English Question Bank
for Exam preparation

Q2. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. -It was the voice of a born ORATOR.

1. addressee
2. speaker
3. talker
4. order

Q3. ____ that they booed her off the stage.

1. She sang such badly
2. So badly she sang
3. So she sang badly
4. So badly did she sing

Q4. 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

Q5. Where the pilot finally managed to land _______.

1. is not known
2. nobody knows;
3. we don’t know
4. nobody knew

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. I'd better make hay while the sun shines and do some work on my book

1. while I have a bit of free time
2. despite having so much else to do
3. even though I don't feel like writing

Q8. I can hardly hear that radio. Could you ______ (increase/raise) the volume please.

1. put up
2. switch on
3. give out
4. turn up

Q9. He gave ______ all his fortune to charities.

1. down
2. away
3. up

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

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