English Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. The firefighters had to break the door ______ to rescue the little girl.

1. into
2. out
3. down

Q3. 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

Q4. Hello! I ______ to phone you all week. Where ______?

1. am trying / were you
2. have tried / did you go
3. tried / were you
4. have been trying / have you been

Q5. A: Did Arsenal beat Galatasaray in the final? B: ______.

1. Yes, Arsenal was beaten by Galatasaray in the final.
2. Yes, Galatasaray beat Arsenal in the final.
3. No, Galatasaray was beaten by Arsenal
4. No, Arsenal was beaten by Galatasaray in the final.

Q6. If something is a hot potato,

1. it is delicious and everybody wants to eat it
2. it is difficult,unpleasant or risky and nobody wants to deal with it
3. it is an unfair competition where one side has an advantage

Q7. 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

Q8. We have to break ______ all our emotional barriers to feel free.

1. away
2. down
3. into

Q9. This must be a special type of writing paper, for it gives ______ a very pleasant smell.

1. on
2. off
3. up

Q10. To ……… fun at someone is to laugh rudely at them.

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