WorksheetsEnglish Trivia - Preliminaries
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
1. Which of the following is a preposition?
And
Or
With
However
2. The most used adjective in the English language is ….
bad
good
beautiful
well
3. What ___ when I called?
you were doing
did you do
you did
were you doing
4. Which word form is not correct?
clotheful
clothe
clothing
clothed
5. Which of the following is a synonym for the word "penultimate"?
last
first
second to the last
best
6. Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
Their going to the park tomorrow.
There going to the park tomorrow.
They're going to the park tomorrow.
none of the above
7. What is the name for the study of the sound and structure of language?
phonetics
semantics
syntax
linguistics
8. The only students left in the classroom were the monitors, Marie and me.
Identify the error in the sentence above.
only students
were the monitors
Marie and me
No error
9. My friend has a good ___ of English.
expertise
command
efficiency
authority
10. Nobody should think they’re above ____.
approach
reproach
blame
responsibility
11. Complete the idiom:
Where are you going all dressed to the __ and looking so fancy?
fours
sevens
nines
sixes
12. “You can use my car ___ tomorrow,” Father said.
since
yet
until
around
13. The word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the ____ alphabet.
Latin
Germanic
Greek
Welsch
14. John Steinbeck got the title of his book Of Mice and Men from a poem by __.
Robert Frost
Robert Burns
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman
15. In a traditional Greek drama, the tragic hero meets his doom because of his tragic __.
disease
romance
flaw
defeat
16. We ___ watch Star Trek with my brother every evening when we were children.
did
would
were used to
use to
17. What is the correct past participle of the verb "lie"?
lay
laid
lain
none of the above
18. REFLECTION is to LIGHT as
MOVIE is to SCENE
ECHO is to SOUND
SENTIMENT is to FEELING
IRIS is to SIGHT
19. Mr. Eagleton reads mysteries, listens to classical music, and he watches television.
correct
incorrect
20. Animal Farm is an allegory based on the __
Spanish Revolution
American Revolution
French Revolution
Russian Revolution
21. The author of “Bread of Salt” is ….
N.V.M. Gonzales
Nick Joaquin
Carlos Bulosan
Fernando Amorsolo
22. What is the name for a word that is spelled differently but sounds the same as another word?
synonym
antonym
homonym
homophone
23. You frequently see this kind of violence ___ television.
at
from
on
in
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?
Natalie
Jane
Mary
Sally
25. The idea that bread is fattening is a common __ that many people have.
misconception
misinterpretation
misunderstanding
misprint
