ENGLISH QUIZ
DIRECTIONS : Which of the words/phrases, A, B, C, and D, should replace the words/phrases given in Italics in each of the following sentences.
Q1. She is tallest of all the girls.
A. a taller
B. taller
C. the taller
D. the tallest
Q2. The robber entered into the old man’s room very quietly.
A. entered inside
B. entered in
C. entered
D. no improvement
Q3. He enjoys to tell stories to children.
A. to narrate stories
B. telling stories
C. how to tell stories
D. none
Q4. He insisted on he was innocent
A. insists that
B. insisted that
C. insisted on that
D. no correction
Q5. The bag is so heavy that I can hardly carry it.
A. too
B. as
C. much
D. none
Q6. She is worried about his health and also me.
A. also is me
B. me also are
C. so am I
D. so come too
Q7. We had to stop for diesel because we had hardly much left.
A. any
B. more
C. some
D. none
Q8. Only three fourths of the work are complete.
A. has complete
B. have complete
C. is complete
D. had complete
Q9. The person who they are referring to is a good friend.
A. that
B. which
C. whom
D. none
Q10. My copy is as good or better than yours.
A. as good as or
B. as good as
C. as good and better
D. none
Q11. It will depend now on they coming on time.
A. they come
B. them coming
C. theirs coming
D. their coming
Q12. Though a hero, he acted a coward.
A. as coward
B. cowardly
C. with cowardice
D. as like a coward
Q13. Where politics fails, economics may some time succeed.
A. may sometimes succeeds
B. may sometime succeeds
C. sometimes succeed
D. sometimes succeeds
Q14. In summer, days are more warmer than nights.
A. more warm
B. warmest
C. warmer
D. none
Q15. The short essay should not exceed more than two hundred pages.
A. exceed
B. exceed than
C. more exceed
D. none
Q16. Would you mind help me with these questions?
A. to help
B. of helping
C. helping
D. helped
Q17. Hundreds of people were killed by earthquake.
A. from
B. in
C. of
D. for
Q18. It is better to say too little than too much.
A. only little
B. very little
C. little
D. none
Q19. I could not help to laugh at the joke.
A. help laughing at
B. laugh at
C. to laughing at
D. none
Q20. On the day of the match, everyone hoped about fine weather.
A. of
B. at
C. for
D. in
ANSWERS
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A