English Question Bank
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Q2. To make someone feel upset or angry is to ______.

1. jump them
2. get to them
3. do them in

Q3. It is likely that by the time you ______ to the shop it______ shut.

1. will get / will be
2. got / will be
3. would get / will
4. get / will be

Q4. Several new dams are being constructed. This will help to control floods and provide water for______.

1. irrigate
2. irrigated
3. irrigating
4. irrigation

Q5. The doctor examined me; however, ______.

1. he found nothing wrong with me
2. he prescribed some medicine
3. I wasn’t feeling very well
4. I was given an injection

Q6. This must be a special type of writing paper, for it gives ______ a very pleasant smell.

1. on
2. off
3. up

Q7. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** I wonder how many similar days I should BE FORCED to spend there.

1. be heard
2. be sent
3. be made
4. be continued
5. be rich

Q8. I ______ what the problem is by tomorrow.

1. will be discovering
2. have discovered
3. will have discovered
4. will be discovered

Q9. Elephants are not really very savage animals, but occasionally they can be in a very bad temper. Their most dangerous habit at such moments is to pick up, with their trunk, a large stick or stone, and throw it with great force at someone standing nearby. When this happens the only thing anyone can do, is to jump quickly out of the way. ---------- When an elephant is in a bad temper _____.

1. it may try to hurt someone.
2. it moves its trunk from side to side.
3. one shouldn’t throw stones at it.
4. one should keep perfectly still.
5. it never shows it.

Q10. Apart from those three very cold weeks in January, it has been a very ________ winter.

1. plain
2. soft
3. pale
4. mild
5. calm