Exercise - 12
Question: 1 Which of these is a noun? It is ........
Correct Answer : 1 [thing]
Notes: Which of these is a noun? It is thing.
Question: 2 Which of these is a passive sentence? It is ........
Correct Answer : 2 [He's been taken there]
Notes: Which of these is a passive sentence? It is He's been taken there.
Question: 3 Which of these is a preposition? It is ........
Correct Answer : 3 [through]
Notes: Which of these is a preposition? It is through.
Question: 4 Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is ....... .
Correct Answer : 4 [She had laughed]
Notes: Which of these tenses is Past Perfect Simple? It is She had laughed.
Question: 5 Which of these is an adverb? It is ........
Correct Answer : 5 [quickly]
Notes: Which of these is an adverb? It is quickly.
Question: 6 Which of these tenses is Present Simple? It is ........
Correct Answer : 6 [He speaks]
Notes: Which of these tenses is Present Simple? It is He speaks.
Question: 7 Which of these is an adjective? It is ........
Correct Answer : 7 [hard]
Notes: Which of these is an adjective? It is hard.
Question: 8 Which of these is a personal pronoun? It is ........
Correct Answer : 8 [they]
Notes: Which of these is a personal pronoun? It is they.
Question: 9 Which of these is a gerund? It is ........
Correct Answer : 9 [going]
Notes: Which of these is a gerund? It is going.
Question: 10 Which of these is a past participle? It is ........
Correct Answer : 10 [believed]
Notes: Which of these is a past participle? It is believed.
Question: 1 Lightning never strikes in the same place ........
Correct Answer : 1 [twice]
Notes: Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.
Question: 2 If you watch a kettle, it never ........
Correct Answer : 2 [boils]
Notes: If you watch a kettle, it never boils.
Question: 3 Look before you ........
Correct Answer : 3 [leap]
Notes: Look before you leap.
Question: 4 Don't count your chickens before they are ........
Correct Answer : 4 [hatched]
Notes: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Question: 5 It's all right to tell a ....... lie.
Correct Answer : 5 [white]
Notes: It's all right to tell a white lie.
Question: 6 There's no fool like an ....... fool.
Correct Answer : 6 [old]
Notes: There's no fool like an old fool.
Question: 7 Let ....... dogs lie.
Correct Answer : 7 [sleeping]
Notes: Let sleeping dogs lie.
Question: 8 Strike while the iron is ........
Correct Answer : 8 [hot]
Notes: Strike while the iron is hot.
Question: 9 Politeness costs ........
Correct Answer : 9 [nothing]
Notes: Politeness costs nothing.
Question: 10 Never look a gift horse in the ........
Correct Answer : 10 [mouth]
Notes: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Question: 1 Dear all, just to let you know that we reached our ....... after a dramatic start.
Correct Answer : 1 [destination]
Notes: Dear all, just to let you know that we reached our destination after a dramatic start.
Question: 2 I could say that we are having a wonderful time but that would be ....... from the truth.
Correct Answer : 2 [far]
Notes: I could say that we are having a wonderful time but that would be far from the truth.
Question: 3 Everything started to go wrong the moment we arrived at the airport because of the industrial ....... taken by the baggage handlers.
Correct Answer : 3 [action]
Notes: Everything started to go wrong the moment we arrived at the airport because of the industrial action taken by the baggage handlers.
Question: 4 These baggage handlers had decided they didn't want to ....... our cases on to the plane.
Correct Answer : 4 [load]
Notes: These baggage handlers had decided they didn't want to load our cases on to the plane.
Question: 5 The result of this was that we were held ....... for six hours in the departure lounge waiting for the end of the dispute.
Correct Answer : 5 [up]
Notes: The result of this was that we were held up for six hours in the departure lounge waiting for the end of the dispute.
Question: 6 By the time the plane took off as you can ......., we were all tired, hungry and miserable.
Correct Answer : 6 [imagine]
Notes: By the time the plane took off as you can imagine, we were all tired, hungry and miserable.
Question: 7 When we eventually arrived at the hotel, we had to ....... our luggage at reception.
Correct Answer : 7 [sort out]
Notes: When we eventually arrived at the hotel, we had to sort out our luggage at reception.
Question: 8 The big problem was that our luggage wasn't there — it had simply ........
Correct Answer : 8 [disappeared]
Notes: The big problem was that our luggage wasn't there — it had simply disappeared.
Question: 9 Our first day was spent in the local shops ....... all the things that we believed we had brought with us.
Correct Answer : 9 [purchasing]
Notes: Our first day was spent in the local shops purchasing all the things that we believed we had brought with us.
Question: 10 On the last day of our holiday the manager of the hotel greeted us ....... from ear to ear to inform us that our luggage had arrived at reception! See you soon Meggy and Tom.
Correct Answer : 10 [beaming]
Notes: On the last day of our holiday the manager of the hotel greeted us beaming from ear to ear to inform us that our luggage had arrived at reception!See you soonMeggy and Tom.