English Past Questions And Answers
In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:For all he cared, the game was a good as lost.
- A. He did not care if the game was lost
- B. He could not care less if the game was lost
- C. He was almost certain that the game would be lost
- D. He was afraid the game would be lost
Complete the following simile: He is as mischievous as:
- A. Satan
- B. monkey
- C. gazelle
- D. tortoise
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). The train ...... before i arrived?
- A. was leaving
- B. has left
- C. had left
- D. would leave
In the question below choose the optionnearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics: When you go to foreign country to study, you will discover that life isnot a bed of roses
- A. as pleasant as one thought
- B. a bed with roses
- C. an unmitigated disappointment
- D. as expected
If you ................ me that you had run out of petrol, I would have given you some.
- A. were to tell
- B. tell
- C. have told
- D. had told
In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.
John's father was PROMOTED yesterday.
- A. Was Peter's father promoted yesterday?
- B. Was John's mother promoted yesterday?
- C. Was John's father sacked yesterday?
- D. Was John's father promoted last year?
CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS NEAREST IN MEANING TO THE WORD(S) IN BRACKET, FOR QUESTIONS below. Her findings [exploded] widely held beliefs about learning
- A. challenged
- B. debunked
- C. projected
- D. confirmed
Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; Remember this matter is strictly .....
- A. between you and i
- B. among you and me
- C. among you and me
- D. between you and me
In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) whichbest fill(s) the gap: If you want a successful marriage , you .... pray for it
- A. have better
- B. better
- C. had better
- D. would better
You are ________ for having that painful experience
- A. none the best
- B. none the worst
- C. none the less
- D. none the worse

