English Question Bank
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Q2. To ……… fun at someone is to laugh rudely at them.

1. give
2. stick
3. beat
4. poke

Q3. We decided to call it a day because

1. we had so much to do
2. we were short of time
3. it was getting late

Q4. Mrs. March was afraid of leaving the student teacher with her third period class because she feared that the student teacher was a bit too (green) to be left alone with such a wild bunch.

1. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too inexperienced.
2. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too jealous of some of the students.
3. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too nice.
4. Mrs. March felt that the student teacher was too sick to handle the children.

Q5. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** The Vikings liked to make up long tales about their BRAVE deeds.

1. timid
2. fearless
3. past
4. strong
5. stupid

Q6. Larry was so (absorbed) in his novel that he forgot about his dinner cooking in the oven.

1. engrossed
2. obliged
3. enlivened
4. excelled
5. devastated

Q7. My friends all called and told me to hang in there after I'd

1. left for my honeymoon
2. decided to go sky-diving
3. broken my leg in an accident

Q8. I can't take anymore. I'm at the end of my …

1. tie
2. rope
3. leash
4. tether

Q9. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.

1. possible
2. interested
3. inclined
4. able
5. capable

Q10. Somebody who is foolish or stupid is ………

1. soft in the head
2. riding high
3. over the moon
4. pushing up daisies