)

army

d)

team

3.

What is a group of geese called?

a)

school

b)

herd

c)

gaggle

d)

flock

4.

If the feminine of sir is madam, what is the feminine word for stallion?

a)

doe

b)

heifer

c)

mare

d)

vixen

5.

The people with acrophobia are afraid of _________.

a)

dark

b)

height

c)

deep ocean

d)

small holes

6.

What does it mean by 'be the icing on the cake?'

a)

be very easy

b)

that is too much

c)

make a good situation even better

d)

it is impossible to have something both ways

7.

What does it mean by the idiom 'doesn't cut the mustard'?

a)

doesn't meet the required standard

b)

gone unexpectedly wrong

c)

selling quickly and in large quantities

d)

does not bring any profit

8.

Which body part is fully grown from birth?

a)

brain

b)

lungs

c)

eyeball

d)

kidney

9.

Give the meaning of the idiom 'come hell or high water'.

a)

in trouble

b)

flash flood

c)

storm or heavy rain

d)

whatever the difficulties

10.

What gets wet while drying?

a)

dryer

b)

iron

c)

towel

d)

vacuum

11.

Choose the correct word to fill in the blank.

You are as _________ as ________.

a)

beauty/she

b)

beautiful/she

c)

beauty/her

d)

beautiful/her

12.

The bag is _______. My bag is ________ this bag. But that bag is ________.

a)

big/bigger/the biggest

b)

big/bigger than/the biggest

c)

bigger than/big/the biggest

d)

the biggest/bigger than/big

13.

Peggy ______ shopping if she ______ time in the afternoon.

a)

will goes/has

b)

goes/will have

c)

will go/has

d)

goes/has

14.

They would have passed their exam if they ______.

a)

studied harder

b)

would study harder

c)

had studied harder

d)

hadn't studied harder

15.

If I ________ ten years younger, I would travel around the world.

a)

am

b)

be

c)

was

d)

were

16.

We still haven't received a reply ______ our letter.

a)

at

b)

in

c)

to

17.

How do you manage _______ a washing machine?

a)

after

b)

without

c)

across

18.

Choose the word with a different meaning.

a)

refuse

b)

report

c)

tell

19.

Choose one with a different meaning.

a)

watch

b)

win

c)

observe

d)

monitor

20.

Choose the meaning of the phrase 'give a hand'

a)

to accidentally hear what other people are saying, when they do not know that they have heard.

b)

to accidentally fall, face first

c)

to help someone doing something.

21.

I could not seem to get through to her.

Choose the meaning of the phrasal verb 'get through to'.

a)

To succeed making someone understand something, especially when it is difficult.

b)

To succeed in doing something especially after trying very hard.

c)

To succeed in achieving something after trying for a long time.

22.

My teacher has been sick _____ last Monday.

a)

at

b)

on

c)

since

d)

for

23.

I have been calling you _______ half an hour.

a)

around

b)

for

c)

since

d)

at

24.

What is a 'couch potato'?

a)

A person who likes to eat potatoes on the couch.

b)

A potato pillow

c)

A person who likes to sit and watch tv on the couch.

d)

A person who likes to play hot potato.

25.

Which proverb has the same meaning as the Malay's saying "masuk kandang kambing mengembek, masuk kandang kerbau menguak"?

a)

Roar when entering the lion's den and crows when entering a rooster's coop.

b)

A miss is as good as a mile.

c)

When in Rome do as Romans do

d)

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

26.

Complete the proverb.

Absence makes the heart grow _________.

a)

bigger

b)

tired

c)

taller

d)

fonder

27.

What does the abbreviation 'ETA' stands for?

a)

Easy Task Arrangement

b)

Estimated Time of Arrival

c)

Enough Toys Asked

d)

English Test of America

28.

How do you correct this little girl's sentence?

a)

She is not a real people!

b)

Her is not a real people!

c)

She is not a real person!

d)

Her is not a real person!

29.

We have to put off our plan to go for our holiday this month until our father can get his annual leave approved.

The phrasal verb put off in the sentence means...

a)

cancel

b)

postpone

c)

refuse

d)

continue

30.

Which is the odd one?

a)

Bungalow

b)

Terrace

c)

Hotel

d)

Apartment

31.

Which is the odd one?

a)

salt

b)

flour

c)

sugar

d)

pepper

32.

Which country is famous for tulips and windmills?

a)

Turkey

b)

Ireland

c)

Holland

d)

Switzerland

33.

What is another word for 'two weeks'

a)

annual

b)

fortnight

c)

daily

d)

monthly

34.

What is the place where aeroplanes are kept?

a)

garage

b)

harbour

c)

dockyard

d)

hangar

35.

Where is the Golden Gate Bridge?

a)

New York

b)

Putrajaya

c)

San Francisco

d)

London

36.

What is another name for an enemy?

a)

friend

b)

foe

c)

anti

d)

hater

37.

Complete the simile

as cool as __________.

a)

cucumber

b)

ice

c)

wind

d)

water

38.

Complete the simile.

as quiet as a _______.

a)

bee

b)

baby

c)

mouse

d)

lion

39.

What is the antonym of prohibit?

a)

forbid

b)

ban

c)

allow

d)

bar

40.

Complete this idiom. An ____ a day keeps the doctor away.

a)

Orange

b)

Egg

c)

Apple

d)

Avocado