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English Comprehension

Quiz # 4, MCQs





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  1. 1)

    How vowel sounds are produced?


    • A) They are produced without any obstruction in the mouth.
    • B) They are produced by combining two vowel sounds
    • C) They are produced with a complete or partial stoppage of breath.
    • D) Both I & II

  2. 2)

    From the given sentences, select the one that is NOT a sentence fragment.


    • A) By the time Frances found out how expensive the wallpapering job would be.
    • B) After getting estimates from five contractors, she decided to do the work herself.
    • C) Before picking out an interesting wallpaper pattern that went well with her furniture.

  3. 3)

    I don't agree with you, but your idea certainly gives me food _____.


    • A) for thinking
    • B) for consider
    • C) for thought
    • D) for fun

  4. 4)

    Read the sentence carefully and decide which of the choices provided comes closest in meaning to the word underlined.
    America has been called the affluent society because of its abundance of goods and services


    • A) Middle-class
    • B) Divided
    • C) Prosperous
    • D) Generous

  5. 5)

    Identify the correct sentence with properly placed commas.


    • A) Flossing, every day, in the opinion of the general public decreases the chances of getting gum disease.
    • B) Flossing every day in the opinion of the general public decreases, the chances of, getting gum disease.
    • C) Flossing every day, in the opinion of the general public, decreases the chances of getting gum disease.
    • D) Flossing every day in the opinion of the general public decreases the chances of getting gum disease.

  6. 6)

    Flossing every day in the opinion of the general public decreases the chances of getting gum disease.


    • A) of value
    • B) to be valuable
    • C) are valuable
    • D) valued

  7. 7)

    In Europe, a definite system of locating the annual cuttings __________ in the management of communal and government forests because under this system the forests can be so organized that an approximately equal yield is secured each year.


    • A) will have extensively used
    • B) has extensively used
    • C) is extensively used
    • D) extensively uses

  8. 8)

    ......... any one object if I turn the heating down?


    • A) Doing
    • B) Does
    • C) Did
    • D) Do

  9. 9)

    To Darwin we __________ that has made the interrelations of organisms central in modern natural history.


    • A) have owed the change
    • B) owe the change
    • C) owing the change
    • D) owing the change

  10. 10)

    Which one of the following words cannot be used for the suffix -ive?


    • A) impress-
    • B) reduct-
    • C) reveal-
    • D) decis-