English Question Bank
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Q2. Angela will ……… in front of her boss to get a pay rise.

1. hue and cry
2. bow and scrape
3. leap and bound
4. wine and dine

Q3. If you speak/talk of the devil,

1. the person you are talking about unexpectedly appears
2. you talk directly about a hot issue
3. you say something bad about someone

Q4. You can shout until you're ……… in the face but she won't hear you. She's as deaf as a post.

1. blue
2. green
3. pink
4. black

Q5. There was a robbery at the bank, and the police are looking ______ the matter.

1. up to
2. in on
3. into
4. through

Q6. If you feel under the weather,

1. you feel sad
2. you feel frustrated
3. you feel ill

Q7. My Uncle Jed lives in a little old cabin in the back of beyond, right near

1. a subway station
2. a baseball stadium
3. a mountain range

Q8. Your cough ______ get better if you don’t stop smoking.

1. will
2. would
3. won’t
4. didn’t

Q9. While they were on holiday their house was broken ______ and some valuable paintings were stolen.

1. down
2. into
3. about
4. away

Q10. 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