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English Trivia - Preliminaries

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following is a preposition?

a)

And

b)

Or

c)

With

d)

However

2.

2. The most used adjective in the English language is ….

a)

bad

b)

good

c)

beautiful

d)

well

3.

3. What ___ when I called?

a)

you were doing

b)

did you do

c)

you did

d)

were you doing

4.

4. Which word form is not correct?

a)

clotheful

b)

clothe

c)

clothing

d)

clothed

5.

5. Which of the following is a synonym for the word "penultimate"?

a)

last

b)

first

c)

second to the last

d)

best

6.

6. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

a)

Their going to the park tomorrow.

b)

There going to the park tomorrow.

c)

They're going to the park tomorrow.

d)

none of the above

7.

7. What is the name for the study of the sound and structure of language?

a)

phonetics

b)

semantics

c)

syntax

d)

linguistics

8.

8. The only students left in the classroom were the monitors, Marie and me.

      Identify the error in the sentence above.

a)

only students

b)

were the monitors

c)

Marie and me

d)

No error

9.

9. My friend has a good ___ of English.

a)

expertise

b)

command

c)

efficiency

d)

authority

10.

10. Nobody should think they’re above ____.

a)

approach

b)

reproach

c)

blame

d)

responsibility

11.

11. Complete the idiom:

Where are you going all dressed to the __ and looking so fancy?

a)

fours

b)

sevens

c)

nines

d)

sixes

12.

12. “You can use my car ___ tomorrow,” Father said.

a)

since

b)

yet

c)

until

d)

around

13.

13. The word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the ____ alphabet.

a)

Latin

b)

Germanic

c)

Greek

d)

Welsch

14.

14. John Steinbeck got the title of his book Of Mice and Men from a poem by __.

a)

Robert Frost

b)

Robert Burns

c)

Emily Dickinson

d)

Walt Whitman

15.

15. In a traditional Greek drama, the tragic hero meets his doom because of his tragic __.

a)

disease

b)

romance

c)

flaw

d)

defeat

16.

16. We ___ watch Star Trek with my brother every evening when we were children.

a)

did

b)

would

c)

were used to

d)

use to

17.

17. What is the correct past participle of the verb "lie"?

a)

lay

b)

laid

c)

lain

d)

none of the above

18.

18. REFLECTION is to LIGHT as

a)

MOVIE is to SCENE         

b)

ECHO is to SOUND   

c)

SENTIMENT is to FEELING

d)

IRIS is to SIGHT

19.

19. Mr. Eagleton reads mysteries, listens to classical music, and he watches television.

a)

correct

b)

incorrect

20.

20. Animal Farm is an allegory based on the __

a)

Spanish Revolution

b)

American Revolution

c)

French Revolution

d)

Russian Revolution

21.

21. The author of “Bread of Salt” is ….

a)

N.V.M. Gonzales

b)

Nick Joaquin

c)

Carlos Bulosan

d)

Fernando Amorsolo

22.

22. What is the name for a word that is spelled differently but sounds the same as another word?

a)

synonym

b)

antonym

c)

homonym

d)

homophone

23.

23. You frequently see this kind of violence ___ television.

a)

at

b)

from

c)

on

d)

in

24.

24. Mary is taller than Jane. Jane is shorter than Sally. Natalie is not the shortest and Sally is the tallest of the four. Who is the shortest?

a)

Natalie

b)

Jane

c)

Mary

d)

Sally

25.

25. The idea that bread is fattening is a common __ that many people have.

a)

misconception

b)

misinterpretation

c)

misunderstanding

d)

misprint