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E12 GCSE 2025

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The businessman inspected the contract carefully before signing it.

    

a)

ignored                         

b)

judged                         

c)

checked                                 

d)

restored

2.

The burglar has got cold feet, when the dog started barking.

    

a)

frightened                    

b)

excited                         

c)

bored                                     

d)

surprised

3.

I could hear voices but I couldn’t ______ what they were saying.

  

a)

   make out                      

b)

turn up                         

c)

 try out                                         

d)

   bring about

4.

We need to do this ______ than we are at the moment.

    

a)

the quickest                

b)

quickly                         

c)

most quickly                                  

d)

more quickly

5.

To many children, playing computer games is a form of ______ .

    

a)

relax                             

b)

relaxingly                    

c)

relaxation                              

d)

relaxed

6.

My brother used to work as ______ doctor in this hospital.

    

a)

a

b)

an

c)

the

d)

0

7.

He promises ______ the assignment before 5 p.m.

     A

a)

submit                          

b)

submitting                    

c)

submitting                             

d)

to submit

8.

Mary doesn’t come to class today. She contracts a serious illness.

a)

In case Mary didn’t contract a serious illness, she wouldn’t come to class today.

b)

If Mary didn’t contract a serious illness, she would come to class today.

c)

Unless Mary had contracted a serious illness, she wouldn’t come to class today.

d)

Provided that Mary contracts a serious illness, she will come to class today.

9.

OPPOSITE: Don’t take it as read that you’ll be promoted in your job, other colleagues stand a good chance, too.

    

a)

feel uncertain               

b)

make sure                    

c)

feel good                                      

d)

completely accept

10.

OPPOSITE: Council members strongly objected to plans to sell off the land, didn’t they?

    

a)

argued                          

b)

disagreed 

c)

approved  

d)

refused

11.

Consonant

a)

choice                                        

b)

chemist                    

c)

Cchannel                                           

d)

change

12.

In common with many mothers, she feels torn between her family and her work.

    

a)

In association with      

b)

Except for                 

c)

Unlike

d)

Like

13.

OPPOSITE: Local dwellers' houses gather right in the middle of the valley.

    

a)

collect                                                

b)

distribute

c)

bloom 

d)

scatter

14.

OPPOSITE: It was obvious that the deal was no longer tenable, so we kicked it into touch.

    

a)

accepted it 

b)

eliminated it                

c)

forgot it

d)

rejected it                     

15.

Due to the energy crisis, the government is encouraging the production of energy_______ cars.

    

a)

limited                         

b)

efficient                       

c)

                         effective

d)

economical