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. Would you like some more tea?

1. No, thanks.
2. No, I would not.
3. Yes, thank you.
4. No more cake, please.
5. Sure, I wouldn't.

Q4. This blue door was ________ painted green.

1. lastly
2. before
3. firstly
4. originally
5. presently

Q5. While I was chewing the fat with Graham, he

1. ate too much fat and got sick
2. told me all about his new job
3. got really tired and asked me to stop

Q6. The Prime Minister clearly suspects his party to have little chance of winning the next election. The Prime Minister clearly suspects that his party _______ little chance of winning the next election.

1. to have
2. has
3. would have
4. had

Q7. Most people were not impressed when in 1913, the Daily Mail newspaper offered 10.000 pounds to the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic in under 72 hours. The majority of scientists, even said it could not be done. Certainly the problems involved were many and far ranging. Obviously the design of the aero plane was of great importance, but so too were the skill and courage of the pilot and the navigator; weather conditions also had to be taken into consideration. A very few enthusiasts thought it might be possible ten years later. They were wrong. A pilot received the prize just six years later. --------- When the Daily Mail offered a prize in 1913, for flying across the Atlantic _____.

1. there were few aero planes that could stay in the air for more than 72 hours.
2. many enthusiastic amateurs were eager to try.
3. the majority of scientists thought it could be done.
4. almost no one believed it was possible to do this within the next ten years.
5. the general public were very interested in the scheme.

Q8. Find the synonym of the following word. ***** Respect

1. esteem
2. belief
3. scorn
4. contempt

Q9. Find the synonym of the following words written in capitals. ***** Doctor Manson CURED a lot of miners that’s why he won great popularity and respect with them.

1. treated
2. recovered
3. gave
4. took
5. rescued

Q10. 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.