English Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. If you hear something on the grapevine, you hear it...

1. from someone who heard it from someone else
2. from an authoritative or dependable source
3. while shopping at the greengrocer’s

Q3. Why do our students always cheat in tests? I don't know, I haven't the ……… .

1. foggiest thought
2. foggiest idea
3. foggiest notion
4. foggiest answer

Q4. He ______ out of the window for a moment and then went on working.

1. glanced
2. viewed
3. glimpsed
4. regarded

Q5. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** Shakespeare is sometimes called the BARD-of-the middle age.

1. poet
2. writer
3. poem
4. banner
5. song

Q6. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** He STUDIED the document for a long time.

1. read carefully
2. taught
3. looked at
4. examined carefully
5. looked through

Q7. He’s not ________ of learning German in six months.

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

Q8. Joanna will never forgive you for letting the ……… . It was meant to be a secret!

1. cows out of the field
2. cat out of the bag
3. pig out of the poke
4. chickens out of the cage

Q9. Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig( kept a stiff upper lip).

1. Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected.
2. Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected.
3. Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected.
4. Craig did not cry.

Q10. After years of war, the whole nation wanted to make ________ with their enemies.

1. piece
2. peace
3. pace
4. pact
5. peas